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Chicago Boat Rentals

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Chicago Boat Rentals is a boat rental operator in Chicago, Illinois. The company rents 18-foot and 22-foot gas-powered pontoon boats for cruises on the Chicago River, with a driver's license required for the person operating the boat. Pontoon rentals are available for two-hour increments on the Chicago River, while yacht charters are offered for three hours on the Chicago River or five hours on Lake Michigan.

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Vessels
Powerboat

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4.6on Google, 114 reviews
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Around here

Around Chicago Boat Rentals

Oak Street Beach1.7 miNorth Avenue Beach1.8 mi5 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2002 to 2010

The water at Chicago Boat Rentals typically runs highest in May, at a median 591 cfs, and lowest in November, at 397 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,150 cfs, in 2010.

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Typical flow by month at NB Chicago River at Grand Avenue at Chicago, IL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January417343 to 503
February406348 to 548
March529422 to 728
April486420 to 689
May591486 to 754
June585505 to 719
July536493 to 615
August586521 to 686
September526453 to 597
October433368 to 566
November397354 to 490
December429344 to 573

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 8 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for NB Chicago River at Grand Avenue at Chicago, IL (site 05536118). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

57Maybe/ 100

3.5 ft waves · Wind 16 kt

CloudyWaves 4.2 ft46°FRain 1%Wind 16 kt, gusts 25

Waves

3.5 ft @ 5s

Wind

7 kt

Gusts 25 kt

Air

44°F

Water level

-1.90 ft

Above normal (84th)

Air quality

29 Good

CHI_SP monitor, 6 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 3 ft. NWS reads -2.18 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Illinois EPA via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →

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