Australia already has two open Wavegarden Coves, one under construction, and two more announced elsewhere in the pipeline. Surf Farm adds a fourth Wavegarden project and a first for Queensland, planned for a 10-hectare former pineapple farm beside Johnston Road at the Glass House Mountains, on the Sunshine Coast about an hour north of Brisbane.
A technology switch, explained
Surf Farm didn't start out as a Wavegarden project. The site was originally planned around pneumatic wave technology, the air-driven approach used by Endless Surf and PerfectSwell, before the developer ran what Wavegarden's own announcement calls "a comprehensive technical and financial evaluation" and switched to Wavegarden's electromechanical system instead. The stated reasons are specific rather than promotional: electromechanical modules use up to ten times less power than pneumatic alternatives, which lowers both construction cost for the lagoon and ongoing operating cost. It's a rare case of a developer naming a vendor switch and the actual engineering reason behind it, rather than just announcing a partner.
The system itself is a 62-module Wavegarden Cove, the same module count as Beyond the Club in São Paulo and the configuration Wavegarden currently treats as its top-tier build. Wavegarden's own materials call it the largest Wavegarden installation on Australia's east coast, a claim worth reading precisely: Perth Surf Park, under construction on the west coast, is a separate build with its own module count, so the comparison here is regional rather than national.
Who's building it
Surf Farm's listed directors are Craig Morrison and Chris Salmon, with Mark Salmon as project manager. Chris Salmon's background is the more interesting credential: he's a founding investor and board advisor at URBN Surf, which put URBNSURF Melbourne into the water in January 2020 and followed it with URBNSURF Sydney, making Surf Farm the second Australian project to draw on that same founding group. In May 2026, Surf Farm brought on a new capital partner, Global Shred Ventures, which signed a development and equity partnership in the project.
Timeline
The company has said site work could begin before the end of 2026, with the major earthmoving phase following in early 2027 and the park targeted to open by mid-2028. None of that has started yet as of this writing; Surf Farm is still in detailed design and pre-construction. At a stated cost of up to $60 million, the plan pairs the lagoon with restaurants, retail, and year-round community programming, and is designed to run sessions from complete beginners through elite athletes on the same 62-module system.
Where it fits
Add Surf Farm to URBNSURF Melbourne, URBNSURF Sydney, Perth Surf Park, The Break Surf & Stay in South Australia, and Wisemans Surf Lodge in New South Wales, and Australia's wave pool map now spans five states. For the full lineup with pricing and status on the two that are actually open, see our guide to surf parks in Australia. We've added Surf Farm to the directory and will update its park page as construction actually starts.
