Safe boating in Canterbury video

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Lifejackets

Personal flotation devices (PFDs) - commonly known as lifejackets and buoyancy vests - come in a variety of designs and sizes. It’s important to wear the right one in the right situation, as it could save your life!

PFDs provide more than flotation. They allow a person in the water to keep still and conserve energy, which helps delay the onset of hypothermia. PFDs also provide protection from injury in boating collisions or if your boat runs aground.

Under the new boating rules:

• Lifejackets must be worn AT ALL TIMES on craft under 6 m except when the craft is tied up or at anchor.
• ALL CRAFT must carry lifejackets of an appropriate size for every person on board.

Find out which lifejackets are right for your craft (pdf 890 kB)

Boating rules guides

Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai

Boating rules guide for Avon-Heathcote Estuary and Foreshore/Ihutai (pdf 7.19 MB)

Kaikoura Harbour

Boating rules guide for Kaikoura Harbour (pdf 381 kB)

Lake Benmore, Lake Aviemore and Lake Waitaki

Boating rules guide for Lake Benmore, Lake Aviemore and Lake Waitaki (pdf 2.02 MB)

Lake Coleridge

Boating rules guide for Lake Coleridge (pdf 355 kB)

Lake Hood

Boating rules guide for Lake Hood (pdf 326 kB)

Lake Opuha

Boating rules guide for Lake Opuha (pdf 302 kB)

Lake Ruataniwha

Bylaw for Lake Ruataniwha - operative from 17 December 2010 (pdf 156 kB)

Boating rules guide for Lake Ruataniwha - 2010 (pdf 807 kB)

Lake Tekapo

Boating rules guide for Lake Tekapo (pdf 380 kB)

Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour

Boating rules guide for Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour (pdf 995 kB)

Motunau River

Boating rules guide for Motunau River (pdf 443 kB)

Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere

Boating rules guide for Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere (pdf 355 kB)

Timaru Harbour

Boating rules guide for Timaru Harbour (pdf 355 kB)

Waimakariri River

Boating rules guide for Waimakariri River and Brooklands Lagoon (pdf 393 kB)