Chris de KockYacht charter broker, DMA Yachting
Not in BVI waters: the territory bans personal watercraft, full stop, to protect its bays and quiet. No license or workaround changes that; it is the law of the territory. Yachts on combined itineraries do carry jet skis, but they stay stowed on deck the whole time the yacht is in BVI waters.
The realistic options: several yachts we book carry jet skis and use them legally on the USVI side, so a combined itinerary gives you a jet ski day off St Thomas before or after the BVI leg (not St John, where national park waters prohibit them too). We keep the current list here: charter yachts with jet skis. And if riding is the trip’s centerpiece, the Bahamas allows them freely and we can point you there.
What fills the gap in the BVI itself: seabobs, efoils, paddleboards, tubes, and dinghy adventures, all legal, all aboard most of the fleet, and honestly better suited to these bays anyway. The full picture, including the USVI day and the guided rides that exist inside the territory: can you ride a jet ski on a BVI yacht charter?