An artificial wave facility for the practice of surfing, comprising: - a support (11; 55) having an upper surface comprising an edge zone, a wave progression zone and a culminating zone, the wave progression zone extending, in an upwards slope, from the edge zone to the culminating zone; - water situated over said edge zone and said wave progression zone; - an artificial wave generator comprising at least one water driving member movable over the edge zone along a predetermined path, said wave generator and said upper surface of the support (11; 55) being configured such that when the wave generator is at rest the culminating zone is emerged and when the wave generator is in use, the movable member is laterally followed by a wave moving in the water towards the wave progression zone in contact with which the generated wave breaks towards the culminating zone; characterized in that: - said water situated over the edge zone and the wave progression zone forms part of an aquatic environment which, externally of the support (11; 55) along the edge zone, comprises a region, hereinafter called upper outer aquatic region, situated higher than the edge zone and a region, hereinafter called deep outer aquatic region, situated lower than the edge zone, the upper outer aquatic region and the deep outer aquatic region being horizontally contiguous; - the upper outer aquatic region and the region of the aquatic environment situated over said edge zone and said wave progression zone, hereinafter called inner aquatic region, are vertically contiguous; - the upper surface of the support (11; 55) further comprises a crest and a depressed zone which is depressed relative to the crest, which crest is located between the culminating zone and the depressed zone, the culminating zone and the depressed zone being configured such that when the wave generator is in use, the water at the end of travel of the waves gets past the crest and falls into a volume delimited by the depressed zone, hereinafter called reception volume of the support; and - fluidic communication (27; 57) situated below the upper surface of the support (11; 55) connects said deep outer aquatic region to an opening (33, 39; 58) which is open to said reception volume of the support. - a support (11; 55) having an upper surface comprising an edge zone, a wave progression zone and a culminating zone, the wave progression zone extending, in an upwards slope, from the edge zone to the culminating zone; - water situated over said edge zone and said wave progression zone; - an artificial wave generator comprising at least one water driving member movable over the edge zone along a predetermined path, said wave generator and said upper surface of the support (11; 55) being configured such that when the wave generator is at rest the culminating zone is emerged and when the wave generator is in use, the movable member is laterally followed by a wave moving in the water towards the wave progression zone in contact with which the generated wave breaks towards the culminating zone; - said water situated over the edge zone and the wave progression zone forms part of an aquatic environment which, externally of the support (11; 55) along the edge zone, comprises a region, hereinafter called upper outer aquatic region, situated higher than the edge zone and a region, hereinafter called deep outer aquatic region, situated lower than the edge zone, the upper outer aquatic region and the deep outer aquatic region being horizontally contiguous; - the upper outer aquatic region and the region of the aquatic environment situated over said edge zone and said wave progression zone, hereinafter called inner aquatic region, are vertically contiguous; - the upper surface of the support (11; 55) further comprises a crest and a depressed zone which is depressed relative to the crest, which crest is located between the culminating zone and the depressed zone, the culminating zone and the depressed zone being configured such that when the wave generator is in use, the water at the end of travel of the waves gets past the crest and falls into a volume delimited by the depressed zone, hereinafter called reception volume of the support; and - fluidic communication (27; 57) situated below the upper surface of the support (11; 55) connects said deep outer aquatic region to an opening (33, 39; 58) which is open to said reception volume of the support.