OHwind! Windsurfing at Maumee Bay State Park

Maumee Bay State Park

Highlights

Maumee Bay State Park is a nice place to plan a road trip. Hotel accomodations on-site, sand-like beach, camping available. Grass rigging area and large parking lot. Also, protected sailing area that is approximately 20 acres (Great for all Novices...long and short-board).

Conditions

When the wind is South and Southwest, Maumee Bay offers the fastest flat water sailing available in Ohio. Period. Sail 10 foot off-shore in nearly flat water. It doesn't get any faster in Ohio.

West South West and West Winds will produce excellent bump-n-jump conditions, with waves seldom becoming larger than 4 foot. This is because Maumee Bay is relatively shallow (around 7-10 foot deep avarage). Waves are short in height and frequency.

Northwest, North, and Northeast produce fine bump conditions, and if you take the time to sail a few miles out to the shipping channel, huge happy rollers appear where the deep channel meets the shallow bay.

Map

Click here for interactive map to Maumee Bay State Park

Directions

Take route 2 east towards Toledo. Maumee Bay is actually in Oregon Ohio, which is in Jerusalem Township. Follow signs off route 2 to the main entrance.