Europe’s first artificial surf reef is in the final phase of tests in Boscombe, Dorset, England.
The £1.4 million project will be ready for surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing and bodyboarding next month.
The reef will not create waves, but acts as a ramp which changes the way the waves break and will certainly improve the quality of the surf and produce a long right-hand ride of around 75 metres for surfers, and a shorter left-hand ride of around 35 metres most favourable for body boarders.
During clean, long period swell, the reef and the inshore banks would all be surfable.
The reef at Boscombe is designed to …Â Details