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The Research

In June 2009 Liquid time with the Australian Maritime College (AMC) and Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) (Netherlands) were awarded an Australian Research Council grant. This grant will provide funding for our development activities which will include a 10m diameter scale model for operation by Aug 2010 to end Jun 2012.
concept drawing of the wave pool

If the true measure for a wave pool is how much actual surfing can be done each minute then a ride-second per minute would be a useful currency to use in comparison between pools. In a standard rectangular pool making two, 10 second rides per minute, the currency rating for that pool would be 20 ride-seconds per minute.

The liquid time pool makes ten waves that break all the time, not one at a time with breaks in between them. With each of the ten waves breaking all the time, the ride potential per wave per minute is 60 seconds per minute, because each wave is constantly breaking. So if you have ten waves doing their thing, all the time, then you have a total of 600 ride seconds per minute! That is thirty times greater than the traditional system. And not even nature can match that! In an LT pool there is no three to five minute lull between sets, every 15 seconds two perfect 2 meter waves come peeling around the corner. In terms of how many surfers can be having the time of their lives in one day, imagine owning a pool that has given 2000 surfers 12 perfect, two meter, thirty second rides each.