Back Yard Surf

Swellspot is excited to announce the launch of our Back Yard Surf Lagoons.

Lagoon Specs:
The surf lagoons are half lagoons (1 break). You can choose from a left or right hander point break wave. The swell frequency is every 45 seconds to 1 minute. (60 waves with the 1 minute and 100 waves with the 45 second frequency). We can make the wave frequency faster but there will be an increase in cost. The height of the wave is 4 feet and we also have a 2 foot wave for beginners too. All programmed by your PLC. The cost of the back yard surf is $800,000 USD. The price also includes a 3 phase diesel generator, if you don't have 3 phase electricity and a well to fill up the lagoon and to maintain water levels with evaporation. Our back yard surf lagoons are also great for farms, ranches, water parks, resorts, hotels, colleges and developers that want to put a back yard surf in their neighborhood developments. We can also build you a 2 break A frame back yard surf lagoon, with an inside beginners section as well. The cost of the 2 break back yard surf lagoon is $1.7 Million USD.

Requirements:
1.) Customers are responsible for obtaining a land disturbance permit or pool permit from their local municipality before the start of the project, if required.
2.) Full project funds are required to be placed in a third party escrow account at the start of the project.

Please see our 3d CFD Simulation and rendering of our Back Yard Surf Lagoons. Please call us to schedule a consultation (804) 244-0323.

Dimensions/Water Volume:

Full Surf Lagoon: (2) break: 40 foot wide at generator wall. Each lagoon side is 229.65 feet long. 234.58 feet wide at beach. 25,478 sq feet. (1 acre is 43,560 sq feet)
Half lagoon: (1) break 20 feet wide at generator wall. Each side 229.65 feet long. Lagoon width at beach end is 117.29 feet. 12,739 Sq feet.
Full size lagoon: Water volume 575,000 gallons. Half lagoon: 288,000 gallons water.

Project Build time:

Project install time is about 5-6 months. Depends on equipment delivery times, contractor schedules and weather.

Warranties:

Based on Manufacturer warranties:
Sanitation/Filtration: Filters: 10 years, Pumps: 1 year. Pre filters: 2 years.
Hydraulics: All hydraulic products are guaranteed either 18 months from shipment from factory (or) 12 months from first use (or) 2000 hours of use. Whichever of the three comes first.

Electrical Costs:

If you're running this for back yard personal use is 1 wave a minute. Then its 28 kw per plunger, 2 plungers would be 56 kw an hour.... You're using way less energy. At .14 cents a kw, would be $7.64 an hour to run on personal back yard lagoon. 4 plungers (2) break is 112 kw per hour. at .14 cents a kw is $15.68 per hour. (Call your local electric company ask how much they charge per kw).

If you're using the diesel generator will be based on your local cost of diesel fuel, the fuel tank size in gallons and time running the generator. (The average cost for a gallon of diesel fuel is $3.77). Usually have 250-gallon fuel tanks. ($942 to fill fuel tank up). Consumes about 2.5 gallons per hour. Will run for about 100 hours run time. You surf an hour a day, that will give you 100 surf sessions before refueling is needed.

Commercial Surf Lagoon Electrical operating cost. If you run this commercially, it throws a swell every 8.5 seconds. You are looking at 56 kw per plunger per hour. The 4 plunger (2) break would be 224 kw an hour. The (1) break 2 plungers would be 112 kw an hour. You can call your electric company to find out how much they charge you per kw. For example: Where we live it's .14 cents a kw. The (2) break 4 plungers would cost you $31.36 an hour to operate. The (1) break would be $15.68 an hour to operate.