Pontoon You Can Surf Behind. Yes you can wakeboard behind a pontoon boat but you need to make sure you have the speed. After extensive research and development Montara has developed a patent-pending design that they are claiming will blend the comfort of a pontoon boat with the performance of an inboard surf boat.
Other varieties like racing boats dont have the capacity to tow while pontoon boats cant generate enough speed andor wake. Just something to take into. In an outboard or IO going 12-14 mph with the drive trimmed up slightly youll likely get a 3-foot wave about 25 to 30 feet behind the boat.
Other factors to consider are where specifically youll be wakesurfing.
True wakesurfinginvolves riding less than 10 feet behindthe boat so it should only be done behindan inboard or V-drive. Have you ever dreamed of surfing behind a pontoon boat. Although pulling a tube behind your pontoon may not be rocket science there are several things that you need to know before tying the tube and going full throttle. This said there is more to it than that.
