Wakesurf Directory

Wakesurfing in Illinois

3 documented wakesurf spots across Illinois — lakes, reservoirs, and cable parks, with typical season and access notes.

Lakes & reservoirs

Fox Chain O'lakes
near Fox Lake / Antioch
Illinois' busiest social-boating waterway northwest of Chicago, with calm pockets like Dunn's Lake that draw skiers, tubers and wakeboarders.
Lake Shelbyville
near Shelbyville
Central Illinois Corps reservoir widely cited as one of the state's best boating lakes for wakeboarding and wakesurfing.

Cable & wake parks

The Quarry Cable Park
near Crystal Lake
A 32-acre cable park in the Three Oaks Recreation Area billed as having the longest ride of its shape in North America.