This is how the Australian wave pool works

2400 waves can be surfed per hour thanks to the movement of the 1400-ton piston that generates five waves each time it pumps.


After several tests were carried out, the construction company in charge of the project, Surf Lakes, Stab and Surfline, provided images and shared details about the operation of the new pool at the moment, which is located in Yeppon, northeast of Queensland, Australia.

The wave uses a concentric wave generator, located in the center of the artificial lake and creating a large wave that expands outward forming several waves. The pool will be able to produce up to six groups of waves with a short break between them.

In total, they say, 2400 waves per hour will be generated, meaning that 240 people in a single spot can each surf 10 waves in that hour, which is a good deal for investors. As reported by Stab, Kelly's pool rents for $55.000 a day; the Waco pool apparently made good money while it was open, and with each human paying around $100 an hour and 240 people in the water, profits would be absurd if it were running at full speed.

The maximum height that the wave can reach is 2,4 metres (Surfline is talking about eight feet, we'll have to see if the sizes are Hawaiian or what). It will offer five different types of waves depending on the level and will allow advanced and beginners to take part in the same session without one bothering the other.

The inventor of this technology, Aron Trevis, who describes himself as a "casual surfer," told Surfline that he was with his family playing in a lake throwing rocks when he saw the waves forming, spoke to a friend and said, "What if the rock is bigger?" As big as a 1400-ton piston, which is the one installed.

The Surfline journalist recounts in his report that the noise of the machine that lifts 1400 tons reminded him of the one used in an amusement park.

After having tested it these days, Trevis said that there is still a lot of work to be done to make the model work at 100%. The images seen, quite convincing in any case, are with the machine working at 50%.

The bottom of the pool has an X that imitates a reef, above each line of the X is where each wave breaks and breaks on both sides.

Several surfers were present at the wave today: Connor O'Leary, Joel Parkinson, Dean Morrison, Ozzie Wright, Occy and his son Jay, Barton Lynch, Felicity Palmater and Laura Enever were some of those who were known.

As you can see in the video below, the wave has a certain level of challenge, this one, he couldn't complete (and they say that "bigger waves are coming"):

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