Kelly Slater Wave Company drags a giant hydrofoil through the water.

Wavegarden Cove uses mechanized paddles along a central pier.

PerfectSwell pools use a series of air chambers to create waves.

Wavegarden Lagoon drags a hydrofoil through the center of the pool.

Surf Lakes 5 Waves uses a giant plunger in the center of a pool (or lake).

Point Break Surf pools use a water drop strategy to make waves. 

Surf Loch uses air pressure to lift and push water to create swells.

Webber Wave Pools drive foils around a central island to create waves that propagate outward and break.

Swellspot uses a modular array of plungers to push waves out of the back of the wave pool.

Okahina Wave technology runs foils around a circular track to push waves toward a center atoll where the break.

Swell MFG wave pools use hydraulics to generate waves that encounter bathymetry that creates an A-frame.

WavePrizm uses an array of modular mechanical devices to displace water and create waves.

Westlake Wave Co. has patented technology that uses paddles to push waves out to both sides of a dual pool system.

AllWaves is an innovate wave pool technology provider that uses a flexible underwater textile system powered by exterior hydraulics.