The Wave Bristol - Intermediate, Advanced & Expert Settings

[@macrovigilance]

nice vid tks Adam. good to see the variety of settings!

[@offshoresphoto]

Thx!!

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Nice, had no idea there was a wave pool there. Some rippers there 🇦🇺👍

[@offshoresphoto]

You might want to check the last video I put up…it has one of the UK’s best surfers of the last 25 years

[@captainianr]

I’m thinking of going. I’m a bodyboarder. Is the expert setting as big as it goes? The website says up to 2 metres but this looks way smaller than 2 metres. Thanks. Don’t want to go and be faced with waves too big, but this looks fine…

[@offshoresphoto]

I think Expert is the limit yes...there are Expert Barrel and Expert Turn settings now so maybe take a look at a more recent video with one of those

[@captainianr]

@@offshoresphoto Thank you!

[@offshoresphoto]

@captainianr no worries

[@iangay5044]

Looks a damn sight nicer than when I surfed it in December 2019!!! Brrrrrrrr!!!!

[@Drunk_dwarf]

Was there yesterday i wasnt impressed at all lol

[@shaunmcclory8117]

It would have been better if you had filmed the take off to give an idea of the way it is?

[@emrebennett2857]

Are there plans/potential for bigger waves? "Expert" being 4 - 5 foot mellow waves seems strange

[@offshoresphoto]

I'm not sure what their plans are in that respect. I think a lot of the time the issue is the size of the site and power. Most of the wave pools I've seen don't deliver waves much over head high and I haven't seen any footage of places that offer 10 ft stand up barrel style waves...Surf Lakes in Australia looks good but I don't think wave pools get that big just yet.

[@emrebennett7572]

@@offshoresphoto thanks for the reply - I am moving to Cardiff and hoping to use the pool to train (ATM I am probably only Waikiki/intermediate level). Then when we get good waves in porthcawl/Gower - hopefully I'll be ready :)

[@offshoresphoto]

@@emrebennett7572 I think it's great for training to be honest...especially paddle fitness...the sessions are a work out.

[@emrebennett7572]

@@offshoresphoto hopefully! My biggest issues are the takeoff + fixing my line. It will definitely help with the latter, just wondering whether it feels enough like an ocean wave to help with the takeoff!

[@offshoresphoto]

@@emrebennett7572 I personally find the take off harder at the Wave pool than in the ocean... But I surf mostly longboard breaks... The wave pool is also less forgiving than ocean waves I find... On the advanced/expert setting if you get caught behind a foam section your done... In the ocean you can get round sections easier sometimes... I'm sure it'll be helpful

[@richardp1517]

Nice video mate!

[@offshoresphoto]

Thanks! Yeah starting to really love that place.

[@richardp1517]

@@offshoresphoto do you live pretty local to it then?

[@offshoresphoto]

@@richardp1517 no I live in North Devon... But have visited the wave 3 or 4 times now

[@malindirugbyfootballclub1180]

Is that the biggest it gets?

[@offshoresphoto]

The Expert setting is the biggest setting at the moment yes.

[@sivanishaharan5349]

At expert, size needs to crank up a lot more

[@offshoresphoto]

Just don't think they have the space there for waves much bigger

[@marvinacklin792]

It ain't nothing like Laniakea, that's for sure!

[@Drunk_dwarf]

I was there yesterday its rather crap £2 to get in plus £50 a session for 2 waves lol plus WSL has gone crap the passion of surfing is being killed off by corprate companys its shameful