Shocking footage of a jet‑ski rider drenching a boatload of birthday revellers has reignited calls to ban the high‑powered watercraft.
Western Australian company Sundowner Boat Charters shared a video of a jet-skier speeding past a boat and drenching revellers on January 13.
The passengers were visibly stunned by the giant wave of water, later sharing that an entire table of food - including a birthday cake - had been ruined.
'Way to go, idiot. Thanks for the deck wash, but you took out a table full of food including the birthday cake,' Sundowner Boat Charters captioned the footage.
Company owner Mike Lietzow told Daily Mail the incident had come as a shock to not only his peeved clients but to himself as well.
'I've been in the charter business for 18 years and I've never had anything like this happen before,' he said.
'They had just cut the birthday cake. There was only about three pieces cut, so not much of it got eaten at all. It was pretty much all thrown away.'
Furious Aussies have since called for the watercrafts to be banned.
The people on the boat take cover as they get splashed with water
The jet-ski rider then heads off but not before waving to the soaked partygoers
'This is why jet-skis should be banned,' one person wrote.
'That was pretty disgusting behaviour by that idiot,' another wrote, while another said the 'jet-skis were speeding and spraying all boats they could find in the area'.
But others said it had more to do with the driver than the watercraft itself.
'Owning a jet-ski and being a tool seems to go hand in hand,' one person said.
'Got nothing to do with jet-skis being banned. It's the rider who's at fault absolute idiot,' another person wrote.
'Standard behaviour from jet-ski owners. Bogans with no respect,' a third said.
Some, however, questioned if Mr Lietzow, who had been driving the boat, had done something to provoke the jet-ski driver.
'What did you do to p* him off?' one person asked.
The moment before unsuspecting partygoers get sprayed by a jet ski
The occupants had just started eating a birthday cake they had cut up
'Feel like there's more to the story because why was the woman filming before this happened? And clearly something was said because he paused to look back and say something prior,' another wrote.
Mr Lietzow denied that he or his guests had provoked the jet-ski riders.
'We definitely didn't do anything to the jet-ski. What could I possibly do to a jet-ski when I'm at anchor?' he told Daily Mail.
'I was a bit disheartened when I saw those comments. We do get it all the time. The jet-skis tend to show off. They'll jump your wake.'
Mr Lietzow has been contacted by the Department of Transport and Marine Safety over the incident, who wish to speak to the jet-ski driver.
'I'm not putting down all jet-ski riders. It was just a flyby to show off. I don't want his jet-ski to be confiscated, but just a warning or talking to,' he said.
It comes as councils consider banning, or restricting the use, of jet-skis in popular coastal areas due to safety concerns.
There has been a rise in reports of dangerous jet-ski use, the ABC reports.
Victoria's City of Port Phillip is one council considering tightening rules, including banning jet skis within 200m of beaches, piers and swimming spots.
'The problem with jet-skis is they are extremely powerful. They can turn on a 50 cent piece and go from zero to 100km/h very quickly,' Victoria Police Inspector James Dalton said.
'Unfortunately, it's just a matter of time before we see something really serious.'