Shaver Lake Marina

The lake is great and this marina has everything you need to make it great. Boat slips rentals and even some parts and pieces if your machines break down.
My family has been visiting this lake for over 15 years. We are always bey pleased.
My biggest reason for writing this review is our recent exporting of renting the wave runners. They’re completely outdated and were subpar for renting. Over 5 years old and almost 800 hours. Please upgrade your wave runners!

I came here to train my dog in search techniques and was invited to try the water (I didn’t even know where it was). Water’s cleaner than other lakes I’ve been to (Angeleno here!). Very cool and crisp water and that was really nice to have when the weather was warm. I wasn’t prepared for any water activities but I jumped in my clothes just because I can. And the pup enjoyed the water too!

We had a great time this week. We rented a pontoon with the BBQ 3 days. You do have to be self sufficient and bring anything you will need that day. The marina store is small but it did have a few items. We set up on a beach that we could access on the days we didn’t have the pontoon. There are different trails down to the various beaches. We didn’t rent the ski boat because their deductible was 1200. All the boat places between Shaver lake and Fresno won’t offer insurance (boats over 50hp) and there were lots of unmarked rocks peeking up out of the lake that I’m sure someone will hit. The lake was not crowded for July and we left all our stuff on the beach the whole week.

Certainly well located. Decent prices for rentals and gas. Been coming here for years to gas up my buddy’s boat. This year I rented a jet ski… er…personal watercraft. It was beat up on the outside but it was a great ride. Three people can fit comfortably and it got up to 45 mph. It cost $ 200 for 5 hours of great fun. The dock people and the office staff are great to deal with… very efficient and friendly. Everything we have done at Shaver Lake from the markets, to the restaurants to the campsite at Camp Edison and the Marina are all terrific. Great people interested in you having a good time. They do not tolerate BS and families like ours are treated like gold.

Great prices — much cheaper then the other marina. Boats are a bit beat up at times but what can you expect when inexperienced beer guzzling people rent them all the time. Staff is friendly and helpful. Easy to make reservations.

Shaver Lake is awesome. There’s water trampoline rentals and plenty of scenery. It is nestled in Sierra Forrest so there are trees everywhere surrounding the lake. The lake’s water has golden speck’s in it from the sand.
I felt like I was at a beach when I was here.

This Marina sucks as far as rentals go. Rented a pontoon boat last year and had issues with the motor. This year rented another pontoon boat and the boat wouldn’t start after we stoped in a cove to fish. We called and waited an hour before we had to call them again to help us. Three hours later after all was said and done the boat was fixed. The day way ruined. Got a refund. Wont be renting again from them.,

Shaver Lake is awesome. Boating, jet skis, fishing, hiking, swimming, rentals! So much fun, and friendly service, both for rentals and gassing up boats.

I have been calling Shaver Lake Marina to cancel my boat all day and no one picked up. I called 9 times. The phone just rings forever and there isn’t an answering machine or anything. I started to get concerned mid-​afternoon when I had been trying to reach someone there since 11:30 a.m. I tried throughout the afternoon and then again after I got home from work with no success. I will try tomorrow from morning to evening once again.
I’m mostly worried because I left my credit card info with these people in order to reserve the boat (which I’m permitted to cancel free of charge as long as I do so in advance) and now I mysteriously can’t get in touch with anyone at Shaver Lake Marina (the same number I called to reserve the boat and the same one listed online and on the Unilocal page).
Hopefully someone picks up tomorrow so I can cancel the boat — and I plan on deleting this review if I’m able to get in touch with a Shaver Lake Marina employee… If the owner/​manager of the business reads this, PLEASE pick up the phone tomorrow!

Rented a «Deluxe Pontoon» for ½ day with a bar b q, went with some friends and stayed at Camp Edison, ½ day pm is $ 175+$ 25 for gas, this is easier than lugging my boat around 250 miles, roomier too. The staff here is always very friendly, never any issues with my rentals, but you should always reserve in advance, as soon as I make my reservations for my camp site, I call Shaver Marina and book my pontoon. By the way, the lake is kinda of low, lots of obstacles, so watch out, you don’t want to lose your deposit…

Some friends and I recently rented a 12 person party barge for labor day weekend from the marina shop in Camp Edison. It was the deluxe boat, which meant it had a BBQ on board, plush seats, and a roof and all for $ 250 for the day, split between 12 people (or 9 in our case) that equals CHHEEAAPPP! It was a blast. Shaver is easily one of the most beautiful lakes near the Central Valley and it’s in close proximity to Huntington lake/​sierra summit and Dinkey Creek (which is about ½ hour up the road, i pretty much grew up spending my summers here. natural waterslides!) and the town of Shaver itself is adorable with many places to stay, eat and camp.
The staff was really nice, and totally cool with a bunch of 20-​somethings ready to party on the lake for the day. And the marina shop has everything you might have forgotten for your lake day, at a premium price but that’s about right. it’s in the mountains and lets face it, they saw you comin’.
We pretty much cruised around the lake, got out and swam/​climbed rocks, and BBQed/​drank all day. Shaver is always a little bit colder than other lakes like Pine Flat or Millerton but I like that, and it isn’t normally as crowded as other lakes. It’s no where near as freezing as Rediger though.
Pro-​tip: They are draining the lake over the next year to re-​surface the dam I think (or do something to it) so summer 2011 might not be a great for boating, but there’s supposed to be an old train… yes a TRAIN… at the bottom of the lake… awesome!

Ah, wonderful memories here at Shaver Lake. I came here a couple of years ago with my family as an end of the summer mini-​vacation. I really liked this lake because unlike many of the other lakes in California, it is set in the mountains (like Lake Tahoe), and it is so gorgeous here. I’ve always wanted to come back here, but haven’t gotten the chance yet. I would chose this lakes over many others I’ve gone to recently (Clear Lake, Lake Tulloch) because of it’s scenery. Too bad it’s almost 3 – 3.5 hours from where I live. Also another plus is that you cant have your boats and jet skis here and also rent. The land area where you can set up a camp or put your stuff out during the day is very spacious and spread out. The area around here is very nice and quiet, and definitely relaxing. Verdict: I love it here because it’s pretty much a mini-​lake tahoe.