WaveBlaster

The Yamaha WaveBlaster appears in five model years over two separate runs, 1993 to 1996 and 2027. The WaveBlaster was a carburetted two-stroke and is listed as a fuel-injected four-stroke from 2027, running engines recorded as 701 and 1049.

At a glance

Years made: 1993 to 1996, 2027
Engine, as the records hold it: 701 and 1049
Strokes: Two-stroke, then four-stroke
Fuel system: Carburettor, then fuel injection
Hull type: Sit-down
Japanese market code: MJ-700TZ
Model years on record: 5
Checked: One of five WaveBlaster model years verified, which needs a check against the maker's own document, which the row names, and an engine figure; all five name a source below.

Some Yamaha numbers are measured sizes rather than the number in the model name: a GP760 is held as 753, a GP1200R as 1131, a GP1300R as 1296. None of these figures has been checked against a Yamaha document unless a cited source states it.

Not your year? For other WaveBlaster years: WaveBlaster II, 1996 to 1998.

1993
1994
1995
1996
1997 , nothing recorded
1998 , nothing recorded
1999 , nothing recorded
2000 , nothing recorded
2001 , nothing recorded
2002 , nothing recorded
2003 , nothing recorded
2004 , nothing recorded
2005 , nothing recorded
2006 , nothing recorded
2007 , nothing recorded
2008 , nothing recorded
2009 , nothing recorded
2010 , nothing recorded
2011 , nothing recorded
2012 , nothing recorded
2013 , nothing recorded
2014 , nothing recorded
2015 , nothing recorded
2016 , nothing recorded
2017 , nothing recorded
2018 , nothing recorded
2019 , nothing recorded
2020 , nothing recorded
2021 , nothing recorded
2022 , nothing recorded
2023 , nothing recorded
2024 , nothing recorded
2025 , nothing recorded
2026 , nothing recorded
2027 , verified, engine size changed since 1996, fuel system changed since 1996, stroke count changed since 1996

Solid: a row in the table
Hollow: nothing recorded
Bar under: graded verified
Notch over: engine changed
After hollow squares, the change a notch marks may fall anywhere in the gap

The Yamaha WaveBlaster from 1993 to 2027, one square for each model year, a decade to a row; follow a square to its row.

How we know: The 5 WaveBlaster rows in the year table, with each row's grade and the engine cells it prints in bold.

Year by year

The WaveBlaster by model year, with 2027 in bold where a field changed from the year before.
Model year	Engine, as the records hold it	Fuel system	Strokes	Hull type	What the record says	Source
1993	701	Carburettor	Two-stroke	Sit-down	Single-seat sit-down on the 701. Shares an engine family with the SuperJet, which is why 701 parts often cross over. Sold in Japan as the MJ-700TZ, where Yamaha's brand is Marine Jet rather than WaveRunner. What that source does not settle: it is Yamaha's Japanese release year for the MJ-700TZ, and no Yamaha document giving a model year for the export WaveBlaster was found. Yamaha's current WaveBlaster page refers to the original only as a nineties cult favourite and gives no dates. The displacement below is not covered by that source either, which is why this row is still unverified. Japanese media citing Yamaha give the TZ as 2,430mm long, 880mm wide, 149kg dry and 63ps, which is secondary and worth confirming before it is used for anything that matters.	Source 1
1994	701	Carburettor	Two-stroke	Sit-down	US model code WB700S.	Source 2
1995	701	Carburettor	Two-stroke	Sit-down	US model code WB700T.	Source 3
1996	701	Carburettor	Two-stroke	Sit-down	US model code WB700AU.	Source 4
Nothing recorded from 1997 to 2026
2027 verified	1049 (changed from 1996)	Fuel injection (changed from 1996)	Four-stroke (changed from 1996)	Sit-down	TR-1 High Output, three cylinders, 110 hp, driving a 144mm pump. VARTM composite hull, 99 by 38.6 inches, 425 lb dry, with no sponsons so the hull rolls inward and the rider's weight turns it. Target top speed in the mid fifties, and an L-MODE setting that caps output at about 85 percent for novices. MSRP 11,999 US dollars, dealers from the first quarter of 2027. Yamaha's own model code is WB1050A. The 144mm pump is the same diameter the 2021-onward SuperJet uses, which is where impeller fitment should start.	Source 5

Sources

Yamaha Motor Japan, Marine Jet history, yamaha-motor.co.jp (year of release only; does not cover displacement) (model year 1993)
Partzilla OEM parts catalogue, Yamaha WaveRunner 1994 model index, listing "WAVE BLASTER - WB700S" for that model year, partzilla.com Retrieved 2026-09-21. (model year 1994)
Partzilla OEM parts catalogue, Yamaha WaveRunner 1995 model index, listing "WAVE BLASTER - WB700T" for that model year, partzilla.com Retrieved 2026-09-21. (model year 1995)
Partzilla OEM parts catalogue, Yamaha WaveRunner 1996 model index, listing "WAVE BLASTER - WB700AU" for that model year, partzilla.com Retrieved 2026-09-21. (model year 1996)
Yamaha Motor Canada 2027 WaveBlaster model page (2027-WB1050A), yamaha-motor.ca (model year 2027)

On the Yamaha model timeline

The timeline dates the WaveBlaster by release year, which can sit a year from its model years here.

In Yamaha News

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Cite this page

“Yamaha WaveBlaster”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/reference/yamaha/waveblaster/

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