More waves could be heading to Southern California, as Newport Beach’s city council approves a study into adding a surf park. The proposed surf-anchored destination would repurpose part of a golf course.
According to the Orange County Register, the study is environmentally focused and would look at a surf park’s impact on traffic, pollution, and water consumption. The golf course would lose “a driving range, putting green, the one, two and nine holes, a pro shop, and a restaurant with a full bar.”
Currently, the project is very early in the planning process.
“This is simply the consultant doing a study on the impacts on the community with a surf park in place,” Newport Beach Councilmember ErikWeigand told the OC Register.
The study will cost $277,000 but is being paid for by an organization known as Back Bay Barrels LLC. If they move forward with plans for a surf park the city will have to approve a zoning change to the land to build.
The study could take a year to complete. If everything is approved, the potential surf park in Newport Beach will join other nearby surf-anchored destinations open and in development, including Palm Springs Surf Club, DSRT Surf, and Thermal Beach, all in the Palm Springs area, as well as OceanKamp in Oceanside.
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