When a wave is breaking, how many surfers can it comfortably accommodate?
We estimate that the current single reef design proposed for Cocoa Beach will accommodate 50 surfers at a time. Some of our more recent designs incorporate several small reefs in lieu of one large reef. We’ve found that the multiple-reef designs will protect more shoreline and provide more surfing opportunities for roughly the same cost. What about when everything happens to be terribly flat out there? Will it function by making the most of weak conditions, or will it only break when the surf is big? The reef was designed to break over a broad range of wave conditions from 1.5 feet at low tide to over 10 feet. The reef should break at all tides for any swell over 3 feet. There must be some surfing purists out there who might object to surfing an artificial reef. What do detractors say? There have been some complaints that the reef will be too crowded. I am sure that it will be crowded, but I’m confident that the locals will get their fair share of waves. The ultimate solution would be
