Big Wave Beach

*An Empty Big Wave Beach lawn.*

**Big Wave Beach** is the 6th world in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished*. It contains 42 levels, including the 10 expansion levels, 7 plants to unlock, and 19 zombies to encounter.

Big Wave Beach takes place in the 1960s, when the popularity of surf culture was at an all-time high, especially in the states of Hawaii and California in the US, as well as in Australia. Various items such as bikinis, tiki necklaces, and surfboards were invented in this time and can be seen everyhere throughout Big Wave Beach.

The main gimmick of the world is the water. In each level, there is an arrow and a line of seaweed indicating a tide line that divides the land and water. Tiles with tides will require Lily Pads for land plants to be planted on them. There are also aquatic plants such as Tangle Kelp which the player can plant on them, as well as aerial plants such as Rotobaga not needing a Lily Pad to be planted on water tiles. The location of the tide line changes in every level. In most levels, whenever the tide receeds, an ambush called "Low Tide" may occur. In Low Tides, zombies will emerge from the ground, similar to the Necromancy ambush from Dark Ages, but without the need of a tombstone.

## Game description

*Take a trip back to the '60s and hang the ten on the ocean waves! Tides are changing and those gnarly zombies make it not-so-safe to go back in the water!*

## Levels

### Brain Busters

#### Bulb Bowling

*Main article: Bulb Bowling*
Bulb Bowling is Big Wave Beach's exclusive Brain Buster. In this Brain Buster, the conveyor belt only sends out seed packets for the individual Bowling Bulb projectiles and must use them to defeat zombies. The player can only plant the Bulbs behind a "No Bulbs" sign.

It is played on Days 8 and 24.

#### Special Delivery

Special Delivery is a Brain Buster featuring a conveyor belt, with said conveyor belt being the only way to recieve plants. No sun is needed in this Brain Buster, as plants given by the conveyor belt are free of charge. Certain levels may have a hard limit for a specific plant, and the frequency of each plant appearing can vary depending on the level.

It is played on Days 3, 5, 10, 18, 21, 26, 34 and 40.

#### Locked and Loaded

Locked and Loaded is a Brain Buster here the player is forced to use the plants given in the level. They are only required to use the plants given to them in order to win the level. Even if certain plants given in the level have yet to be unlocked, the player still has the ability to use that plant within the level itself. This can serve as a demo for that plant if that ever manages to happen.

It is played on Days 14, 31, 36 and 40.

#### Last Stand

Last Stand is a Brain Buster where the player is given an extreme amount of sun and a limited amount of Plant Food to use for the entire level. The player must set up a strong defense beforehand before advancing. Most free plants and all sun-producing plants are banned in these levels, and any more Plant Food is not handed out throughout the level, though certain levels may have at least one carrier of it in it.

It is played on Days 12, 29 and 36.

#### Save Our Seeds

Save Our Seeds is a Brain Buster where the player is tasked to protect a number of endangered plants throughout the entire level. Getting one of the endangered plants destroyed in any way (i.e. eaten, crushed, etc.), or activated in the case of plants such as Potato Mine or Lava Guava, will result in a loss for the player.

It is played on Days 15, 23, 30, 39 and 40.

### Tiki Torch-er

*Main article: Tiki Torch-er*

Tiki Torch-er is Big Wave Beach's Endless Zone. It is unlocked after beating Big Wave Beach - Day 20. The player can practice and hone their skills in surviving level after level of endless zombies. As the player progresses deeper into the Endless Zone, the tide line will often be closer to the player's house and Low Tides can happen more frequently. Additionally, Deep Sea Gargantuars will start to appear more frequently as well.

### Zombot Sharktronic Sub

The player must fight Dr. Zomboss in Big Wave Beach piloting the Zombot Sharktronic Sub, and later on, its upgraded version. It can summon almost every zombie found in this world. Plants in these levels are only given to the player by a conveyor belt. The Zombot Sharktronic Sub itself can attack the player's plants in two ways. One is by summoning a zombie shark to eat plants on the water. The other is by pulling everything in front of it with its mouth turbine. The second attack can be stopped by Tangle Kelp and will temporarily stun the Zombot.

## Update history

### Version 1.2.1

* Added Demonstration Mini-game music for Big Wave Beach.
	+ Originally composed by Peter McConnell but lost due to a bug in PopCap's audio system.
	+ Levels 23, 34, 39 and 40 of Big Wave Beach have been adjusted to use this music.