This is the usual choice. You go out with a guide and inside the authorised area, which is how Spanish rules allow it.
Hiring a jet ski without a licence in Fuengirola requires no qualification at all. You go out with a guide and inside an authorised, buoyed area, which is exactly what the rules allow for anyone without a licence.
Before you start we go through the controls: throttle, steering, how to stop and what to do if you come off — which is the likely outcome and no problem at all. The ski has a kill cord, so if the rider falls the engine stops by itself.
The minimum age to ride is 18. Under-18s can go as passengers with a responsible adult.
Nothing, and it is the first thing explained before you start. The kill cord is clipped to the rider: the moment they come off, it pulls the ignition and the engine stops by itself. The ski sits still a few metres away and does not go anywhere.
To get back on you climb from behind, from the stern, putting a foot on the platform and pushing with your legs, not hauling with your arms. The first attempt is awkward and the second one works. It is the part of the slot people remember most and laugh about most.
Yes. The skis take two or three people depending on the model, and it is the usual arrangement for couples and for an adult with a child. Riding requires you to be 18, but a minor can go as a passenger with a responsible adult.
With two up the handling changes: the weight sits further back, the ski pulls away with less push and takes a little longer to turn. Nothing complicated, but the guide mentions it before you set off so the rider is not caught out on the first turn.
In a light chop you still go out and it is arguably more fun, because the ski jumps with the waves. What changes is how tiring it is: half an hour on a rough sea loads your legs and back far more than half an hour on flat water.
With a swell running in from the east it gets complicated and the slot may be called off. When that happens the date or the time is changed at no charge, because a jet ski in a strong easterly stops being a nice plan and starts being a problem.
A jet ski slot without a licence starts on land, with the briefing and the life jacket on: how to start, how to turn, how to stop and what happens if you come off. It takes a few minutes and nobody skips it, even if they have been out before.
Then you go out on the water behind the guide, inside the authorised area. The first minutes go on building confidence and the rest is the enjoyment. The guide rides in front setting the route and never loses sight of the group.
No, provided the three things explained beforehand are respected: life jacket on, kill cord clipped, and distance kept from the other skis in the group. The vast majority of frights on a jet ski are collisions between two skis that were riding too close together.
The real risk is not the speed, it is the over-confidence that arrives after ten minutes. That is why the guide sets the pace and the group stays inside the area: it is not to limit the fun, it is because inside there what happens can be controlled.
Yes, and it is the commonest thing on stag and hen dos and with groups of friends. You go out with several skis at once behind the same guide, and the group stays together for the whole slot. The more skis, the more worth booking ahead: simultaneous availability is limited.
With large groups what usually happens is that people take turns. While half are in the water the other half wait on the beach, and then they swap. It works out cheaper than booking one ski each and, in practice, nobody wants thirty unbroken minutes on one.
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Yes, going out with a guide and inside an authorised, buoyed area. That is exactly what the rules allow for anyone without a licence.
Nothing. The skis have a kill cord: if the rider comes off, the engine stops by itself. You climb back on and carry on.
To ride you have to be 18. Under-18s can go as passengers with a responsible adult.
It helps, although the life jacket is compulsory and keeps you afloat with no effort. The guide stays close the whole time.
Leave us your number and we will call you. In July and August it is worth booking ahead.
Puerto Deportivo de Fuengirola, local 367. You can drop in and see the boats before you book.
At no charge. Going out to see what happens is never worth it.
Life jackets for everyone on board, included in the price.
