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Wavy RentalsSt. Simons Island, GeorgiaPlanning a St. Simons Island golf cart rental should feel easy. This guide shows the official Glynn County golf cart map on the page, explains exactly what its colors mean and separates golf-cart rules from the rules for our stand-up electric scooters and e-mopeds.
Route guidance reviewed August 26 · Current signs and official direction always control“Electric” does not mean “allowed everywhere,” and “scooter” can describe two very different machines. Match your reservation to the correct guide before choosing a route.
The county calls it a Personal Transportation Vehicle, or PTV. Guests can simply think “street-legal island golf cart”—with the important limit that it belongs on eligible public streets posted at 25 mph or less.
A single-rider stand-up scooter. On qualifying county shared-use paths, use the Wavy-approved route, keep to the applicable 15 mph limit, yield to walkers and walk the scooter where Mallery Street sidewalks are restricted.
A single-rider e-moped with a wide saddle and 20 mph listed maximum. Wavy applies the stricter operating rule when vehicle classifications overlap.
The Wavy handoff includes a route review, but the driver owns every decision once the trip begins.
Use green segments on the county map and confirm the posted speed limit. Do not drive the golf cart on a road merely because the next destination looks close.
Each person must be restrained by a seat belt while the golf cart operates on a public street. The cart stays parked until every rider is secure.
No laps, standing riders, cargo-area riders or bodies outside the cart. The four-seat capacity means four properly seated and restrained people.
No sidewalks, bicycle paths, beaches, dunes or the St. Simons Causeway. Slow, park legally and walk to the final destination when the legal route ends.
Use signals, stop fully, yield, keep right, secure belongings and obey every traffic rule. Use headlights and taillights during non-daylight hours, and never drive impaired or distracted.
Use this map to plan the trip before you leave. Then read the posted sign at each segment. The map is displayed here in full—not hidden behind another page.
This map applies to the Wavy golf cart. Scooter and e-moped routes use different rules.
Plan a connected trip that stays on PTV-eligible green segments.
At the road, verify 25 mph or below and obey closures or current direction.
Park safely and call Wavy. A quick route check beats an illegal shortcut.
A delivered golf cart is a memorable way to enjoy eligible streets near many south-island stays, local restaurants and island landmarks. The important word is eligible: destinations such as Pier Village, the lighthouse area, East Beach and Massengale can involve different road segments depending on your starting property.
Wavy reviews the delivery address before handoff so guests can plan realistic outings without treating a golf cart like an all-island automobile. Build the day around connected green streets, legal parking and short walks. If a destination requires a yellow or red segment, choose another transportation option for that trip.
See free hotel and vacation-rental delivery →The stand-up electric scooter and e-moped have different form factors, safety equipment and operating requirements. Use the guide for the exact vehicle you reserved.
Single-rider device. On an approved county shared-use path, ride no faster than 15 mph, keep right, yield to walkers, signal or call out before passing and step off the path when stopped. Lights are required in low visibility; Wavy requires a helmet for every rider.
Never: passengers · beach · dunes · restricted Mallery sidewalksA single-rider e-moped with a 20 mph listed maximum. Wavy requires a verified license and DOT-compliant helmet. Because Georgia classifications can turn on vehicle design and use, follow the vehicle-specific Wavy route rather than assuming every electric ride follows the same rules.
Never: passengers · beach · dunes · unapproved pathsSave the route questions for us—not the side of the road.
Yes, properly equipped and registered Personal Transportation Vehicles—what most visitors call golf carts—may use eligible public streets on St. Simons Island. For a Wavy golf cart, plan on public streets posted at 25 mph or less. Registration does not make every island road legal, and posted signs, closures and law-enforcement directions always control.
Use the official Glynn County map on this page to plan a connected route on green road segments, then confirm every posted speed-limit sign as you ride. Green identifies PTV roads posted at 25 mph or below. Yellow marks roads for Low-Speed Vehicles up to 35 mph and is not permission for an ordinary golf cart. Red road segments are not golf-cart routes.
Yes. Glynn County requires each occupant to be restrained by a seat belt while a PTV is operated on a public street. There may be only one person in each designated seat. Children under eight must use a properly installed child-restraint system unless they meet the county-stated exception of weighing at least 40 pounds or being taller than 4 feet 9 inches, in which case a seat belt may be used. The renter must provide and properly install any required child seat.
No. Golf carts may not operate on sidewalks or bicycle paths, and Wavy golf carts may never be driven on beaches, dunes or the St. Simons Causeway. Park only where the property owner and current signs allow, without blocking pedestrian or bicycle travel.
Do not assume that a convenient crossing is lawful. Use only a legal, marked crossing on the Wavy-approved route for your reservation and follow all current signs. If the route is unclear, stop somewhere safe and contact Wavy before continuing; never travel along a yellow or red segment merely to reach another green area.
A Wavy electric scooter is a single-rider stand-up device, not a golf cart. Use only the road or county shared-use-path segments identified in the reservation-specific Wavy guide. On approved county shared paths, keep to 15 mph or less, yield to pedestrians, keep right, pass carefully and use required lights in low visibility. Walk the scooter on restricted Mallery Street sidewalks in Pier Village.
No. It is a single-rider e-moped with a wide saddle and moped-style riding position. Classification and operating rules can depend on vehicle specifications and where it is used. Wavy requires an approved adult driver, a verified license and a DOT-compliant helmet, and the reservation-specific route guide applies the stricter rule whenever categories overlap.
No. The map is an essential planning tool, but current posted signs, temporary closures, emergency orders, law enforcement and reservation-specific Wavy instructions control. The map itself notes the date of the underlying posted-speed-limit information, so confirm the sign at each road segment instead of relying on color alone.
Reviewed August 26. Posted signs, current law, emergency orders and law-enforcement direction always control when they are more restrictive.
Choose a golf cart or stand-up electric scooter, your dates and approved delivery location. We include free delivery, free pickup and a vehicle-specific route review at handoff.