Officials urging water safety in Valley during Memorial Day weekend

The sheriff's bureau stresses the value of getting a California Boating Card if you privation to run a boat.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- People were retired enjoying the h2o connected Shaver Lake connected Saturday afternoon.

Despite the sunshine, determination was a spot of a chill.

But that didn't halt them from getting connected a boat, pitchy ski, oregon kayak.

For immoderate families, this was their archetypal clip astatine Shave Lake.

"It was beauteous cool, it was beauteous cold," says Noah Roshan.

While radical were having a bully time, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office was besides out, making definite that radical connected boats and pitchy skis were pursuing the rules.

"If you're retired connected the water, each of the lakes successful Fresno County person a postulation pattern," says Deputy Zachary Westbrook. "You privation to enactment successful a counterclockwise signifier astir the lake."

But it's not conscionable different boats that radical should beryllium connected the lookout for.

Deputy Westbrook says much h2o is expected to capable the lake.

Because of that, helium adds radical should beryllium besides alert of what's successful the water.

"It's going to beryllium hiding immoderate obstacles successful the water, making it a small spot harder to spot but inactive capable to hit, perchance causing immoderate accidents," helium said.

As the upwind continues to lukewarm up, much radical volition beryllium heading to the h2o to chill off.

The sheriff's bureau stresses the value of getting a California Boating Card if you privation to run a boat.

"It gives you a precise tiny knowing of boater information and conscionable the antithetic laws retired present connected the water," Westbrook said. "It's conscionable the beginning, but conscionable having that is simply a bully start."

If your vessel happens to interruption down portion you're retired connected the water, you tin interaction the marina oregon the sheriff's bureau to assistance tow you out.

Deputies privation to punctual radical to person those beingness jackets with them portion they're connected the boat.

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