WaveEater is a floating breakwater system that uses wave attenuators to dissipate water currents and minimize erosion for marinas and beaches.

WaveEater evolved from an idea presented to our former company Benson Marine Products. Benson was founded in 1954 and was the first company to design a lightweight slip-ring anchor. The Benson "Snag Proof Anchor" was recognized as the superior cast slip-ring anchor and was sold around the world. In 1986 Benson acquired Marine Docks of Waterloo, NY. Marine Docks was a fabricator of skid resistant aluminum docks and gangways. Many of their installations were installed in the Northeastern region o...

WaveEater evolved from an idea presented to our former company Benson Marine Products. Benson was founded in 1954 and was the first company to design a lightweight slip-ring anchor. The Benson "Snag Proof Anchor" was recognized as the superior cast slip-ring anchor and was sold around the world. In 1986 Benson acquired Marine Docks of Waterloo, NY. Marine Docks was a fabricator of skid resistant aluminum docks and gangways. Many of their installations were installed in the Northeastern region of the US. As waterfront sheltered areas became less available for development, marina builders found themselves having to expose their dock systems to more open water. The need arose for an economical wave attenuator device that would meet both environmental regulations and be cost effective. With this in mind Peter Odenbach the president of Benson Marine began to search for an attenuator solution. Odenbach grew up on Lake Ontario and also spent many years on the Finger Lakes in central New York. His grandfather was a famous shipbuilder in Rochester, NY. Manufacturing various types of vessels used in WWII. A project in Canandaigua, New York required a floating breakwater. Odenbach designed and patented a rotationally molded product based on a swimming pool delineator developed by the famous American Gold Medalist in the 1936 Berlin games named Adolf Kiefer. With Kiefer's permission a regulatory buoy design was developed that would simulate the dissipation of waves created and then dissipated by Olympic swimmers. WaveEater was developed as a rotationally molded drum with baffles. Through the center a high density polyethylene pipe was molded in as well to be the bearing core. The product as installed has the capacity to submerge 2/3rds by filling with water. The units as designed churn as the waves strike them much as a washing machine agitator moves back and forth. Dissipation rates vary according to how the wave attenuation system is designed. Since 1995 numerous wave attenuation systems have been installed around the United States and in Asia. The simple construction of molded plastic using water as a ballast makes it a very economical and environmentally safe product. Some materials used in the manufacturing of WaveEater's breakwater systems come from recycled materials.