The LWMC has filed the new idle speed regulation enacted in November 2023 with the North Carolina and South Carolina state agencies. These agencies have posted the new regulation at locations around the lake as required by law.
The regulation, which has two sections, makes the idle speed rules for wake surfing and the idle speed rules for boats around private docks the same in both states on Lake Wylie:
• Idle Speed Near Docks & People:
No person may operate boats on Lake Wylie in excess of idle speed
within 50 feet
of a moored or anchored vessel, a person in the water, any private wharf, any private dock, any private bulkhead, or any private pier.
• Wake Surfing Restrictions:
No one shall Wake Surf on Lake Wylie in excess of idle speed
within 200 feet
of a moored or anchored vessel, a person in the water, any wharf, any dock, any bulkhead, or any pier.
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