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Find the Best Lake Tahoe Boat Rental Experience:

After comparing rental boat reviews and prices online, Tahoe visitors typically choose a boat rental company that’s convenient to where they are staying. What they can’t easily know when making their boat rental decision is that depending on location, on the same day and time, the boating experience can be ‘predictably and consistently’ serene or uncomfortably rough.

Location, Location, Location:

Lake Tahoe is one of the largest, deepest and highest elevation lakes in the world. The wind at 6200 feet above sea level is a primary driver of calm or rough water conditions. Water conditions can profoundly impact your boat rental level of enjoyment. Rough water is bad, calm water is good.

On a body of water as large as Lake Tahoe, starting and ending your boat rental at a place that’s ‘consistently and predictably’ known for high wind and waves means you’ll spend a large percentage of your rental time fighting Mother Nature. Never fight with Mother Nature.

A shallow underwater shelf exists at Tahoe City, Incline Village, and across South Lake Tahoe. Each of these shelves are zones of wind generated rough water. See video below for a 3D understanding of Lake Tahoe’s underwater geography.

Boat Rental Locations to Avoid (Unless You Want to Fight with Mother Nature):

By the time the ‘Tahoe/Washoe Zephyr’ (daily wind from southwest & west to northeast & east, left to right as you look at the map) reaches the following rough zone locations, boating conditions will have become less than optimal. For a map of Lake Tahoe, go to the top of this page and click, ‘locate us on map.’ Just say no to less than optimal Tahoe rental boat locations.

Tahoe City
Tahoe Vista
Carnelian Bay
Kings Beach
Incline Village
East Shore (Nevada)
Cave Rock
Zephyr Cove to Tahoe Keys (all the way across South Lake Tahoe)

A ‘Predictably and Consistently’ More Enjoyable Lake Tahoe Boat Rental Experience:

Enjoy your boat rental in the Lake Tahoe wind shadow. The west shore calm zone delivers a ‘predictably and consistently’ better boat rental experience with a bonus, it’s the most beautiful Lake Tahoe scenery from the water!

Use Your Boat Rental Time Wisely:

Going to or returning from the west shore from rough zone boat rental locations fighting Mother Nature the whole way is a waste of your limited boat rental time. Maximize your rental boat enjoyment, escape the crowds and enjoy the best of Lake Tahoe.

☛ Open to some helpful advice prior to making your decision? Check out these brief but important tips:

Lake Tahoe Presents Ocean Like Conditions at 6253 Feet Above Sea Level:

Less than optimal for inexperienced drive your own boat renters
Wind and waves build extremely fast at our elevation presenting overcrowded boats with extreme challenges
If you don’t have rough water high wind boating experience, leave the driving to Tahoe Jet Boats
LEARN MORE: 8SEP19 OVERCROWDED RENTAL BOATER DEATH (NOT Tahoe Jet Boats)

Tahoe Wave Conditions typically build from the SW -> NE.

Typical Tahoe Winds Build from the SW -> NE.

If you want an absolutely terrific, completely enjoyable, memorable, stress-free day (or half day) on Lake Tahoe, then Tahoe Jet Boats is the best way to go. We researched all the boat rental shops and prices on Yelp, but we think TJB offers the most exceptional value. TJB provides: An expert captain who knows all the sweet spots you might never find yourself; free use of water toys including water skis, a 3-person towable tube, wakeboard, floaty noodles, wetsuits, life vests, goggles, fins, snorkels; a fast-as-lightening jet boat with both sunny and shaded seating areas; photographs and video of your trip…the list goes on and on. The skipper, Dave, is also the owner, and he went out of his way to ensure we had a good time…and we sure did. Dave picked us up on the west side of the lake, about a 30-minute drive north of South Lake Tahoe, so there was no pick-up fee. We booked a half-day in the morning then enjoyed the rest of a day on the gorgeous West Shore. Thanks, Dave, for helping to make our vacation so much fun! –John H

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