As of 11 October 2026, The Point Surf Park has not opened. The park spent the summer targeting early September. That window passed, and CBS12 reported on 10 September that the park is expected to open in January. The park's own site still says opening soon, with the surf basin date to be announced, and its booking platform shows 'bookings coming soon'.
Florida produced Kelly Slater, the Hobgood brothers, and a large share of every professional surf tour in history, and it still has no proper surf park. The Point in Fellsmere is the one about to change that. Through the summer it was substantially built, its welcome center finished, and the crew finalizing the basin. When it fires up, it will be the first Endless Surf lagoon operating anywhere in the United States.
Yes, Typhoon Lagoon could throw a surfable wave on a good morning, and Orlando has projects on paper. But a purpose-built pool designed around surfing, with zones, a booking system, and a wave menu, is a different animal, and Florida is about to get one.
The wave
The Point runs Endless Surf's ES36 system on a 10.5-acre site. If that technology sounds familiar, it should: it is the same pneumatic platform behind O2 SurfTown MUC in Munich, the lagoon at Aquarabia in Saudi Arabia, and the pool planned for USA Surfing's training center in Draper, Utah. A row of computer-controlled air caissons pushes out waves that operators can shape on the fly, from knee-high rollers for first-timers up to seven-foot faces on the expert settings. Its newest system, The Mixtape, can deliver each surfer in a group the wave they picked.
The numbers that matter to a surfer: Endless Surf advertises rides of up to 19 seconds in single peak configuration and up to 11 seconds in split peak, and says the lagoon's heart-shaped design can accommodate various skill levels simultaneously. The park lists lagoon hours of 7 in the morning to 11 at night, and entry to the lagoon requires a booked session or pass. Its session ladder runs from the Caroline Marks Surf Academy for first-timers through Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert and Pro. Crowded pools are the most common complaint in this industry, and The Point is choosing fewer bodies per session over maximum throughput.
Next door to Sebastian Inlet, on purpose
Here is the part that surprises people: this pool is going in a short drive from Sebastian Inlet, the most famous wave in Florida and the break that raised half the state's professional class. Building a wave pool near a good wave sounds redundant until you have spent a summer on the Treasure Coast staring at a flat, glassy Atlantic. Sebastian is world-class maybe a few dozen days a year. The pool is world-class every day the machine is on, and that is the entire pitch.
The park sits on a 10.5-acre site in Fellsmere, Indian River County, north of County Road 512 a couple of miles west of I-95, at 8841 Points Drive. It is about an hour and three quarters by car from Orlando International and half an hour from Vero Beach, which is where most visitors will end up basing themselves. Local reporting puts the project at 74 new jobs and between $8 million and $12 million a year in revenue for Fellsmere, from a build reported at $30 million early on and at more than $40 million by CBS12 in September 2026.
Surfers building for surfers
The ownership group is Luiz de Araujo alongside partners Asa Cascavilla and Jack Cook, and de Araujo has been consistent about the framing: "Our vision has always been to create a haven for surfers, by surfers." The park's general manager is John Turner, and the stated plans include surf lessons for underprivileged groups, physically challenged people and veterans.
What is still unknown
Session prices. The first published numbers are a $125 Caroline Marks Surf Academy lesson, with 45 minutes of groundwork and 55 in the water, and a $10 Beach Pass for spectators. Rates for Beginner through Pro sessions have not been published. The general manager has said affordability is part of the park's philosophy. The Point Surf Park page carries the current figures.
The other unknown is the calendar. Early September was the target, and local reporting through the summer said the build was on schedule. That date passed, and the newest reported target is January, from CBS12's 10 September story. The park itself has not published a date.
The one concrete signal is the booking system. booking.thepointsurfpark.com currently shows 'bookings coming soon', and sessions cannot be booked yet. The day those go on sale will say more than any announcement, and it usually lands close to opening. Hold your excitement firmly and your travel plans loosely.
Florida is just getting started
The Point will not be alone for long. Endless Surf has a second Florida project queued at Shell Point in Panama City Beach, Aventuur is planning a Wavegarden Cove for Jacksonville, Orlando Surf Park is back before county reviewers after a 2025 denial, and standing-wave riders already got theirs when Heroes Paradise in Brandon switched on its EpicSurf wave. But plans are easy and finished parks are rare, and The Point is the closest to finished. For a state with this much surf history and this many flat summer days, the first real pool is going to matter, and all six are in our guide to every Florida surf park.
Rendering courtesy of The Point Surf Park and Endless Surf.
