STATUS: Not Built
WAVES: Lefts or rights along an oval-shaped track
LOCATIONS: Inside Greg Webber’s neural circuitry
Greg Webber’s fertile mind has been spitting out wave pool and artificial reef concepts for years. His latest is a system on a looped steel rail track fitted with wheeled carriages. “Like a carriage on an urban monorail system,” he says. Wave-making hulls are attached to the wheeled carriages which are driven by electric motors. All of it controlled by hydraulic actuators – those piston-looking things mounted on heavy equipment scoops and blades. The controlling of the carriages helps adjust the wave height, angle, etc.
The Webber Wave Pool system employs two types of water displacement: one for generating waves and another for managing currents. Waves are produced by a looped steel rail system that supports wheeled carriages suspended beneath the track, similar to a monorail. These carriages, driven by electric motors and rubber tires, operate quietly and are fitted with hydraulic actuators that control the movement of attached hulls. Software regulates speed, draft, and hull angle, enabling real-time adjustments to wave size and shape.
To address turbulence and water movement between wave sets, the system includes a current control mechanism. This feature minimizes unwanted currents, allowing for a higher wave rate, and can also produce controlled water flow to enhance wave formation and break dynamics.
Greg says the wave pool will produce a 25-second ride with waves in the 5-to-6-foot range with the capability to go up to 7-to-8-feet and producing 120-180 waves per hour. After nearly 20 years of hearing about Webber Wave Pools, Coral Springs Florida is on the map as the first place to develop Webber’s system.
