The Westin Cocoa Beach Resort & Spa, the 502-room resort under construction on the oceanfront in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is getting a machine-made wave. Marriott's listing for the resort names an outdoor "FlowSurf Experience at The Lineup" among its pools, and The Inertia reported on 30 October 2026 that the wave will be a deep-water FlowSurf.
A wave has been part of the plans for years: the developer's 2024 groundbreaking announcement listed a "surfing wave pool" among the resort's amenities. What is new is the name and the system.
What FlowSurf is
FlowSurf is a standing wave from FlowRider, the company The Inertia describes as best known for the shallow stationary waves on cruise ships. FlowSurf runs over deep water instead, so riders can use ordinary finned surfboards. FlowRider lists four preset wave shapes and custom settings, with widths from 26 feet to 52 feet or more, and its 2026 brochure gives an adjustable wave height of 2.6 to 4.3 feet.
On a standing wave the water moves and the wave stays put, so surfers take turns riding in one spot rather than paddling for waves across a lagoon. FlowRider calls Waco Surf in Texas the first FlowSurf site in the United States, and our directory also lists FlowSurf waves at ADRENA in Saudi Arabia and Surflux in Belgium. FlowRider and Endless Surf, the lagoon system planned for The Point in Fellsmere, are sister brands under WhiteWater.
The resort
Driftwood Capital is building the Westin as a $420 million resort with a conference center on a 15.7-acre site at 1300 North Atlantic Avenue, where the International Palms Resort stood before it was demolished. It broke ground on 10 September 2024, with KAST Construction as general contractor and Gensler as architect, and Driftwood Hospitality Management will run it. Martin Aquatic is designing the water features, which a June 2026 trade profile listed as the main pool, interactive features, entry fountains and the surf simulator.
Other venues on Marriott's listing include Locals Only and The Wax Shack, a coastal café with golf simulators.
When it opens
The opening date has moved between statements. In December 2025 Driftwood put the resort at 45 percent complete and said completion was due in the third quarter of 2027. WFTV reported that month that construction would finish in May 2027, with guests from June 2027, and a June 2026 trade profile gave a second-quarter 2027 opening. In March 2026, City of Cocoa Beach staff noted in a commission packet that the Westin was under construction.
Who will be able to surf
Prices, session times and access rules have not been published. In December 2025, WFTV reported that the developer's plans included "a members-only surf feature," so it is not yet clear whether people who are not staying at the resort will be able to book the wave.
Florida's surf parks
Our directory tracks seven surf parks and projects in Florida, including The Lineup, and one of them is open: the Heroes Paradise standing wave in Brandon, east of Tampa. The rest, including The Point and Jacksonville Surf Park, are still to come. Our Florida guide and opening tracker follow all of them.
Good to Know
This is a standing wave inside a resort, not a surf lagoon, so expect short turns on one wave rather than a session catching waves across a pool. Nothing about prices, session length or who can book has been published, and the developer's own statements put the opening between the second and third quarter of 2027. If you want a lagoon on this coast, The Point in Fellsmere is under construction to the south.
