Wakesurfing on Pomme de Terre Lake

Pomme de Terre Lake 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 7,821 acres. This is a read of the water's dimensions, not legal permission — check the Missouri rules and the local authority for this lake before you launch.

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

Pomme de Terre Lake 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.

Missouri has no statewide wakesurfing-specific law; wake surfing falls under the general definition of skiing/towed activity. Boaters must hold slow/no-wake speed within 100 feet of docks, piers, occupied anchored boats and buoyed restricted areas, and a 2018 law allows cove-width-based no-wake restrictions for large vessels. No wake-surf-specific distance/depth/acreage thresholds exist statewide. 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 Pomme de Terre Lake.