It took Wavegarden years and years to develop their tech. The whole process takes less than an hour in a full-scale production facility. Granted, it’s easier to conceive of and create a surfboard. Until then, the only enhanced Webber surfing experience available to us are his surfboard designs. “Although it is obvious that the commercial activities immediately shoreward would gain the greatest value increase, it is also obvious that significant increases in value would still be achieved at some distance from the reef.” “By lighting the nets, the surface of the gradient and the dry zones, night surfing will extend the duration of hotel, retail and entertainment activities located nearby,” said Webber. Webber sees the floating reef designs as an economic boon to any coastal area that wants to create a surf scene. Realizing that sharks often seek out large, floating objects that resemble dead whales, Webber has designed a double net for the V-Reef. “In the same way weather vanes point into the wind, the reef points into the swell, keeping it perfectly aligned for waves to peel along each side,” said Webber. Because the entire structure floats up and down with the tide, the artificial bottom counter remains at the same depth throughout tidal changes. Waves hit a submerged reef and peel along the V-Reef left and right for hundreds of yards. It’s like a dock, but adjustable for wind and swell. The V-Reef reef also floats and has a central anchor point (the giant pin you see in the illustrations). On top of this, Webber has added a counter-current to the system to make the waves hollower and better for surfing.
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“Control software can be programmed to produce small changes in these three elements, resulting in immediate changes to the wave size and shape.” “Software controls the speed, the draft, and the angle of each hull,” added Ocean Sports Development. So think of it as several smaller, rotating and adjustable wave foils working in unison across a large pool. Motors drive the wheeled carriages along a looped steel rail track kitted out with nitrogen-filled tires (to eliminate noise). Hydraulic ‘Tilt, Trim, and Yaw’ change the attack angles of the foil to provide any number of wave heights, wave speeds and tube shapes.” “Unlike inferior systems, the Webber system generates waves traveling in either direction in each zone of the pool.
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“Each roller bogie can work in unison or independently by track zone,” said Ocean Sports Development, holders of Webber license in the USA. Instead of just driving straight down a track, the tech uses individual foils called “roller bogies.” Webber’s looped linear wave pool system uses “responsive hull design.” This type of foil departs from the traditional locomotive-driven foil of Kelly’s Wave.
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