Wavehenge Sundial (Key West)

Wavehenge is an interactive sculpture that also functions as a daily sundial and solar calendar.
Inspired by a cresting wave surrounded by rafts bobbing in its wake, the wave casts a shadow across the benches every day, acting as a sundial. On the solstices and equinoxes, the shadow will land exactly on the outline of one ‘raft’ when the hour and minute of the day matches the month and day of the year. For example, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21st, or 12/21, so the shadow will align perfectly with the ‘raft’ that is due north at 12:21pm on 12/21.

Wavehenge had to be reconfigured for the change in latitude to the southernmost point of the continental United States and still function as a daily sundial and solar calendar. Wavehenge’s new permanent home is in Key West Florida, near Mile Zero of U.S. Highway 1 and marking the beginning of the Florida Keys Sculpture Trail.