Hamersley Pool
Hamersley Pool is an informal. reef-enclosed, tidal pool recorded as attracting swimmers and bathers since the early 20th century. (Hammersley Pool, Hamersley’s Pool)
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Mettams Pool
A reef shelters this large, informal, ‘improved’, ‘natural’ rock pool developed through the efforts of one man, his children and grandchildren. It has long…
Umina Beach (ghost pool)
South Umina Tidal swimming pool was beautiful with the rock face above it but mostly destroyed in storms 1974.
Cape Paterson Bay Beach pool
Cape Paterson has two beaches, the Cape Paterson Surf Beach and the Cape Paterson Bay Beach, which has a man-made ocean pool sited on a rock platform.
Wollongong Continental Baths (Wollongong Central Baths)
An updated version of the 1920s continental pool. This pool embodies the changing face of swimming as a skill, a sport and a recreation. This is the most recent of the set of adult-size ocean baths between North Wollongong and South Wollongong surf beaches.
Woonona Baths
Good pool for lap swimmers. Distinctive dressing-pavilion.
Austinmer Baths (Austinmer Rock Pools), NSW
The double pool near the surf club attracts many regular swimmers who ignore the earlier pool a little to the south. Photographers have created memorable images of this pool, which appeared on early twentieth century postcards and still appears on postcards and greeting cards.
Big Marley Rock Pool
Natural rock pool located south of Port Hacking on the coast of the Royal National Park, which separates the cities of Sydney and Wollongong.
Boatharbour Rock Pool
Ocean pool on a wide rock platform with a spectator stand built against the hill. Accessed from the Boatharbour carpark by a path through the reserve which has picnic tables and toilet block
Bulgo Rock Pool
A man-made pool located within the Royal National Park. Created by a shack community for children’s swimming and to store live fish and keep other food and drinks cool, this pool is now considered a heritage site of interest to park visitors. It’s quite a steep walk down here from the nearest road.
Campbells Hole
Natural pool on a rock shelf. Mentioned in some tourist information about the Kiama district. Access involves a scramble over the rocks north of Werri Beach.
Clifton Baths
A rock pool created on a rock platform at the base of a steep cliff in 1902. A ghost pool accessed via a steep, winding path from Maronga Park Reserve, which overlooks the pool.