Photo: Zion Shores.
Utah has one surf wave pool running today, and you cannot book it. Southern Shores, a private community in Hurricane, has had a UNIT standing wave for its residents since June 2023. Three more projects are on the way: Zion Shores in Washington, near St. George, the Draper Surf Park in the Point of the Mountain area, and Three Bridges in Salem. Of the four, only Draper has said members of the public will be able to surf it.
At a glance
- Southern Shores, Hurricane: UNIT lists it as open since June 2023, for residents only.
- Zion Shores, Washington: under construction, and in May 2026 its founder put the opening about 16 months away.
- Draper Surf Park, Draper: the council approved the plan that includes it on June 9, 2026, and the developers have named both September 2027 and 2028 as targets.
- Three Bridges, Salem: planned, with UNIT Surf Pool estimating 2027 for its wave.
Southern Shores, Hurricane: open, residents only
Southern Shores is a private watersports community in the Hurricane Valley, built by Cody Larkin's company, Immaculate Homes, whose communities also include Zion Shores. It has 56 lots around three lakes, and one of the lakes holds a UNIT Surf Pool standing wave 16 metres (52.5 feet) wide. UNIT lists it as open since June 2023 and not open to the public. When The Inertia covered the community in June 2023, the 34 lakeside lots, each with a private boathouse, were priced up to $2.5 million, and the rest between $622,000 and $1.1 million.
Zion Shores, Washington: under construction
Zion Shores is a surf club community near St. George with 65 properties and three waves: a PerfectSwell pool from American Wave Machines, a UNIT Dynamic Wave and a UNIT Standing Wave. In May 2026 founder Cody Larkin told KUTV it was about halfway built and about 16 months from opening. The Wall Street Journal put the project at $130 million in November 2026, and Larkin told the paper that owners pay $500 a month in HOA fees per house, with surfing charged on top at $30 to $200 an hour. How non-owners will book sessions has not been confirmed.
Draper Surf Park: approved, with public hours planned
The Draper Surf Park is an 8.8-acre part of Veranda West, a development in the Point of the Mountain area, and the Draper City Council approved the amended master plan that includes it on June 9, 2026. USA Surfing says the Endless Surf pool will serve as an American Training Center for its national team, opening in late 2027, and that it will be able to recreate wave conditions like those at Lower Trestles, the surfing venue for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Other dates differ: in June, Kainoa Clark of The Wasatch Group told KSL the target was sometime in 2028, and the Draper Journal reported that the developers planned to open in September 2027. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Jackson Sheppard of Kamaka Responsible Development expects it to operate like a semi-private club, reserving some hours for members and opening others to the public, and the developers have promised a heated pool that stays open all year.
Three Bridges, Salem: planned
Three Bridges is a 530-acre private resort club community in Salem from High Ground Development, with a Robert Trent Jones II golf course, the Twin Fin Beach Club and a surf lake. When it was announced, the beach club and surf lake were due in spring 2026. UNIT Surf Pool now lists its 18-metre floating standing wave as under development, with an estimated opening in 2027. Custom homesites were offered from $300,000 to over $1 million, and membership applications were due to open in January 2024.
Can you surf in Utah today?
Only if you live at Southern Shores. The nearest wave pools in our directory that you can book are outside Utah: Revel Surf in Mesa, Arizona, the only one in a neighbouring state, and Palm Springs Surf Club and DSRT Surf in California's Coachella Valley.
Good to Know
Three of Utah's four projects use waves from UNIT Surf Pool, whose US headquarters is in Draper. The Draper Surf Park is the exception, with Endless Surf. Three of the four are also surf lakes inside private residential communities, so for now owning a home is the usual way in. For homes and prices, see the Zion Shores and Three Bridges real-estate pages.
