Surf Lakes Capricorn Coast is not open yet. It runs Surf Lakes in Mulara, Queensland, Australia.
Verified August 2026
The most distinctive wave technology in the industry attached to a real, approved resort plan, held back by the same thing that has held it back for years: funding. The prototype proved the concept and made the company famous; turning that into a park people can book is the part still outstanding.
Surf Lakes Capricorn Coast is an approved 90-hectare surf resort on the site of the company's Yeppoon prototype at Mulara, between Rockhampton and Yeppoon in Queensland. Livingstone Shire Council granted development approval in January 2022 to convert the research site into a commercial facility, and the plan pairs the wave with up to 250 rooms, 100 camping and caravan sites, a skate park and a scuba pool. As of 2026 the company is still seeking capital partners and construction has not started.
Surf Lakes works unlike anything else in this directory. A large central plunger drops into the middle of a circular lake and sends concentric swells radiating outward in every direction at once, the way ripples spread from a stone dropped in water. Those swells break against a contoured lake floor arranged around the ring, so one plunge produces several different waves simultaneously, from beginner whitewater to steeper barrelling sections, which is where the system's 5 Waves name comes from. The commercial design targets a wave face up to 2.6 metres, rides up to 15 seconds, and a potential 2,000 rides per hour, on a reinforced concrete lake bed with CFD-modelled bathymetry rather than the prototype's bare-bones build.
Nobody yet, in the literal sense: there is nothing to book and no construction under way. If it is built, the concentric layout is designed to serve every ability at once around the same ring, which is a different proposition from a lane-based lagoon, and the on-site accommodation would make it a destination rather than a day trip. Queensland's Capricorn Coast is a long way from anywhere: about eight and a half hours' drive north of Brisbane.
No pricing has been published, and none should be expected until construction is funded and under way. A standard Surf Lakes installation has been reported at around 50 million dollars to build, but that is a construction figure and says nothing about what a session would cost.
Nothing to plan yet. The existing prototype on this site is not open to the public and is due to be demolished, so there is no way to ride a Surf Lakes wave today. If you want surf on the Capricorn Coast in the meantime, the region's actual beaches are the answer.
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