![]() Webber’s field testing of waves at 1 meter and statements from the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania support this claim. However, Greg Webber is confident that the technology can produce waves 2 meters (6.5 feet) high on the face of the wave and we’ve seen other similar technologies from KSWC and Wavegarden do the same. ![]() Without a full scale prototype, it’s difficult to be sure how large the wave will be at Webber Wave Pool installations. The patent for the current control system was recently granted at the PCT stage, which then gives Webber another 19 years of IP protection on this patent. The same water jets can also be used to create currents that change the shape of the waves. To counter this, Webber Wave Pools has a patented method for countering the current with water jets. Generating waves in any closed body of water creates currents that can lead to unwanted turbulence and water movements that adversely affect wave shape or increase pool settling time. In theory it would possible to create an infinite number of wave breaking patterns which then would solve one of the apparent shortcomings of existing wave pool technologies where the waves are almost identical from one to the next. Adjustments to these three factors result in immediate changes to the wave size and shape as the hulls moves around the island. The software used by the operator provides real-time control over the hull trim angle, draft, and speed of each carriage. The carriages can run around the island in either directions and the hull angles can be reversed allowing the wave pool to create rights or lefts. Each carriage is propelled by its own electric motors which turns monorail wheels that drive the carriage along the track. Each hull is attached to a carriage that is suspended underneath a steal rail track that runs around the island. Depending on the size of the wave pool, up to 4 hulls are driven around the central island. The overall shape of the pool is a looped system comprised of two semi-circular ends joined by two linear gradients separated by an elongated island. Whether this factor is critical or not, is yet to be seen at full scale but field testing in rivers at 1m do seem to indicate a more open tube on kelvin waves. It’s somewhat similar to Wavegarden Lagoon and KWSC technology, but both of those systems create a soliton wave which has no trough in front of the wave. Webber Wave Pool technology creates a kelvin wave, which tends to have a trough preceding the crest. The swells then travel towards the shallower linear gradient where they break in the same way as do waves along a point break. ![]() also executed a 'sister' project involving the creation the Webber Pool Bathhouse.Webber Wave Pool technology creates waves by moving boat-like hulls through the water which displace water and create swells like a boat wake. The pool features four sections: a nearly four-foot deep upper pool, 6-foot deep lower pool, a jumping platform and a lap pool, which serves as a training space for amateur swimmers. ![]() regeneration basin & pond, pump house, etc. Then fresh water is pumped back into the pool, which can hold a capacity of 500 swimmers.ĭetails: Demolition of existing pool & parking lot and construction of a new 22,500 S.F. In addition to the filters and plants, the pool is vacuumed daily. The basin contains about 7,000 aquatic plants, of 36 different species, rooted in layers of limestone and granite to keep the pool clean. During the recycling process, the water streams through biological filters into a nearby regeneration basin. All together, the pool holds 500,000 gallons of water, recycled every 12 hours. The pool uses a combination of filtration, bacteria, and microorganisms that feed on harmful bacteria and aquatic plants that extract nutrients that can degrade water quality. The first in North America to use a bio-engineered simulated wetlands, rather than chemicals, to cleanse water. Webber - Natural Filtration Swimming Pool ![]()
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