Jet skis

[Jaherring]

My wife and I enjoy riding jet skis. We do not act like idiots. Are we supposed to?

[Kold Ass Mofo]

God's grace is the only thing that kept me from killing someone or getting killed with a jet ski in Negril. We used to swim out to the sandbars beyond the old red and white buoys with boats and jetskis buzzing past. The next day we'd be on jetskis buzzing past swimmers that you hoped you could see.

[Passion4Diving@Negril]

These boats come out of the Royalton. I was told that there is a lead boat and a follower boat and the guests are told not to create their own path. I have never seen then close to the Long Bay shore line.

[Rumlover]

I have seen them too close. We saw them go between Alfreds floating dock and the swim area as they were heading back to Bloody Bay!! Somewhat unrelated but too many people are spending time far outside the swim areas. It’s an accident just waiting to happen.

[fargoman]

Boats, jet skis, motorcycles....combine inexperience of operation and lack of common sense..bad things happen. If you don't own one or use one on a regular basis, probably a good idea to not rent one on vacation..

[JohnNYC]

Boats, jet skis, motorcycles....combine inexperience of operation and lack of common sense..bad things happen. If you don't own one or use one on a regular basis, probably a good idea to not rent one on vacation..

Throw in alcohol and ganja and it gets real messy. I’ve riden motorcycles all my life. I used to rent them In the 80’s - 90’s in Negril. Then I smartened up, thankfully before anyone was hurt.

[M&G Montreal]

While we didn't see any jet skis in Negril. Although, surprisingly, we saw some when we were in Mobay last week. Particularly surprised as there isa protected marine park there, so we were surprised to see a couple of jet skis. They weren't crazy driving (like the yahoos in Negril could be) but they were there nonetheless, tooling about the area of Dr.'s Cave Beach. Curious. I thought there was an island-wide ban on them?

[Rob]

The island wide ban ended a couple years ago. The new jetski regulations have made it more expensive to operate. The profit margins were so small, most operations decided to remain closed.