[1][2] At a ceremony on August 17, 2013 the Waikiki Beach Wave pool was designated as an ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark.
As one of the claimants of the first and oldest wave pool in the United States, it at one point featured surfing exhibitions and competitions, as well as regular use by patrons of the park.
Since its opening, Big Surf has added several attractions and replaced its original sand beach with a concrete bottom.
[5] Later that week on September 5, the Arizona Republic reported that Big Surf would open again in Summer 2010 under the Inland Oceans LLC rather than the Golfland Entertainment, Inc.
A popular teen disco known as The Rock Hop operated at Big Surf on Friday nights between 1977 and 1980.