Permit review underway for $20M Jacksonville Surf Park project

News4JAX | 1 September, 2025

If approved, construction would begin in early 2026 and open in 2028.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Developers of Jacksonville Surf Park submitted a permit application to the city for the $20 million project in eTown, according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

The permit review is officially underway after Aventuur, a Los Angeles-based surf park developer, and local partners, including multi-generational developers, engineers and contractors, announced the deal had been finalized in early June.

The permit shows the surf park is planned on 44.85 acres southwest of the Florida 9B and Interstate 295 interchange in South Jacksonville.

Key components of the project include:

• A surf lagoon with a prefabricated wave-generating machine
• A service yard
• “E-Houses,” with prefabricated computer service rooms mounted on structural pads
• Transformers and miscellaneous electrical equipment mounted on structural pads
• A maintenance building
• An outdoor spare parts container
• A water treatment building
• A cable tray enclosure
• An outdoor chemical storage container and cover
• Stair platforms to access the wave machine room
• Miscellaneous site improvements

The developers plan to use sustainable building materials and preservation methods throughout construction.

Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2026, with the park expected to open in early 2028.