Buenos Aires will have its Wavegarden Cove in 2020

The wave pool will be part of a surfer neighborhood in the Argentine capital, which will also have residences, coworking spaces and retail


June 19, 2018
|EN News
|POR Pablo Zanocchi

The city of Buenos Aires will have its own quality wave pool in 2020, when a Wavegarden Cove will be up and running somewhere in the northern part of the Argentine capital, creating 1000 waves per hour, sources close to the project told DUKE.

The total cost of the project will be around 10 million dollars and will serve as a driving force for a larger real estate project that will include residences, coworking spaces and retail.

For the first time in the history of the capital of tango, it will be possible to work or study and be surfing in just a few minutes, as is the case in other surf cities around the world. The difference, of course, will be the chlorinated water.

The company in charge of carrying out the project is called “SurfTown” and has owned the license since 2015. Since then, the website of the Basque company Wavegarden has stated that it is “under development” in Argentina.

Josh Kerr at Wavegarden Cove in the Basque Country, where he can make 1000 waves per hour. He has a first tubular section and then continues with several meters of maneuvers. All photos: Wavegarden-Pacotwo

According to the source, there will be different ways to use the wave pool, with the option to pay by the hour, by the week or by the month. There will even be the possibility of paying a membership that allows for longer use and the possibility of having lockers for boards and spaces to dry wetsuits.

In the same construction status appears a project in Santiago de Chile, which according to information on the site www.surftown.cl will begin operating this year. The area chosen to carry out the project is Chicureo, in the north of Greater Santiago, several specialized Chilean websites reported last year.

The Wavegarden Cove was launched a year ago with the novelty of being able to create 1000 waves per hour, that is, one every 17 seconds, and can be placed in a relatively small pool. The demonstration centre located in the Basque Country (which looks very fun) measures 50 metres by 80.

Unlike Slater's pool, which has a much longer course and two tubular sections (but takes three minutes between waves and requires a larger investment in land), Wavegarden Cove appears to be a more realistic option for a city location, where real estate costs are increasingly high.

According to reports, the project will have similar characteristics to Pharrell Williams' project in Virginia Beach, although with larger features: 

 

Argentina Kelly's Pool Wavegarden