System for producing surfing waves for tube riding or wind surfing
First Claim
1. A method of producing plunging waves for surfing in a body of water, comprisingforming a reef at the bottom of said body of water, the offshore side of said reef forming a wave-breaking surface which inclines upwardly toward the shore at a substantially constant predetermined angle, andgenerating waves on the offshore side of said reef and propagating toward the shore, said waves having a steepness sufficient to cause the waves to break in a plunging mode as the waves traverse said inclined wave-breaking surface, said inclined wave-breaking surface extending across the wave front and inclining upwardly toward the shore at said substantially constant predetermined angle to produce a continuous plunging wave along said inclined wave-breaking surface as the waves traverse said inclined wave-breaking surface.
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Abstract
A system for producing plunging waves for surfing in a body of water propagates waves over a reef which forms a wave-breaking surface which has a steepness sufficient to cause the waves to break in a plunging mode as the waves traverse the reef. The waves are artificially generated with a steepness sufficient to break in a plunging mode. Multiple waves are generated in sequence along the offshore side of the reef to produce a wave that peels laterally along the reef to produce a wave suitable for tube riding.
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1. A method of producing plunging waves for surfing in a body of water, comprising
forming a reef at the bottom of said body of water, the offshore side of said reef forming a wave-breaking surface which inclines upwardly toward the shore at a substantially constant predetermined angle, and generating waves on the offshore side of said reef and propagating toward the shore, said waves having a steepness sufficient to cause the waves to break in a plunging mode as the waves traverse said inclined wave-breaking surface, said inclined wave-breaking surface extending across the wave front and inclining upwardly toward the shore at said substantially constant predetermined angle to produce a continuous plunging wave along said inclined wave-breaking surface as the waves traverse said inclined wave-breaking surface.
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9. A surfing pool for producing plunging waves in a body of water adjacent a shore, said pool comprising
a reef at the bottom of said body of water, the offshore side of said reef forming a wave-breaking surface which inclines upwardly toward the shore at a substantially constant predetermined angle, and means for generating waves on the offshore side of said reef and propagating toward the shore, said waves having a steepness sufficient to cause the waves to break in a plunging mode as the waves traverse said inclined wave-breaking surface, said inclined wave-breaking surface extending across the wave front and inclining upwardly toward the shore at said substantially constant predetermined angle to produce a continuous plunging wave along said inclined wave-breaking surface as the waves traverse said inclined wave-breaking surface.
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