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Best Wakesurf Lakes The top 100 of 1,607 graded lakes and reservoirs, ranked by our A–F wakesurf suitability grade.
These spots earn the highest suitability grade : deep enough for a wakesurf wake to dissipate and large enough to keep the boat the recommended distance off shore. A grade rates the water body, not the wave — always confirm local wake-boat rules before you launch.
# Grade Lake State Surface area Max depth 1 A Lake Sakakawea North Dakota 307,000 ac — 2 A Lake Champlain Vermont 271,000 ac — 3 A Lake St. Clair Michigan 270,000 ac — 4 A Rainy Lake Minnesota 210,200 ac 161 ft 5 A Toledo Bend Reservoir Louisiana 185,000 ac — 6 A Lake Powell Utah 161,390 ac — 7 A Kentucky Lake Kentucky 160,000 ac — 8 A Lake Mead Nevada 158,000 ac — 9 A Devils Lake North Dakota 140,000 ac — 10 A Qacmainstdup Lake North Dakota 133,000 ac — 11 A Qacmainstfbk Lake North Dakota 133,000 ac — 12 A Mille Lacs Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 13 A Ml Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 14 A Ml-ce Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 15 A Ml-ditch 36 Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 16 A Ml-garrison Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 17 A Ml-malone Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 18 A Ml-ne Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 19 A Ml-nshore Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 20 A Ml-nw Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 21 A Ml-peterson Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 22 A Ml-se Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 23 A Ml-seventeen Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 24 A Ml-thains Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 25 A Ml-vineland Lake Minnesota 128,250 ac 42 ft 26 A Flathead Lake Montana 122,500 ac — 27 A Lake Tahoe Nevada 122,200 ac — 28 A Lake Tahoe California 122,200 ac — 29 A Ftrlk0880a Lake South Dakota 118,400 ac — 30 A Kabekona Bay Lake Minnesota 103,444 ac 150 ft 31 A Steamboat Bay Lake Minnesota 103,444 ac 150 ft 32 A Lake Eufaula Oklahoma 102,200 ac — 33 A Lake Pend Oreille Idaho 94,600 ac — 34 A Lake Texoma Texas 74,686 ac — 35 A Bear Lake Utah 71,000 ac — 36 A Lake Guntersville Alabama 69,100 ac — 37 A Wheeler Lake Alabama 67,100 ac — 38 A Lake Cumberland Kentucky 65,530 ac — 39 A Bbdlk0987a Lake South Dakota 60,000 ac — 40 A Lake Barkley Kentucky 58,000 ac — 41 A Lake Sharpe South Dakota 56,884 ac — 42 A Lake Winnibigoshish Minnesota 56,471 ac 69.8 ft 43 A Tamarack Bay Lake Minnesota 56,471 ac 69.8 ft 44 A Third River Flowage Lake Minnesota 56,471 ac 69.8 ft 45 A H.s. Truman Res. Nr. Dam Lake Missouri 55,600 ac — 46 A Loto Lake Missouri 55,342 ac — 47 A Loto Upstream Of Dam Lake Missouri 55,342 ac — 48 A Lake Of The Ozarks Missouri 54,000 ac — 49 A Kerr Lake (buggs Island Lake) Virginia 50,000 ac — 50 A Lake Murray South Carolina 50,000 ac — 51 A Grand Lake O' The Cherokees Oklahoma 46,500 ac — 52 A Lake Winnipesaukee New Hampshire 44,586 ac — 53 A Pickwick Lake Alabama 43,100 ac — 54 A Table Rock Lake Missouri 43,100 ac — 55 A Table Rock Lk. Into Main Channel From Dam Lake Missouri 43,100 ac — 56 A Lake Martin Alabama 41,000 ac — 57 A East Vermilion Lake Minnesota 39,272 ac 76 ft 58 A West Vermilion Lake Minnesota 39,272 ac 76 ft 59 A Lake Lanier Georgia 38,000 ac — 60 A Elephant Butte Lake New Mexico 36,000 ac — 61 A Lake Mcconaughy Nebraska 35,700 ac — 62 A Canyon Ferry Reservoir Montana 35,000 ac — 63 A Norris Lake Tennessee 33,840 ac — 64 A Ross Barnett Reservoir Mississippi 33,000 ac — 65 A Lake Norman North Carolina 32,000 ac — 66 A Lake Coeur D'alene Idaho 31,494 ac — 67 A Shasta Lake California 30,000 ac — 68 A Lac La Croix Lake Minnesota 29,597 ac 168 ft 69 A Sebago Lake Maine 28,771 ac — 70 A Lake Mohave Nevada 28,260 ac — 71 A Lake George New York 28,000 ac — 72 A Dale Hollow Lake Kentucky 27,700 ac — 73 A Lake Cascade Idaho 27,000 ac — 74 A Banks Lake Washington 26,886 ac — 75 A Basswood Lake Minnesota 25,953 ac 111 ft 76 A Sucker Lake Minnesota 25,953 ac 111 ft 77 A West Point Lake Georgia 25,900 ac — 78 A Lake Memphremagog Vermont 25,800 ac — 79 A Stockton Lake By Dam Missouri 24,900 ac — 80 A Great Sacandaga Lake New York 24,707 ac — 81 A Carlyle Lake Illinois 24,580 ac — 82 A Pepin Lake Wisconsin 24,550 ac 60 ft 83 A Namakan Lake Minnesota 24,066 ac 150 ft 84 A Kabetogama Lake Minnesota 24,034 ac 80 ft 85 A Lake Wappapello Nr. Dam Missouri 23,200 ac — 86 A Petenwell Flowage Lake Wisconsin 23,173 ac 44 ft 87 A Old Hickory Lake Tennessee 22,500 ac — 88 A Lake Washington Washington 21,500 ac — 89 A Roosevelt Lake Arizona 21,500 ac — 90 A Lake Conroe Texas 21,000 ac — 91 A Lewis Smith Lake Alabama 21,000 ac — 92 A Smith Mountain Lake Virginia 20,600 ac — 93 A Lake Gaston North Carolina 20,000 ac — 94 A Lake Havasu Arizona 19,300 ac — 95 A Lake Audubon North Dakota 19,095 ac — 96 A Lake Oconee Georgia 19,000 ac — 97 A Lake Travis Texas 18,930 ac — 98 A Torch Lake Michigan 18,770 ac — 99 A Lake Keowee South Carolina 18,500 ac — 100 A Center Hill Lake Tennessee 18,000 ac —
Best wakesurf lakes by state