Contact us today to find out how we can help your business. We’ve designed every aspect to ensure it is fun for all, whatever your ability. Everyone who works at The Wave believes in the power of surfing to promote and support the idea of living a balanced life. Coordinated by Hydrock’s Programme Delivery team, our multi-disciplinary expertise was instrumental in supporting the project from conception through to detailed design, including being appointed as Principal Designer. **Our school groups sessions and education centre for schools and colleges is currently unavailable due to the coronavirus outbreak, but these will be available again in the future when we receive guidance that it is safe to do so. Whilst The Wave isn’t the first ever artificial surfing lake, its technology does make it a world-first, providing up to 1,000 waves per hour – around a wave every 10 seconds - and generating heights between 0.5m and 2m. For over 20 years Hydrock has delivered award-winning engineering projects across a wide variety of sectors. Perfect surf all year round The Wave is an inland surf destination where everyone can surf on consistent, safe waves all year round. A visionary inland surfing destination using cutting-edge Wavegarden ‘Cove’ technology to provide up to 1,000 waves per hour, with our full range of multi-disciplinary engineering services instrumental from concept stage through to detailed design. They are the people who have led The Wave’s pioneering and successful business from a pretty radical idea to the growing business it is today.
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Registered office One Glass Wharf Bristol BS2 0ZX Company Number 10586504. It brings surfing, nature and a fresh way of thinking to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities - from a child stepping on a board for the first time, to a professional training for the Olympics. For those who have booked a surf session we will be issuing gift vouchers to the value of the booking via email, within the next 10 days - our Customer Service team will be working hard to get them to you as soon as possible.
With a 180m-long surfing lake, The Wave delivers an unrivalled inland surf experience suitable for everyone from beginner to seasoned professional. What we love after surfing is getting together to refuel and relive our surfing experience. The Wave Bristol combines amazing surfing experiences with the best surf technology along with beautifully landscaped gardens, peaceful hideaways, family-friendly camping* and short-stay accommodation.
They're also fitted with solar thermal panels that pre-heat water to reduce energy use. "After an hour surfing the Wavegarden technology I felt amazing. The Wave Bristol combines amazing surfing experiences with the best surf technology along with beautifully landscaped gardens, peaceful hideaways, family-friendly camping* and short-stay accommodation. Our first Wavemakers are our founders, Nick Hounsfield and Craig Stoddart.
At The Wave we’re all about sharing experiences, feeding the senses, connecting with nature, and having fun. As a business, our values are the same as those we have as people.
Our building performance engineering team designed external and internal services, IT and communications systems. Loved it.
A site-wide drainage strategy, including a geo composite drainage layer that is just 4mm thick to remove hydrostatic pressure when the lake is empty, was developed by our civil and infrastructure team.