LBR Activity Report: June 27-29

We receive reports from the Department of Parks and Recreation about the activity levels and events at the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp. We provide this information so that the community is aware of the numbers and what the Parks and Rec employees are seeing.

LYNNHAVEN BOAT RAMP | WEEKEND REPORTS

Overview: During the high season in Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation staff share weekly updates regarding weekend activity at the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp (LBR). These updates are captured below and are regularly distributed to the Bayside Advisory Committee (BAC) Chair and to the Ocean Park Civic League (OPCL) President, among others, for further dissemination.

JUNE 27-29, 2025

Another hot weekend in the books. We had a total of 532 launches over 3 days. Below is a breakdown by day:

• Friday, June 27: 127 total launches, car parking was filled from 630am-730am due to some type of run event. The remainder of the day was ordinary parking use. 
• Saturday, June 28: 221 total launches, car parking was full from 9:25 am until around 9:00pm. The overflow was used for 61 vehicles with trailers.  
• Sunday, June 29: 180 total launches, car parking was full from 10:20am-415pm. The overflow was used for 41 vehicles with trailers. Heavy rain around 6pm. 

This weekend was very busy, especially on Saturday. Staff were able to manage traffic and parking of trailers so that barricade operations were not needed.

Incidents to report:

• Friday from 630am-730am: a large group of runners came to the facility to park for a meet up run. There were many cars parked in the boat ramp parking. Staff were not aware in advance and there were no scheduled or permitted activities for this day for this facility. Staff did receive a call from Mrs. Dawe asking about what was happening. Staff told her that it appeared a running group had a meet up run. 
• Saturday at about 12:30pm: the fire department showed up to facility as response to a call of a disabled jet ski out in the bay. 

Review of video data from Friday until Monday morning showed a lot of cars after hours until after midnight each night but no apparent loitering in the parking lots.  

Parking Enforcement: 38 citations written (for a total of 309 citations written since April 1)