Five different waves for various levels of surfer skill and generated seconds apart by the single plunger. A bigger wave just needs a bigger plunger.
https://www.surf-lakes.com.au/prototype/
Disclaimer: I live on the Sunny Coast so possibly biased in wanting to see Occy and his partners make it work.
> He chortled, but he did not stop peering across the water, assessing the waves and the state of the pool during the three minutes that it was left to settle between waves.
1 wave every 3 minutes will never be economically feasible. They're currently charging $10,000 per hour, whereas BSR charges $60 per hour and you get several times as many waves per session.
American Wave Machines' system can already pump out a full set of waves every 10 seconds AND they can change the shape with the push of a button. Beginner, intermediate, advanced, left, right, air sections, barrels, they do it all.
Slater's wave will never be anything more than a toy for himself and a few of his close friends. Every surfer I know said the surf ranch competition was the most boring thing they ever watched.
The Surf Ranch can do some of this... they apparently have over 50 wave types. I'm not sure if it's as versatile, but it's more than just one type of wave. The wired article from September did a better job of talking about the tech (albeit, not much):
https://www.wired.com/story/kelly-slaters-artificial-surf-po...
Ah, don't sweat it little grom, there's still plenty of free non-designer waves to mash out on the nar