The best jet ski wetsuits are 3/2mm neoprene full-body suits with a back zip, because that thickness keeps a 60 to 80F lake comfortable while still letting you shift your weight and steer the handlebars the way a personal watercraft demands. We put ten of them through fit checks, seam inspections and long afternoon rides […]

A jet ski left floating at a dock for a season picks up scum lines, water staining, algae in the intake grate and corrosion around the steering and trim hardware before most owners notice anything wrong. The fix is the same one the marine industry settled on decades ago: get the craft out of the […]

A jet ski fish finder is a compact marine sonar unit, either a castable transducer paired with a handheld or phone display, or a small mounted console with built-in GPS, that shows water depth, bottom structure and fish location while you ride a personal watercraft. Jet skis have no factory depth sounder, a shallow draft […]

Most personal watercraft leave the factory with a small front trunk and nothing else, so the best jet ski cargo storage is whatever you bolt, strap or clip onto the back of the hull to carry a cooler, fuel, tools and dry gear. We spent weeks riding with the nine systems below, packing them full […]

Short answer: a jet ski tow rope should be 50 to 75 ft long. Use 60 ft for towable tubes, 75 ft for water skiing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding, and carry a separate short, brightly coloured floating line as emergency equipment. The Water Sports Industry Association sets 50 ft as the minimum and 75 ft as […]

A dead battery at the trailer ramp is the most expensive ten minutes of anyone's season. We pulled 12 candidates, charged them the same way, and spent six weeks swapping them across three personal watercraft to sort out the best jet ski batteries you can actually buy in . The short version: sealed AGM chemistry […]

Choosing the best jet ski anchors comes down to two questions nobody puts on the box: what is the bottom made of, and how long are you staying put. A screw-in anchor that grips a clean sandbar perfectly will slide out of loose mud, and a folding grapnel that bites into gravel will snag on […]

If you own a Sea-Doo, WaveRunner or Kawasaki, the single most useful piece of gear on your shoreline is a dedicated place to put it. The best jet ski docks we looked at this year fall into three very different families, and the right one depends on whether you want a floating platform, a shore […]

The best jet ski life jacket is a USCG-approved Type III (Level 70) personal flotation device made of non-inflatable foam — neoprene, ecoprene or nylon — with a D-ring for your engine cut-off lanyard. My team has been riding and reviewing PWC safety gear for years, and every one of the ten vests below is […]

I have owned a Yamaha WaveRunner for nine years, and I learned the hard way that skipping a cover costs more than buying one. After my first season without protection, the seat cracked, the hull faded, and I paid for a reupholster job that hurt. That is why our team spent six weeks testing twelve […]