How to make a surfable wave?

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  • What are you attempting to achieve? (Keep it simple and clear)
    I want to make a wave that can barrel and you can surf it properly

  • What is the issue? (Keep it simple and clear - Include screenshots/videos/GIFs if possible)
    Roblox’s waves aren’t surfable and they aren’t high enough

  • What solutions have you tried so far? (Have you searched for solutions through the Roblox Wiki yet?)
    I have tried YT, DevForum and the Roblox Wiki

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Search on the dev resources for custom water… there is a recent post and I think they added wave / floating detection …

Also who surfs on a barrel?

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Not on a barrel :joy:, I said i want the wave TO barrel. Google it if you don’t understand. Also I already looked at the custom oceans and none of them have helped me

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Hey! To make a surfable wave you need to make a hoverboard, watch suphi’s tutorial for an easy and really good one, then make it so that the distance between the surfboard and the ground is super super low.

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UPDATE, Still havent found a way to create this…

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Hey there,

Unfortunately, Roblox doesn’t have any features where you can make a surfing wave. I previously worked on a project where the lead developers requested to build a surfing area where you can catch a wave, but the references that we got are from game engines that were prepared for this. For instance: Kelly Slater’s Pro.

That said, the alternative/workaround is creating a large wave as a 3D geometry, trying to follow the same art style of your project, set both surfboard and camera to an angle, make the player with the surfboard move forward while the mesh is slowly rotating to X or Z coordinates. That’s the closest that you can get.

Hopefully, this could help you out!

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Thanks so much for the information but there must be a way because these developers made it with roblox’s new editable meshes here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUyt87MGwfY

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They did a wacky alternative by using editable mesh. I believe that when it comes using this feature, it makes it easy to control the polygons. I don’t have the knowledge about this, however, it’s a way that you can try with a geometry. In cases of using the water from Terrain Editor, it won’t be easy and aesthetically appealing. :sweat_smile:

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Yea, I also dont know much about editable meshes. So I’ll probably try to learn more about it so I can try create waves

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