The most ambitious wave pool proposed in Arizona so far, with a finished design, a named architect, and a committed wave vendor behind it. Until construction is confirmed on the ground, it belongs in the pipeline rather than on a travel plan.
PHX Surf is a planned 40-acre surf resort in Maricopa, Arizona, about 40 minutes south of Phoenix, built around a 137,000 square foot Endless Surf lagoon. The design package is complete, with AO as architect of record, and the developer announced a March 2026 groundbreaking on the site at State Route 238 and Loma Road. As of August 2026 there is no public confirmation that construction has started.
The lagoon is an Endless Surf ES48, a pneumatic system that presses air through a bank of caissons to send traveling waves across the pool. Endless Surf names its systems by caisson count, so the ES48 sits above the 34-caisson pool at O2 SurfTown in Munich and the ES36 going into The Point in Florida. The only comparable configuration announced in the United States is the 48-chamber basin planned at Thermal Beach Club for members of Meriwether's Coral Mountain club. At 137,000 square feet the water covers a little over three acres. The pool is designed with two bays so different settings can run at the same time, which is what allows a beginner lesson and a performance session to share the lagoon. Pneumatic systems of this type are the most programmable in the business: wave height, shape, and interval are set in software, so the same pool can run gentle rollers and steeper performance walls within one session. No wave menu, session capacity, or ride count has been published for this site.
Greater Phoenix, which has five million people, no coastline, and a long history of spending on golf and resort recreation. The resort program, with a spa, wellness facilities, restaurants, and bungalow lodging, is aimed at destination stays and corporate and group travel as much as at surfers. Nothing here is bookable yet.
No pricing has been announced. For reference, the two open surf lagoons closest to this market are Revel Surf in Mesa and Palm Springs Surf Club in California, both of which run roughly $100 to $200 for a peak-hour public session depending on the setting.
Nothing to plan around yet. Surfers in the Phoenix area can ride at Revel Surf in Mesa today, and the California coast is a five to six hour drive west. Watch for site work at State Route 238 and Loma Road, a named general contractor, and an Endless Surf manufacturing slot before treating any opening date as real.
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