Smith Mountain Lake Recreational Boat Rentals

Smith Mountain Lake's premier boat rental fleet: pontoons, wake boats, and ski boats on Virginia's second-largest body of water, an hour from Roanoke.

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Virginia's second-largest body of water
Pontoon, wake-boat, and ski-boat rentals
Half-day, full-day, and multi-day rates
Convenient to Roanoke and Lynchburg
Family- and group-sized boats up to 25 ft

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Price Range: $$
Best Season: May through October
Waters: Smith Mountain Lake
Activities: Pontoon, Rentals, Tubing, Wakeboarding
Vessels: Powerboat, Pontoon

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Typical flow by month

1931 to 2026

The water at Smith Mountain Lake Recreational Boat Rentals typically runs highest in March, at a median 185 cfs, and lowest in September, at 60 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,000 cfs, in 1987.

Typical flow by month at Goose Creek near Huddleston, VA, in cfs
Month	Typical (cfs)	Usual range (cfs)
January	147	96 to 224
February	166	111 to 258
March	185	130 to 279
April	168	123 to 250
May	137	97 to 203
June	108	72 to 148
July	79	53 to 117
August	68	43 to 104
September	60	40 to 91
October	66	47 to 102
November	82	60 to 132
December	120	81 to 177

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 95 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Goose Creek near Huddleston, VA (site 02059500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

61Maybe/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Fri, Sep 25 (96)

Streamflow

10 cfs

Much below normal (5th)

Water level

0.80 ft

High today

71°F

Wind

13 kt

Gusts 28 kt

Rain chance

47%

Week ahead

Tue71°F47%

Wed61°F51%

Thu57°F51%

Fri73°F0%

Sat76°F1%

Sun79°F0%

Mon81°F3%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

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