Remember that wave pool that was planned for Oceanside, California?
It might be a little hazy, since news surrounding the surf park began bubbling a handful of years ago. In fact, the construction began four years ago, with plans to open this year or the next. But then, the project got embroiled in a number of hurdles – including lawsuits, city approvals, and the discovery of Native American artifacts on the site.
Now, Ocean Kamp, as the project is dubbed, is back in the news. Reports are showing that the project will resume construction next year.
According to The San Diego Tribune, preparation of the site took much longer than expected. (Ahem, those aforementioned Native American artifacts.) But now, the project is back on, and per Jon Corn, an attorney and CEO of N4FL Worldwide, the organization developing the wave pool, “we’re very close to the end. Our goal is to be under construction by April or May of 2026.”
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For more details on the project, and the surrounding development, as previously reported here on SURFER Mag:
“The 92-acre project, that’s just 3 miles from the ocean on the north side of highway 76 just east of Foussat rd, aims to transform the former swap meet and drive-in movie theater site into a mixed-use development featuring residential, commercial, and recreational elements including a 3.5-acre wave pool as its main attraction. Key components of this project also include up to 667 all electric, solar powered homes, a 300-room resort hotel, and 134,000 square feet of retail and office space.”
As for the wave-making technology expected to be used at Ocean Kamp, that’s still under wraps. However, in a previous interview with Wave Pool Mag, Corn hinted at some possibilities:
“We lean strongly to pneumatics, but that’s as much as I can say right now.”
That’s the same tech seen at pools like The Palm Springs Surf Club, Waco Surf, 02 SurfTown Muc, and others…specifically not Kelly Slater Wave Co.
Stay tuned; more to come on this pool (hopefully) soon.
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