The site plan for Long Island Surf Park was fully approved last week, pushing New York’s first surf-focused wave pool that much closer to the finish line. At 52,000 square feet, the wave pool will be a tad smaller than an American football field and surrounded by the usual surf park amenities. 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 most likely technology provider is one of the pneumatic wavemakers on the market, all of which can produce a split peak. You can rule out Wavegarden Cove and Kelly Slater Wave Co systems as they run right-only or left-only. With this latest advancement, we dug a little … Continue reading Six years in with property and approval, Long Island Surf Park eyes the big dig