Summer Waves
Water park in Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA
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Summer Waves is a water park located on Jekyll Island, near the port city of Brunswick, Georgia. The park is open from mid-May through Labor Day (weekends-only after August 1st).[1][2]
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| Location | Jekyll Island, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 31°2′15″N 81°25′16″W. |
| Operating season | Summer |
| Area | 11 acres (45,000 m2) |
| Attractions | |
| Water rides | 10 |
| Website | www |
Attractions
| Ride | Description | Height Limit | Notes |
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| Frantic Atlantic Wave Pool | A family-friendly wave pool containing over half a million gallons of water. | None | Waves turn on & off every 15 minutes. |
| Splash Zone | A small-kids playground featuring fountains and dump buckets. | None | |
| Pirate's Passage | A 5-story slide, the tallest at the park. | 48" | Slated to be demolished after the 2025 season & replaced with a multi-lane mat racing slide. |
| Turtle Creek | Quarter-mile lazy river that meanders around the park at a pace of 3 mph (4.8 km/h). | None | |
| Hurricane | A curving body slide that sends you downward for 330 feet (100 m). | 42" | Part of the "Nature's Revenge" duo. |
| Tornado | A curving body slide that sends you downward for 330 feet (100 m). | 42" | Part of the "Nature's Revenge" duo. |
| Sharktooth Cove | A small-kids area with over 8 slides and interactive entryways. | None | The park's second-newest attraction, replacing the kiddie pool in 2017. |
| Thunder | A body slide that sends you spiraling down 150 ft (46 m). It is the first of the Force 3 group. | 42" | |
| Lightning | A body slide that sends you down a steep 32 ft (9.8 m) drop. It is the second of the Force 3 group. | 48" | |
| Flash Flood | A tube slide with slow, winding curves. It is the last of the Force 3 group. | None | The only slide outside of Sharktooth Cove that children shorter than 42" tall can ride. |
| Man o' War | A collection of four slides. Two of these slides are tubes-only, whereas the other two are body slides. | 48" | The park's newest attraction, opened to the public in 2022. |