The jobs board for the wave pool and surf park industry. Coaching, lifeguarding, wave operations, engineering, hospitality, media, and management roles, all connected to our guides for every one of the 27 pools we track. 6 live roles right now.
Waco Surf wants a Head Surf Coach to run coaching across the whole PerfectSwell session menu, from soft-top first timers to the air sessions. You would own the coaching roster, progression pathways, and staff certification. Year-round, full-time work in central Texas.
The Wave Bristol needs a Lifeguard Supervisor to lead the safety team on its Cove lagoon, covering rotations, rescue training, and incident reporting. It is a full-time, year-round role on a shift pattern that follows the wave schedule.
Surf Abu Dhabi is hiring a Wave Operations Manager for the biggest Kelly Slater Wave Co. lagoon on earth. The job owns the wave schedule, the control-room roster, and session turnaround, including contest and broadcast weeks on Hudayriyat Island.
Alaïa Bay in Sion is hiring a Maintenance Technician for its Wavegarden Cove plant, covering preventive maintenance, water chemistry, and PLC fault finding. The role includes winterisation and pre-season commissioning in the Swiss Alps.
Palm Springs Surf Club wants a Food and Beverage Supervisor for its deck and bar service, rostered around the wave schedule instead of normal meal times. The role covers stock, service standards, private events, and contest weekends.
URBNSURF Melbourne needs a part-time Content Creator to shoot and edit the lagoon each week, from the pier, the water, and the air. The work is heavy on same-day social edits plus building a library for paid campaigns and partner activations.
Every job links to our full guide for that pool: prices, town, and cost of living nearby. Read the park before you write the cover letter.
Browse all 27 pools →A surf park is an aquatic venue, an industrial plant, and a hospitality business stacked on one site, so the job list is longer than most people expect. The visible roles are surf coaches, lifeguards, wave operators, and guest services staff. Behind them sit maintenance technicians and engineers who keep the wave generation system, pumps, and filtration running, plus kitchen, bar, retail, and events teams. Above all of that are duty managers, general managers, marketing and media staff, and project directors on parks still under construction.
Pay tracks the local aquatic and hospitality market with a premium for wave-specific skills. In North America and Australia, lifeguards commonly start around 18 to 26 an hour and coaches around 22 to 35 an hour. Maintenance technicians earn more, often 28 to 45 an hour, because wave system experience is scarce. Salaried roles run roughly 55,000 to 85,000 for operations and duty managers, and 95,000 to 160,000 for general managers at larger parks. European parks tend to pay a lower base across longer seasons.
For coaching, yes. Coaches need real surfing ability plus a teaching credential such as ISA Level 1 or 2 and current first aid. For everything else, surf experience helps but is not the gate. Lifeguards need a current lifeguard award and comfort working around a moving wave train. Maintenance needs a trade or engineering background. Hospitality, marketing, and management roles hire on the same qualifications any strong venue would want, and plenty of staff learn to surf after they are hired.
We track 27 wave pools worldwide, 10 of them open today, and we list the openings we can verify. Right now there are 6 live roles on this board across 6 pools. Because roughly 17 more parks are in construction or permitting, pre-opening hiring waves are constant: new sites recruit managers and engineers first, then coaching, safety, and hospitality teams in the months before the gates open.
Open the job page you want and use the Apply on WavePoolJobs button. Applications are completed on WavePoolJobs.com, our partner hiring platform, which handles the employer's application form, resume upload, and any screening questions. We do not collect applications here. Our job is the context: every listing links to our full guide for that pool, so you can read the wave technology, pricing, town, and season before you decide whether the move makes sense.