It's safe enough if you've got a good jetski driver and you know exactly what you're doing. But, one wrong move from the rider (cutting away and sending a wall of water), or from the driver (slowing down wrong and taking a wave over the nose) and you'll soak your cam. I had an experience in Carlsbad Lagoon where I was shooting from a jetski, and we got in an unsafe position.. shooting a double-up, and we ended up being right where the rider was landing. The driver and I saw the rider coming right down on top of us, and rolled off the ski down into the water. The rider came down on the nose of the ski. Luckily nobody was hurt, but I went swimming with a Canon 1vHS, Canon 24-70 and 70-200 lenses (about $5k or so in gear). I have insurance, so I didn't care too much about the gear... just glad the rider was OK. Moral of the story... have somebody who really knows what they're doing drive the ski for you. I pushed my driver outside of his comfort zone, and I made a bad call.
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