A new wave machine has been developed in Australia that creates waves for surfers from the centre of a pool.

Engenuity Solutions, the engineering firm behind a major surf park development, has finalised an innovative world-first wave machine which is now ready for commercial production.

The technology was commissioned by Surf Lakes, an Australian company spearheading the project, and concludes years of development and testing of a full-scale prototype in Yeppoon.

The facility was built by Surf Lakes to refine the wave machine as well as provide demonstrations to potential licensees.

Engenuity Solutions’ managing director, Dr Chris Hawley, said his company has spent five years driving the research and development and three years designing and building the facility.

“We’re extremely proud of our achievement to help produce what is a world first and the only one of its kind in the artificial wave space,” he said.

“What we’ve designed produces waves from the centre of a body of water where they radiate outwards towards the shoreline, just like when you drop a rock in a pond.

“It’s called 5 WAVES because of its ability to create five separate and distinct levels of waves at the same time and will be attractive to potential surf park operators as it will allow a much larger number of people to be surfing in the park at the same time.”

The company says it has already fielded hundreds of inquiries by interested parties and potential licensees.

The prototype can be seen in action in the video below.