A person shall not operate a personal watercraft:
A. On the waters of this state between sunset and sunrise,
or during any time of restricted visibility as determined by an agent or officer
of the Marine Law Enforcement Bureau, Division of State Police;
B. As otherwise provided in N.J.S.A. 12:7-63;
C. Above idle speed within 50 feet of:
(1) A bathing beach that has it boundaries marked by buoys
or signs;
(3) Any person in the water; or
D. In such a manner as to make the vessel completely leave
the water or otherwise become airborne, while crossing within 100 feet of
the wake of another vessel.
A person operating a personal watercraft shall at all times:
A. Wear the safety switch lanyard while the personal watercraft
is underway, provided that the personal watercraft is equipped with such a
lanyard cutoff device; and
B. Proceed at a safe speed that shall allow the person operating
the personal watercraft to take proper and effective action to avoid collision
and to stop the personal watercraft within a safe distance, as may be appropriate
under prevailing circumstances and conditions.
A person operating a personal watercraft or any passenger on a personal
watercraft shall, at all times when the personal watercraft is underway, wear
a United States Coast Guard Approved Type I, II, III, or Type V Hybrid personal
flotation device.
The operator of a personal watercraft designed to accommodate three
or more persons shall be permitted to tow a water-skier, provided
that the personal watercraft has the capacity to allow one of the persons
to face the stern of the personal watercraft for the purpose of tending to
a ski rider; and that the person tending to the ski rider shall be present
during the towing of the ski rider.