Barnegat Bay personal watercraft riders pass a sedge island. State law requires
boats to maintain a slow speed with no wake within 100 feet of the shoreline.
Photo Credit: Al Wutkowski

For years, riders and other boat operators have been subject to a slow speed-no wake rule within 100 feet of the shoreline. But there’s widespread ignorance or misunderstanding of the law, says Al Wutkowski, who was out on the bay five days a week this summer running the Barnegat Bay Guardian program.