There is no single answer to which wave pool is the biggest, because parks publish different measures. Some give the area of water, some the length of the pool, and Wavegarden parks are usually described by how many wave modules line the lagoon. The fair way to answer is one measure at a time, using only the sizes each park or its builder has published. These are the largest open ones in 2026, then the bigger ones under way.
Largest by water area
- Surf Abu Dhabi, UAE: about 75,000 square metres. The Kelly Slater Wave Co pool on Hudayriyat Island is by far the largest open pool by surface, 3 metres deep, and it hosted the World Surf League's first Championship Tour event in the Middle East in 2025.
- Beyond the Club, São Paulo: 28,000 square metres. A private members' club running a 62-module Wavegarden Cove, which Wavegarden calls the largest and most powerful of its kind ever built.
- DSRT Surf, California: 5.5 acres, about 22,000 square metres. A 52-module Cove at Palm Desert, open to the public by the session.
- Atlantic Park Surf, Virginia Beach: 2.67 acres, about 10,800 square metres. North America's first Wavegarden Cove, open since August 2025.
- Alaïa Bay, Switzerland: more than 8,300 square metres. Continental Europe's first surfing wave pool, in the Alps at Sion.
Longest pools
- Kelly Slater Surf Ranch, California: 2,300 feet, about 700 metres. The longest pool by a wide margin, with a single wave running the whole length. It is private and sold as full-day buyouts.
- Boa Vista Village and São Paulo Surf Club, Brazil: 220 metres each. Two PerfectSwell pools from American Wave Machines with rides of up to 22 seconds, both members-only.
- ADRENA, Saudi Arabia: 215 metres. Its developer, Red Sea Global, calls it the largest surf pool in Saudi Arabia, with waves up to 2.1 metres, and it is bookable by the session.
Most wave modules (Wavegarden Coves)
A Cove's module count is the closest thing Wavegarden has to a size rating: more modules means a longer lagoon, longer rides and more zones running at once.
- 62 modules: Beyond the Club, São Paulo.
- 56 modules: SRF Park TLV, Tel Aviv, up to 700 waves an hour.
- 52 modules: DSRT Surf, California; Lost Shore, Edinburgh, which Wavegarden calls the largest Cove in Europe; and Praia da Grama, Brazil.
The bigger ones on the way
Several projects under construction or in planning would move the top of these lists, if they open as described:
- Thermal Beach Club, California: approved in 2020 with a lagoon of about 20 to 22 acres at the centre of a private community, now planned around a 48-chamber Endless Surf basin. Its lagoon is slated for 2029.
- Hidden Lake Surf Resort, Arizona: a plan for a 12.5-acre Endless Surf lagoon on the site of an existing 60-acre lake near Phoenix. No construction date yet.
- Gemswell Surf Madrid, Spain: a 23,000 square metre Wavegarden lagoon that its promoters call the largest in Europe, targeting spring 2027.
- Perth Surf Park and Surf Farm, Australia: both 62-module Coves, matching Beyond the Club. Perth expects its first waves in spring 2027.
- Zion Shores, Utah: its developer says its PerfectSwell pool will be the largest in the world, alongside two UNIT waves, with opening expected around late 2027.
- SURFWRLD, Germany: a planned 242-metre basin with its own wave technology, targeting early summer 2028.
Good to Know
Bigger is not the same as better for a surfer. A long pool means a long ride, but session prices, crowd limits and the wave menu matter more to most visits, and the largest pool by area, Surf Abu Dhabi, is also among the most expensive to surf. For what a session actually costs at each park, see our wave pool price guide, and for every project and its date, the opening tracker.
