Would like to know how to make a surf machine?

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Would like to know how to make a surf machine?

Answer 1

There are currently 3 slightly different technologies used to create artificial "moving" waves that have been built and are operational in the world and 2 that have only been modeled.  

There is also a technique for creating a standing wave that doesn't move and is often available at water parks.  The Swatch Wave Tour is an international competition that features a serious standing wave created by a portable system that moves with the tour.

The primary way wave machines work is to use pumps and bellows to direct water through channels in the pool walls and bottom arranged to create a breaking wave effect similar ot a point break.  The less expensive to operate designs attempt to re-use the momentum of the water in motion while the more traditional approaches simply pump water into a storage container and then simply flush the water through and over the channels.  

Besides Typhoon Lagoon in Florida there is a wave pool in Japan that is very close to the ocean and extremely popular plus features a sand beach.  There are also a number of companies starting to appear that are building wave pools all over the world.  Murphy's Waves claim their design creates the largest surfable wave available.