Apparatus and method for wave pool with double v-shaped reef

Abstract

Aspects of the invention provide a wave pool including at least one double V-shaped reef. The double V-shaped reef can include an inclined slope traversing the reef from the tip of the V-shape to the open end of the V-shape. In a round wave pool, a wave generating system can be provided within the center of the pool. The wave generating system can discharge water in a vertically upward motion to form a ring-shaped wave. The ring-shaped waves can propagate from proximate the center of the wave pool outward toward the edge thereof.

1 . A wave pool comprising a double V-shaped reef. 
   
   
       2 . A wave pool comprising a double V-shaped reef, the double V-shaped reef comprising an first V-shaped reef and an second V-shaped reef configured such that waves move over the first V-shaped reef first and move over the second V-shaped reef second. 
   
   
       3 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising an inclined slope extending along the reef from a deeper portion of the wave pool proximate a tip of the double V-shaped reef to a more shallow portion of the wave pool proximate an open end of the double V-shaped reef. 
   
   
       4 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising a deep water return channel disposed along an outside edge of the outer V-shaped reef and configured so as to inhibit waves from breaking within a channel. 
   
   
       5 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising a deep arrowhead channel disposed between the first V-shaped reef and the second V-shaped reef and configured so as to cause a wave to break and re-form a second time at the second V-shaped reef. 
   
   
       6 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising a wave generating system to configured to produce a wave that moves over the first V-shaped reef and the second V-shaped reef. 
   
   
       7 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising a wave generating system configured to produce waves having differing heights and speeds. 
   
   
       8 . A wave pool comprising a circular array of double V-shaped reefs. 
   
   
       9 . A generally round shaped wave pool comprising a plurality of double V-shaped inclined reefs. 
   
   
       10 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of double V-shaped inclined reefs comprises two double V-shaped inclined reefs. 
   
   
       11 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of double V-shaped inclined reefs comprises three double V-shaped inclined reefs. 
   
   
       12 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of double V-shaped inclined reefs comprises four double V-shaped inclined reefs. 
   
   
       13 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of double V-shaped inclined reefs comprises five double V-shaped inclined reefs. 
   
   
       14 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , further comprising a drain disposed around an outside edge of the wave pool and configured to facilitate catching and stopping waves and returning the water of the wave back to a center of the pool. 
   
   
       15 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , further comprising a drain and piping connected to the drain, the piping running under the pool floor and being configured to returning water back to the center of the round wave pool 
   
   
       16 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 9 , further comprising a deep water return channel having an inclined slope from the deep end of the pool towards the shallow end of the pool. 
   
   
       17 . A wave pool comprising a generally round pool and a wave generating system disposed proximate a center of the round wave pool. 
   
   
       18 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 17 , wherein the wave generating system is configured to discharge water upwardly. 
   
   
       19 . A wave pool comprising a wave generating system configured to make ring-shaped wave that move generally from proximate a center of the wave pool outwardly toward the an edge of the wave pool. 
   
   
       20 . A wave pool comprising a generally round pool and a plurality of drains disposed around a periphery of the pool and configured to facilitate catching and stopping waves and to facilitate returning water back to proximate the center of the pool. 
   
   
       21 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 20 , further comprising piping connected to the drains and extending under the pool floor, the piping returning the water back to proximate the center of the wave pool. 
   
   
       22 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 20 , further comprising a deep water return channel having an incline slope from the deep end of the pool toward the shallow end of the pool. 
   
   
       23 . A wave pool comprising a pool, a wall at a periphery of the pool, and an infinity wave catch edge at the wall. 
   
   
       24 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 23 , wherein the infinity wave catch edge is substantially lower than another edge of the wave pool, thus allowing the pool wall to have height that can accommodate waves produced by a wave generator. 
   
   
       25 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 23 , wherein the infinity wave catch edge is configured to calm the wave pool after the wave travels through the pool. 
   
   
       26 . An apparatus comprising a double V-shaped reef having an inclined slope traversing the reef from a tip of the V-shape to an open end of the V-shape of the reef. 
   
   
       27 . A device comprising a reef having a double V-shape. 
   
   
       28 . The device as recited in  claim 27 , further comprising a deep water return channel disposed along an outside edge of an outer reef of the double V-shape reef and having an inclined slope configured to inhibit a wave from breaking within channel. 
   
   
       29 . The device as recited in  claim 27 , further comprising an arrowhead channel disposed between two double V-shaped incline slope reefs and configured so as to cause waves to re-form and break a second time onto an inside reef of the double V-reef. 
   
   
       30 . The device as recited in  claim 27 , further comprising a V-shape reef having an elongated tip. 
   
   
       31 . A wave generating system comprising a double V-shaped reef and a wave generator configured to make waves of various different heights and speeds over the double V-shaped reef. 
   
   
       32 . A wave pool comprising a wall and an infinity wave catch edge formed substantially along the wall. 
   
   
       33 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 32 , wherein the infinity edge is substantially lower that an edge of the wave pool. 
   
   
       34 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 32 , wherein the infinity edge is configured so as to tend to calm the wave pool after a wave travels through the wave pool. 
   
   
       35 . A wave pool comprising an outer channel and pressurized water jets disposed at the outer channel and configured to force water upward so as to tend to break up currents in the wave pool. 
   
   
       36 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 35  further comprising an infinity edge. 
   
   
       37 . A wave pool comprising a bottom that is uneven. 
   
   
       38 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 37 , wherein the bottom is at least one of ribbed, cratered, pocked, or rippled. 
   
   
       39 . A wave pool comprising a bottom wherein the bottom changes slope along a path of a wave so as to tend to maintain a steep face of the wave. 
   
   
       40 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 39 , wherein the bottom of the wave pool becomes more steep as the wave travels further in the wave pool. 
   
   
       41 . A wave pool comprising a plurality of double V-shaped wave pools and an infinity edge generally surrounding the wave pool. 
   
   
       42 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 41 , wherein the infinity edge is at a periphery of the wave pool. 
   
   
       43 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 41 , further comprising an island and an infinity edge generally surrounding the island. 
   
   
       44 . The wave pool as recited in  claim 41 , wherein the plurality of double V-shaped wave pools define a round wave pool.