NEW BRUNFELS, Texas \u2013 Rivers near New Braunfels attract thousands of people who like to float along rivers while enjoying food and drinks to cool off on hot summer days.<\/p>\n
However, there are regulations tubers must follow, unless they\u2019re OK with potentially paying a $500 fine.<\/p>\n
There are two rivers in the City of New Braunfels \u2014 both the Comal River and the Guadalupe River \u2014 that ban disposable cans on their properties.<\/p>\n
However, alcohol is allowed on the river, according to the city\u2019s website<\/a>. Liquor and beer need to be in reusable containers<\/a>, such as stainless steel cups.<\/p>\n If visitors violate the disposable can rules on the river property, park rangers and police could issue a $500 fine.<\/p>\n Other items the Comal and Guadalupe River ban include:<\/p>\n Plastic bottles<\/p>\n Aluminum cans<\/p>\n Zip-top bags<\/p>\n Glass bottles<\/p>\n Styrofoam cups or coolers<\/p>\n Cardboard boxes<\/p>\n Food wrappers<\/p>\n No littering<\/p>\n No volume drinking devices<\/p>\n No containers under 5 fluid ounces, including containers for jello shots<\/p>\n Noise devices \u2014 radios, boom boxes, speakers, etc. \u2014 may not be audible beyond 50 feet<\/p>\n One cooler, no bigger than 30 quarts and must have a locking or latch mechanism, is allowed at both rivers, according to the city\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Additionally, there is a limit of two tubes per person. Tubes or other float devices can\u2019t be more than 5 feet long.<\/p>\n Most double tubes are over 5 feet and are not permitted on the Comal River.<\/p>\n More information about the Comal River<\/a> and Guadalupe River<\/a> can be found on the city\u2019s websites.<\/p>\n Read also:<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BRUNFELS, Texas \u2013 Rivers near New Braunfels attract thousands of people who like to float along rivers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25173,2270,4178,1006,27,29,28,69],"class_list":["post-358169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-comal-river","tag-guadalupe-river","tag-hill-country","tag-outdoors","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}