Personal watercraft

A personal watercraft comprising:

• a body including a hull and a deck covering the hull from above, the hull having a water intake on a bottom portion thereof;
• a water jet pump including an ejecting nozzle, the water jet pump being configured to suction water through the water intake and eject the water through an outlet port of the ejecting nozzle;
• an engine for actuating the water jet pump;
• an ejecting direction adjusting device for adjusting an ejecting direction of the water ejected from the water jet pump;
• a driver seat section provided on the deck and configured to accommodate a driver seated on and straddling the driver seat section;
• a passenger seat section provided on the deck in a location behind the driver seat section, the passenger seat section being configured to accommodate a passenger seated on and straddling the passenger seat section;
• a sensor for detecting whether the is passenger seated on the passenger seat section;
• and
• a controller for controlling the ejecting direction adjusting device;
• wherein the controller is configured to control the ejecting direction adjusting device such that the outlet port of the ejecting nozzle faces in an obliquely downward direction, if the sensor detects that the passenger is seated on the passenger seat section.