Sea-Doo Switch price slashed in Australia to below $100,000
The Sea-Doo Switch – an industry-first Jet Ski powered pontoon party boat – has been heavily discounted in Australia after a slow start.
The Sea-Doo Switch – an industry-first Jet Ski powered pontoon party boat – has been heavily discounted in Australia after a slow start.
NSW Police Marine Area Command and NSW Maritime embarked on a joint taskforce last weekend in Jet Ski hoon trouble spots, with more than 1000 vessels stopped, and about 70 fines issued for speeding and other offences.
Kawasaki Jet Ski has increased discounts to $2000 on all 2022 and 2023 models in Australia, effectively undoing the most recent round of price rises.
Sea-Doo Australia is still overstocked as the sun is about to set on summer, so it has extended discounts of up to $3500 until the end of April 2024.
The 2025 Kawasaki Ultra 160 LX-S Angler is the company’s answer to the booming Jet Ski fishing market – and a rival to the Sea-Doo Fish Pro series and Yamaha FX HO WaveRunner JetFish.
Owners of Jet Skis and personal watercraft continue to be discriminated against in NSW and South Australia with significantly higher registration costs than for boats – while every other state simply charges the same fee as a boat. Here’s how registration costs for Jet Skis and personal watercraft vary across Australia.
There are renewed calls for fairer fees for Jet Ski and personal watercraft licences across Australia after one state eclipsed the $1000 barrier for a 10-year licence, while some jurisdictions have a modest one-off lifetime cost.
If you are new to Jet Skis and personal watercraft (PWC), here are the age restrictions for Jet Ski licences in every state in Australia.
After two years of inaction and the threat of a Class Action in the US, Yamaha Australia is finally rolling out a software fix to address faulty fuel buzzers – and a glitch with fuel consumption readouts – on 2022 and 2023 model-year FX HO and FX SVHO WaveRunners.
Yamaha Australia is giving away a chance to win a new Yamaha WaveRunner FX HO JetFish edition to customers who sign up to Yamaha Insurance or Yamaha Finance by 31 January 2024.