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Surf’s up — in the Desert? Inside Southern Utah’s $25M Human-Made Paradise.

The $25 million community features three artificial lakes and an adjustable surf pool but faces criticism for high water use amid severe drought, officials said.

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Trent Nelson // The Salt Lake Tribune   If the Beach Boys had traded palm trees for sagebrush, they could have ditched “Kokomo” for a song about Southern Shores — a new luxury surf community that’s bringing waves, wakeboards and waterskiing to the desert just east of St. George. Sure, Southern Shores is a half an ocean or more from the nation’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. There’s no “bushy, bushy blond hairdos” or “Huarache sandals” in sight th…

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The Daily Gazette broke the news in on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
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