{"id":358833,"date":"2026-07-02T17:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/358833\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:20:56","slug":"apd-bans-personal-watercraft-on-lake-austin-over-july-4-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/358833\/","title":{"rendered":"APD bans personal watercraft on Lake Austin over July 4 holiday weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 If you are planning on using a jet ski on Lake Austin this holiday weekend, think again.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Department says their Lake Patrol Unit will be enforcing a ban on the use and operation of personal watercraft, wet bikes, motorized surfboards and other devices on Lake Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The ban will go into effect beginning at sunset on Friday, lasting through sunrise on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/travis-county-urges-residents-to-celebrate-fourth-of-july-safely-amid-fire-heat-risks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Travis County urges residents to celebrate Fourth of July safely amid fire, heat risks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police say that kayaks, canoes and paddleboards are still allowed on the lake, as well as boats. Devices such as jet skis are prohibited &#8220;to ensure the safety of many people using the lake and parks over the Independence Day Holiday,&#8221; according to APD.<\/p>\n<p>The ban only applies to Lake Austin; APD says they will have officers patrolling the lake this weekend, and encourages boaters to practice safety on the water and to call 911 to report any reckless behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 If you are planning on using a jet ski on Lake Austin this holiday weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-358833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358833","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=358833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}