Overview
- The standing wave failed to return after the late-October Bachauskehr, leaving only a shallow, unsurfable ripple.
- Mayor Dieter Reiter called the restoration a top priority as changes to inflow and a brief “kickstart” from the Isar produced no result.
- Water-engineering teams from Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg surveyed flow and bed conditions on Nov. 6, and their findings are still being evaluated.
- The Isar supply to the Eisbach remains below normal, so authorities say no further steps are possible this weekend in coordination with the Wasserwirtschaftsamt.
- Options under consideration include narrowing the outflow or reintroducing gravel, while the loss weighs on surfers and visitors months after a fatal accident prompted a prior closure.