STATUS: Operating test facility
WAVES: Wave heights range from 2-to-5-feet producing rights
LOCATIONS: Western Arizona, USA
A proof-of-concept wave pool that has garnered much media attention due to Ben Gravy’s involvement. The wave pool operates via a pneumatic system that generates waves with compressed air. This distinguishes the technology from electromechanical systems like Wavegarden Cove and SwellMFG that rely on motors to move levers. According to developers, the Wave Source technology involves off-the-shelf components similar to those used in industrial cooling systems. Waves are created by “dropping water technology,” which is to say that instead of pushing water up or out to create a wave, the floor system opens to create a hole in the mean water level. Through a controlled sequence, the water rushes in to fill the hole, which creates the wave. You can take a look at the patent here. The shape, size of the wave is determined by the size of the hole in the water and the velocity at which it is created. Wave Source is offering the test facility and ranch for sale. Or. You can purchase the tech and put it wherever you’d like it.
