If you’ve surfed Florida long enough, you know the drill. Check Surfline. Drive to the beach anyway. Stare at ankle-slappers. Drive home. Repeat for three weeks, until a hurricane parks 600 miles offshore and suddenly Sebastian Inlet looks like Pipeline.
That whole rhythm is about to get a serious upgrade.
The Point Surf Park, going up on a 10.5-acre site in Fellsmere, is currently under construction and slated to open in 2026 as Florida’s first surf park and the first Endless Surf lagoon in the United States. It’s a $30 million project, and crews are already deep into pouring concrete on what will eventually become a heart-shaped lagoon pumping out overhead waves on demand, regardless of what the Atlantic feels like doing that day.
If you want to see the build with your own eyes, Endless Surf just dropped a five-minute Behind the Break documentary covering the project. Watch it below. Then read the rest of this for everything they didn’t fit into five minutes.
What Exactly Is The Point Surf Park?
The Point is a dedicated, year-round surf facility being built in Fellsmere, Indian River County, just inland from Sebastian Inlet. Construction broke ground on May 14, 2025, ending a long stretch of teased Florida surf park concepts that never made it past the rendering stage.
Quick facts:
- Location: 9600 Mesa Park D Boulevard, Fellsmere, FL (about 14 miles inland from the coast)
- Site size: 10.5 acres
- Pool size: Roughly 700 feet long, 4.3 million gallons of fresh water
- Capacity: ~30 surfers per hour, reservation-only
- Cost: $30 million
- Opening: Sometime in 2026
- Founders: Luiz de Araujo, Asa Cascavilla, and Jack Cook
- Wave tech: Endless Surf ES36 (pneumatic)
It sits between two of Florida’s most surf-saturated regions, the Treasure Coast and the Space Coast, with Orlando, Miami, and Tampa all within driving range.
How the Wave Tech Actually Works (ES36, Without the Jargon)
Endless Surf’s ES36 system uses 36 caissons (pressurized chambers running down the side of the pool) that fire bursts of compressed air to push water and form waves. Picture a giant, very precise lung exhaling underneath the lagoon. Open and close those chambers in different sequences, and you can shape waves the way a shaper shapes foam.
What that buys you in practice:
- Overhead waves on demand. No swell required. No swell window required. No 4 a.m. dawn patrol because that was the only window before the wind switched onshore.
- Long rides. Up to 19-second Single Peak rides or 11-second Split Peak rides, depending on the configuration.
- Customizable wave profiles. Operators can dial in shape, size, speed, and intervals throughout the day. Mellow rollers in the morning for kids’ lessons, head-high performance peaks at golden hour for the comp crew.
- Multiple zones running at once. Thanks to the heart-shaped pool design, beginners can ride knee-high foamies on one side while advanced surfers throw airs on punchier waves on the other. Nobody’s stuck waiting their turn behind a learn-to-surf class.
That last point matters. The chronic problem with traditional wave pools is throughput. Everyone takes a wave, then everyone waits 90 seconds. The ES36 setup is built to keep multiple groups in the water simultaneously, which means more wave count per session.
If you want a real-world preview, look at the Adrena facility that recently opened in Saudi Arabia. According to WavePoolMag, that pool is essentially identical to what Fellsmere is getting. Pull up Blair Conklin’s clips from the Endless Surf demo tank in Munich and you’ll see what these waves actually look like once they’re firing.
Why Fellsmere? (Hint: It’s Geography)
Fellsmere is a 5,000-person agricultural town historically famous for the Frog Leg Festival. Not exactly Surf City. So why here?
A few reasons:
Sebastian Inlet is right there. One of the most legendary breaks on the East Coast, training ground for guys like Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach is up the road) and the heart of competition surfing in Florida for decades. The Point lands itself inside an existing surf culture instead of trying to manufacture one.
Drive-time math. Within a couple of hours, the project can pull surfers from Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Miami, and Tampa. That’s a massive year-round customer base, especially when ocean conditions are flat (which is most of the time in Florida).
Land was actually available. A 10.5-acre site anywhere on coastal Florida is functionally unobtainable. In Fellsmere, the developers picked up the old vacant Mesa Park property, ready to be rebuilt into something new.
Tourism economics. Indian River County and the Treasure Coast already pull millions of visitors a year. Adding a year-round, weather-independent attraction is a layup for the local economy and exactly the kind of project Fellsmere wants on its tax base.
Who’s Behind It
Three co-founders are leading the project: Luiz de Araujo, Asa Cascavilla, and Jack Cook, all bringing real estate and development experience. De Araujo has said the vision has always been “a haven for surfers, by surfers.”
The wave system comes from Endless Surf, a division of WhiteWater (the global aquatics engineering company). The lagoon itself is being designed by Martin Aquatic using their Blue Mar Basins technology, which handles the water quality side of running a giant freshwater pool with hundreds of bodies in it daily.
Short version: experienced surf-park operators, experienced aquatic engineers, and a wave system that’s already proven in the dirt at Adrena.
What This Actually Means for Florida Surfing
Florida has produced more world-class surfers per capita than its wave consistency has any right to. Kelly Slater. Caroline Marks. Lisa Andersen. The entire CB-to-Sebastian crew. The reason isn’t water quality. It’s grit, an absurd amount of repetition during the September-October hurricane window, and a willingness to surf 2-foot wind chop because that’s what’s on offer most weeks.
A surf park changes the math.
Kids from Orlando who currently log maybe 30 actual surf days a year can suddenly stack hundreds of waves a month. Coaches can drill specific maneuvers (a backside reverse, a frontside air, a clean carve) on the exact same wave repetition after repetition. Adaptive surfers, masters surfers, and total beginners all get session time without fighting for it in a crowded lineup.
Will it replace Sebastian Inlet on a head-high south swell? No. Nothing replaces real ocean. But for the 90% of the year when Florida is flat, this fundamentally changes what Floridian surfers can do.
The Point has also said they plan to offer free surfing lessons and water safety programs for the local community when they open, which is a refreshing flex of the “by surfers, for surfers” angle. Whether they actually deliver on that is something we’ll be watching.
What We’re Watching For Between Now and Opening
A few things to keep tabs on as the project moves toward 2026:
- Pricing tiers. Expect rates to scale by wave type. Beginner sessions cheaper, performance peaks more expensive. Other Endless Surf and Wavegarden parks worldwide land in the $80 to $150 per hour range.
- Membership model. Some surf parks have gone full private club (Crest in New York, for example). The Point looks public-access, but watch for any membership tier announcements.
- Wave variety menu. The ES36 can do a lot of profiles. Will The Point publish a public schedule of which wave is firing when?
- Travel logistics. Fellsmere isn’t tourist-built yet. Lodging, food, and parking are all open questions for out-of-towners.
Practical Info
- Opening date: 2026 (developer is targeting summer)
- Address: 9600 Mesa Park D Boulevard, Fellsmere, FL
- Capacity: ~30 surfers per hour, reservation-only
- Pricing: Not yet announced
- Lessons: Yes, including free programs for local community members
- Bookings: Watch ThePointSurfPark.com and Endless Surf’s social channels for announcements
Frequently Asked Questions
When does The Point Surf Park open?
Sometime in 2026. The developer is aiming for the summer. Construction broke ground in May 2025.
Where is The Point Surf Park located?
9600 Mesa Park D Boulevard in Fellsmere, Florida (Indian River County), about 14 miles inland from Sebastian Inlet.
How big are the waves?
Up to overhead, with rides up to 19 seconds long on the Single Peak setting and 11 seconds on the Split Peak setting.
Is it for beginners or advanced surfers?
Both. The heart-shaped lagoon and ES36 wave system run multiple wave zones at once, so beginners and advanced surfers can session simultaneously.
How much will it cost?
Pricing has not been announced. Expect tiered rates by wave type and skill level, similar to other Endless Surf and Wavegarden facilities globally.
How many surfers can be in the water at once?
Capacity is around 30 surfers per hour on a reservation system.
Is The Point really Florida’s first surf park?
Yes. It’s Florida’s first dedicated surf park and the first Endless Surf lagoon in the United States.
What technology powers the waves?
Endless Surf’s ES36 pneumatic wave system, which uses 36 air-pressure caissons to generate fully customizable waves. The same system is running at the Adrena facility in Saudi Arabia.
Bottom Line
For decades, Floridian surfers have lived with the trade-off: world-class talent, maddeningly inconsistent waves. The Point doesn’t fix the ocean. It just gives you somewhere to go when the ocean isn’t cooperating, which (let’s be honest) is most of the time.
When this thing opens in 2026, it’ll be the first time a Florida grom can surf overhead waves on a Tuesday afternoon in July when the ocean’s a lake.
We’ll be watching the build. When opening day hits, we’ll be there.
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