Progress Update on the Bunbury Airwave
Progress continues and construction is half-way complete on the Airwave artificial reef for Bunbury according to Troy Bottegal, founder of Airwave. The project remains on track to have the reef installed and ready to surf sometime in November 2019.
After construction is completed, the reef will be tested on land before the reef is moved into the water and inflated. It will be installed 30-45 meters off the beach and, at low tide, the shallow point will be about 1m under the surface of the water.
Once installed, the Airwave reef will help improve the shape of swells between 2′ and 8′ high on the face of the wave, resulting in longer, better, more frequent rides. The reef will produce lefts and rights that can be ridden for 40 meters or about 26 seconds. Depending on conditions, it will produce a variety waves ranging from barrels to open-face walls. Mr. Bottegal hopes to it will produce waves similar to Thunderbomb in Nicaragua.
We will keep you posted as this exciting experiment continues.Surf Camp
