Tropical surf break on Tavarua BeachAnother new beach has appeared in the Truth Beach group of sims called Tavarua Beach, after the famous Fijian surfing island in the South Pacific. In fact, it's the second new beach to appear in the Truth Beach group this month!
Tavarua Beach is located between Truth Beach (the original beach sim of the group) and Tsunami Beach (which now has black sand, since Team Tsunami moved in). By linking up with Truth Beach to the West and Tsunami Beach to the East the new beach creates one long stretch of coastline with three separate surfable beaches. The longest continous stretch of surfable beaches that SurfWatch has seen in Second Life.
Tavarua Beach is located between Truth Beach (the original beach sim of the group) and Tsunami Beach (which now has black sand, since Team Tsunami moved in). By linking up with Truth Beach to the West and Tsunami Beach to the East the new beach creates one long stretch of coastline with three separate surfable beaches. The longest continous stretch of surfable beaches that SurfWatch has seen in Second Life.
"I wanted to create a really great beach location for surfers with a high performance Epic wave," explains owner-developer Dharma Austin. "The beach itself is as close as I could make it to a Fijian Island landscape, where tropical vegetation comes right down to the water's edge. However, there is still plenty of room for people to chill out."
37 second wave run
Billed as "a unique tropical island surfing location with a high performance Epic II wave, a soft sandy beach and warm, clear turquoise waters", Tavarua Beach currently has a wave with a 37 second run breaking from North to South over about two thirds of the length of the sim.
"People may think I am nuts running a full sim and only using 3,600 prims out of 15,000 and about 100 scripts running on the island," said Dharma. "However, it is my goal to provide a lag free surfing environment: if such a thing exists in Second Life!".
The view across Truth Beach's pipelines and fluffies down towards TavaruaBeach's EPIC break and on to the black sand of Tsunami Beach at the end
Opening bash
The new sim's opening party is Saturday night 1900 hours Second Life Time (SLT) at the Tavarua Beach's Cloudbreak Bar (1900-2000 hrs DJ set, 2000-2100 hrs bluesman Tone Uriza). However, no horseplay please or you may incur the wrath of Dakuwaqa, the shark god that guards the island!
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