Towing and boating

Towing a person with a vessel is a high-risk activity. Knowing and following these rules will help keep everyone safe while having fun.

Know these rules to keep everyone safe for water skiing, parasailing, wakeboarding and other towing activities on NSW waterways.

Here are the rules you must follow as a tow-in surfer or vessel driver to keep yourself and others safe.

As a wakeboarder, wakesurfer or skipper towing a wakeboarder or wakesurfer, these are the rules you must follow to keep yourself and others safe.

When driving a vehicle towing a trailer, you need more knowledge and skill than for regular driving. Here are the rules you must follow.

For the safety of the public, Transport for NSW has determined to limit the speed of any vessel towing any person in NSW navigable waters to 60 knots pending review of the waterway traffic arrangements for the State, in particular concerning the safety of persons involved in watersport activities.