Wakesurfing on Lake Wawasee

Lake Wawasee rates Excellent for wakesurf suitability. Deep and roomy enough to ride the way the sport’s own guidance recommends. The rating is based on its measured surface area of 3,060 acres. This is a read of the water's dimensions, not legal permission — check the Indiana rules and the local authority for this lake before you launch.

No maximum-depth measurement is on record for Lake Wawasee in the state agency data we use, so its depth factor is unrated. We do not estimate depth.

Lake Wawasee carries a LakeQuality water-quality grade of D, computed from EPA and state monitoring data — Secchi clarity, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a. That is a separate question from wakesurf suitability: a lake can be excellent to ride and mediocre to swim in, or the reverse. See the full lake page for the grade breakdown.

Indiana House Enrolled Act 1062, effective July 1, 2026, prohibits wake surfing between sunset and sunrise on all public lakes and bans it on small lakes of 299 acres or less that carry a 10 mph speed limit unless a special ruling is granted by the Natural Resources Commission; on lakes with existing skiing time-window exemptions, wakesurfing must follow the same hours. The reported bill text focuses on the 299-acre/10-mph threshold rather than a statewide fixed distance-from-shore figure. Individual lakes often add stricter local limits on top of the statewide rule — no-wake zones, operating hours, and horsepower caps are all common — so confirm with the local authority for Lake Wawasee.