Lake Powell wakeboard, ski and surf boat rentals: 2026 rates

Quick answer

What can you rent at Lake Powell that tows a wakeboarder?

The 7 operators renting day boats at Lake Powell split into 2 groups. The marinas float a fleet at the dock and hand you the keys; the most towing hardware on offer is a sport tower on a 200 hp outboard. The Page and Big Water outfitters keep their boats on trailers in town, tow them to the ramp, and that fleet includes true inboard surf boats with ballast tanks. Every rate below was read off the operator’s own page on September 2, 2026.

Another 3 operators keep their rates off the page: Surf Lake Powell and Surf’s Up Lake Powell, both in Page, and All In Boat Rentals up in Big Water, Utah.

Which marina rents a ski boat, and what does it cost in 2026?

Only Wahweap, and only 1 boat there carries a tower. Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas rents a 21-foot, 200 hp outboard with a sport tower that it describes as designed for wakeboarding and skiing, at $479 a day in the low season, $559 from May 16 to June 12 and August 24 to October 3, and $599 from June 13 to August 23. It is based at Wahweap and nowhere else. Its 21-foot deck boat, also Wahweap-only, is rated to pull wakeboards, kneeboards, ski tubes and water skis and runs $529 to $649. The 19-foot powerboat at $379 to $459 is listed for tubing and entry-level skiing, which is what 150 hp pulls with 8 people aboard.

Antelope Point Marina is the other marina operator, and its rental page names no watersports equipment. It lists 5 pontoons, a pair of 44-foot patio boats and a single 26-foot deck boat at $578 a day, with a $99 hourly walk-in rate on a 2-hour minimum. Rentals there run 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. If towing is the point of your day, the pontoon rental comparison covers what those boats do well instead.

Who rents a wake surf boat at Lake Powell, and where does it launch?

The 4 operators with a ballasted inboard all run out of Page or Big Water. Lake Powell Rental Boats at 910 Coppermine Road in Page lists a 25-foot HeyDay WT — 320 hp, ballast tanks — at $999 a day and tows it to the lake for you. Surf Lake Powell, on Haul Road in the same town, rents 2026 Axis T250 wakesurf boats along with Sea-Doos and a rack of boards, and says plainly that these are not boats to beach or camp on. Its price appears only after you enter dates in its booking form, on a 2-day minimum with a $2,500 damage hold.

All In Boat Rentals works differently. It sits in Big Water, Utah with Axis T23 and A24 wake boats in the fleet, and the company is blunt about the arrangement on its site: the equipment must be towed to the water. You hitch it yourself, or pay $85 round trip for their tow vehicle, with limited launch-and-retrieve service to Wahweap.

If you would rather ride than drive, Surf’s Up Lake Powell runs a captained 2026 Centurion Ri245 out of Page in 2, 4, 6 and 8-hour blocks, with professional instruction included. A captain costs more per hour than a bareboat rental and removes the launch question.

The Park Service ramp status page, checked September 2, 2026, lists exactly one ramp as available to motorized vessels: Wahweap Stateline Auxiliary. Wahweap Main, Stateline Main, both Antelope Point ramps and Bullfrog Main are closed to them, Halls Crossing is closed to everything, and Bullfrog North, 100 water miles from Page, is posted launch at your own risk. On the south lake that leaves one concrete option, and an outfitter that hauls and drops the boat for you keeps you out of the queue for it.

Shop around within Page before you book. A Bayliner VR4 is $375 a day at Lake Powell Rental Boats and starts at $547 at Arizona Jet Ski & Boat Rentals, both quoted the same day for the same hull. Arizona Jet Ski includes delivery, dock prep and up to a 10-hour day, takes a $500 deposit, and rents wakeboards, kneeboards and tubes at $30 a day or $75 for 3. Ask what each rate covers before you compare them.

What are the rules for skiing and wake surfing on Lake Powell?

The lake spans 2 states, so Arizona and Utah law both apply. Arizona statute 5-346 is the one most riders trip over: a boat towing a person on skis, a surfboard or a similar device needs at least 2 people aboard, an operator and an observer. That observer watches the rider continuously and displays a flag the instant the rider goes in the water — bright orange or red, at least 12 inches on each side, mounted on a handle, visible from every direction. No towing between sunset and sunrise.

Glen Canyon’s own rules cover the geography, and the Superintendent’s Compendium approved January 1, 2026 is specific about towing. Towing people is permitted on Lake Powell except in Forbidding Canyon, Bridge Canyon, harbors and marinas, wakeless areas, and the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and the park’s downstream boundary. Forbidding and Bridge are the two canyons you run to reach Rainbow Bridge, so the last leg of that trip is a no-tow zone.

The wake rules stack on top. Operating over 5 mph or throwing a wake is prohibited in harbors, mooring areas and any buoyed no-wake area, at Rainbow Bridge National Monument, and in Antelope, Labyrinth, Forbidding and Lost Eden Canyons — the compendium says those 4 are too narrow for a boat on plane beside kayakers. Anyone being towed wears a life jacket regardless of age. You cannot create a wake within 100 feet of a downed skier, a person in the water, another vessel, a launch site or a dive flag.

Wake surfing behind a ballasted inboard is legal on the open lake. Ride early. The wind on Lake Powell builds through the afternoon, and a protected side canyon that was glass at 7 a.m. is chop by two. The 132 named side canyons are where you go to hide from it.

Should you trailer your own surf boat instead?

Only if you have already priced the exit. Utah classifies any vessel with an inboard motor, an inboard/outboard, ballast tanks, a bilge, a live well, a generator, an air conditioner or any other raw water system as a complex boat. A complex boat is subject to a 30-day dry time before it launches in another waterbody, regardless of season, unless a Division of Wildlife Resources certified professional decontaminates it first. Ballast tanks are named on that list, so the rule covers wake and surf boats as a class.

On the ramp you pump all the water out of the ballast tanks, drain the engine, remove the drain plugs and the sea strainer, and leave them out for the drive. Utah’s own advice is to run the ballast pumps once on the incline and again on flat ground, because the tanks do not fully empty at one angle. Then you stop at the inspection station, where a technician applies an orange wire seal to the boat and trailer and hands you a receipt. Removing that seal before the dry time is met is illegal. The state warns that weekend waits can exceed an hour.

Launching costs money too: every motorized boat needs a current-year Utah AIS decal, $20 for residents and $25 for nonresidents, plus the annual mussel-aware boater course. Renting locally puts that paperwork on the outfitter. If you are set on bringing your own hull, the bring-your-own-boat guide explains the whole process, and the boat rentals guide covers the rest of the fleet — houseboats, day boats and captained options.

Key takeaways

1. No marina on Lake Powell rents a ballasted surf boat; the closest thing is Wahweap’s 21-foot sport-tower outboard, $479 to $599 a day.
2. Off-site outfitters in Page and Big Water carry everything else, starting at $299 for a basic ski boat and topping out at $999 for a ballasted HeyDay; most will put the boat in the water for you.
3. The same Bayliner VR4 is $375 at one Page shop and starts at $547 at another — compare what each rate includes.
4. Arizona requires an observer plus a 12-inch orange or red flag, and the Park Service bans towing in Forbidding and Bridge Canyons — the run to Rainbow Bridge.
5. Trailering your own ballasted boat triggers Utah’s 30-day complex-boat dry time unless you pay for professional decontamination.