Patent ID: 6964069

Claim:
A wave making apparatus positioned off-shore from a shoreline of a sea, the apparatus comprising: a shallow draft vessel floating in the sea and presenting one side of the vessel parallel to the shoreline; interior to the vessel, a water tank having an open top defined by spaced apart tank sidewalls, one of the sidewalls, along the one side of the vessel providing a rim positioned below the other of the sidewalls of the tank and substantially above a surface of the sea; a pump engaged with the tank enabling pumping of sea water into the tank; the tank further providing a means for lifting the water in the tank to the open top thereby spilling the water over the one sidewall so that the water falls exterior to the one side of the vessel; and a curved platform engaged with and extending outwardly from the one side of the vessel, the platform submerged and positioned for receiving the water falling from the tank so as to thereby create a wave moving away from the one side of the vessel toward the shoreline and suitable for surfing.