Applications

Wherever moving water costs somebody money.

Nine places it earns

One product, sized and laid out to the site.

The same units, in different configurations, solve problems that look unrelated until you notice they are all wave energy arriving somewhere expensive.

Aerial view of a marina protected by a WaveEater breakwater

Marina and yacht club protection

Slips, docks and moored boats protected from wind waves, ship traffic and wakeboard wake. Thirty two private marina and yacht club locations across the United States, Canada and the Dominican Republic.

MarinaCommercial
WaveEater string protecting a boat launch facility

Boat launch facilities

A calm ramp on a windy day, at a fraction of the cost of fixed structure, and removable for the season if the site needs it.

PublicParks
WaveEater breakwater running along a reservoir shoreline

Shore erosion control

Bank and beach protection with no rock, no treated piles that leach, and a minimal footprint, which allows for expedited processing when design and installation permits are required.

ErosionEnvironmental
WaveEater 1224 units marking a public swim area

Swim area barriers

Many state parks and homeowners associations have found the 1224 system to be far superior to other forms of wave barrier. The size makes it visible from much further away.

SwimSafety
WaveEater breakwater in front of a dam spillway

Dam and spillway protection

Debris booms and wave barriers for utilities, water districts and power authorities, including Kaweah River Power Authority and South Feather Water and Power.

UtilityDebris boom
Red WaveEater units alongside a ship hull at a Philadelphia shipyard

Shipyard and drydock

Shipyard barriers in Philadelphia and drydock construction barriers in Baltimore. Where ship movement at the berth is the problem, the attenuator is the cheapest thing that fixes it.

IndustrialCommercial
WaveEater barrier on an industrial pond

Industrial and process ponds

Mine tailings pond liner protection, chemical pond erosion control, water treatment plant bank protection, and pond berm over splash protection.

IndustrialSpecialty
WaveEater barrier on a river

Rivers, dredging and current

River dredging barriers, riverbank stabilization at an oil refinery, and current mitigation where a log boom used to sit.

RiverSpecialty
WaveEater system in place through winter ice

Cold climate and ice

Installations in northern climates have been left in over winter with no damage. Non moving ice pressure is within the design.

IceSeasonal

Rubber tire replacement

Before and after.

An old tire breakwater, and the WaveEater system that replaced it.

A dark line of rubber tires used as a breakwater, with boats moored to it

Before

Old tire breakwater creating environmental problems.

Yellow WaveEater Model 4870 two string system on the same reservoir

After

WaveEater Model 4870 2-string system.

"It works really well for us. We had some very significant waves over the past months and it has really helped decrease the ship movement."

Shipyard installation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Model 4870, two string

Specialty projects

The jobs that were not in a catalogue.

Shipyard barrier and wave attenuatorPhiladelphia, PA
Drydock construction wave barrierBaltimore, MD
Oil refinery riverbank stabilization barrierBelle Chase, LA
Mine tailings pond liner protectionCarlin, NV
Gold mine operation wave barrierBritish Columbia, Canada
Water treatment plant pond bank erosion controlKochville, MI
Water pump station wave barrierLake Conroe, TX
Pump station security barrierOconee, GA
River dredging barrier and wavebreakGreen Bay, WI
Chemical pond erosion controlSavona, BC
Pond bank undercutting barrierSpanish Fork, UT
Rill and gully erosion barrierGolden Valley, AZ
Pond berm over splash protectionVan, TX
Waterski show barrier and attenuatorWinter Haven, FL

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