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1500 N. McClintock Drive Tempe, AZ 85281

480-947-2477 

http://www.golfland.com  

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1500 N. McClintock Drive Tempe AZ 85281

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  • Big Surf

    Big Surf

    Daily

    The Valley's very own waterworld, which features numerous waterslides and other aquatic fun, is open during the summer months only.

  • Splash Mob 5K

    Splash Mob 5K

    7:00 a.m. July 20

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  • Top 20 Animated GIFs of Wet Electric Patrons Raging

    Top 20 Animated GIFs of Wet Electric Patrons Raging

    By Benjamin Leatherman | Wed, May 01, 2013

    The enormous wave pool at Tempe's Big Surf hosted more than just doggy paddles and belly flops during Wet Electric this past week. It was like a giant bowl of twerkin, Harlem Shakin' soup as local EDM... More »

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  • Big Surf Waterpark Hosts a Rave of Global Proportions

    Big Surf Waterpark Hosts a Rave of Global Proportions

    By Troy Farah | Thu, April 25, 2013

    Electrical currents and water don't mix — just ask '70s-era singer Claude François, sometimes lauded as the French answer to the Beatles, who died trying to fix a defective light bulb while in the bathtub. But don't let that mishap spoil your... More »

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    By Benjamin Leatherman | Wed, April 03, 2013

    Summer's coming whether you like or not, and zero amount of wishful thinking or appeals to your higher power of choice can stop it. Instead, we recommend making certain your A/C is up to snuff before... More »

  • Sound Wave Music Festival: 20 Funky Dance Moves in Animated GIF Form

    Sound Wave Music Festival: 20 Funky Dance Moves in Animated GIF Form

    By Benjamin Leatherman | Tue, October 02, 2012

    "Who's ready to jump?" If you've ever attended an electronic dance music event anytime in the last few years, its incredibly likely you've heard the frequently used audio drop -- sampled from Dutch h... More »

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    | Fri, February 22, 2013

    Every one likes water to enjoy and having such a place under nature i don't think so that no body want don't to go but have to always go there.

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    | Phoenix, AZ | 315 Reviews

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    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    We don't admit to much these days (other than occasionally fudging on our taxes or taking an extra helping of chocolate cheesecake), but we'll gladly cop to the fact that we're totally reliving our childhood whenever we go to Big Surf. Many a hot afternoon was spent during our pre-pubescent days riding the waterslides or getting sunburned while swimming in the Tempe institution's gigantic artificial wave pool (the nation's first, by the way). A lot of things have changed since the park first opened in 1969 — slides have gotten bigger, teenage ride attendants have gotten snottier — but we still love the thrill of barreling down a watery tube at full bore. Our current favorites are the "Tornado Twisters," a pair of side-by-side slides where we can race some young punk down to the pool below, and "The Abyss," an enclosed slide that sends riders on a terrifying trip through the dark. If you've got young ones, get your significant other to take 'em to the park's kiddy-themed attractions like the "Otter Slides" and "Captain Cook's Landing" while you get in touch with your inner child.

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  • 2012 | Best Water Park

    Big Surf is a Valley gift that keeps on giving. The two-million-gallon wave pool -- the nation's first when it opened in 1969 -- is just part of the fun here. The place sports two play areas for little kids stocked with floating islands and mini-slides. At least one of the big-kid slides is steep enough to give us a thrill every single time we take the plunge. Spending half a day at Big Surf can be a real adventure. That is to say that by the end of the day -- after we've... More »

  • 2009 | Best Beach

    Long ago, Big Surf meant school was out and the beach -- such as it was -- was open. We wee Gidgets and mini Moondoggies pulled on our snorkels and grabbed our boogie boards and headed to Tempe to enjoy America's original water park, which was a fake "ocean" with a giant wave machine buried in its big, wet belly.Today, we take our kids there. Big Surf Tempe is 20 acres of body slides, tube slides, speed slides, water basketball and volleyball, and children's play area. That wave... More »

  • 2008 | Best Waterpark

    We don't admit to much these days (other than occasionally fudging on our taxes or taking an extra helping of chocolate cheesecake), but we'll gladly cop to the fact that we're totally reliving our childhood whenever we go to Big Surf. Many a hot afternoon was spent during our pre-pubescent days riding the waterslides or getting sunburned while swimming in the Tempe institution's gigantic artificial wave pool (the nation's first, by the way). A lot of things have changed since the park first... More »

  • 2007 | BEST WAVES

    In the ever-changing, nothing-is-sacred urban landscape that is the Valley, any spot that's been around as long as Big Surf deserves a special place in our hearts. Soon after it opened in 1969 as America's first artificial wave pool, it was pictured in National Geographic for an article on Phoenix. We'll never forget the early days of burning our feet on the sand that would heat up on the hottest summer days to temperatures found only on the surface of the sun. Well, the sand's been replaced... More »

  • 2005 | BEST PLACE TO CATCH A WAVE

    Of the Valley's three water parks, all owned by the Mesa-based Golfland Entertainment Centers, only Big Surf offers a wave pool where you can actually ride the waves -- and even then, the only spot the curls break strong enough to carry your rental raft all the way in to shore is at the three-foot depth marker, about two acres in from where the underwater gates release the rolling manmade pipelines. For FOGs (surfer slang for Frickin' Old Guys) who remember the lagoon when it first opened in... More »

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