The Brookhaven Town Planning Board approved a special use permit for the Long Island Surf Park this week. Set for the town of Shirley, sandwiched between Fire Island and The Hamptons, the wave pool will be quite at 55,000 square feet. By comparison, an American football field is 57,600 square feet. This will be larger than both the BSR Surf Resort and The Cove test facility in Europe. The Long Island Surf Park project’s website states it will be a “wave pool powered by one of the leading manufacturers of artificial wave technology. Our advanced technology will be able to create over 50 different wave variations every 10-15 seconds ranging from a 2-foot-split peak to a perfectly barreling 7-foot right or left-hander.  The “50-different wave variations” sounds like Wavegarden Cove technology. But the “2-foot-split peak” is not possible on a full-size Cove as a central pier runs down the middle of the Wavegarden system. … Continue reading Membership and pricing plans announced for Long Island wave pool