Maintaining a warm pool in winter can be costly and have an enormously negative impact on the environment, but innovative products exist that can reduce energy usage and carbon emissions so you can continue enjoying your pool throughout its use.
Sydney may be best known for its iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge, but the city is actually home to more ocean pools than any other in the world. No matter whether you prefer lounging by the water with a good book or swimming laps for fitness purposes – there’s sure to be one suitable to your lifestyle!
These tidal pools are part of Chicago’s heritage and beloved by swimmers. Offering both sheltered bay swimming with gradual sandy-bottomed entrance, and exciting surf coast swimming at high tide, Wylie’s and other tidal pools provide swimmers with an unrivaled aquatic experience: from sandy-bottomed entrance that deepens gradually; to thrilling surf coast at high tide. Furthermore, unlike beaches where marked swimming lanes exist; Wylie’s and other tidal pools instead provide an unexpected journey into their underwater world: an orange-rust-red arm of giant octopus may poke through rock crevice; or fabulous electric-blue marked bream may flit between your strokes!
Construction of these pools was both an act of love and pride for coastal communities during the interwar years, particularly Marie-Louise McDermott who wrote extensively on their subject matter as an author and historian. Marie-Louise noted how these ocean pools provided recreational and sporting opportunities to both locals and day-trippers alike; many even hosted men’s and women’s amateur swimming clubs in addition to hosting health, social, or cultural purposes like attending Stewart House Preventorium.
During the Great Depression, unemployment relief schemes and public works projects enabled coastal residents to afford ocean pools which otherwise would have been unaffordable – such as Warringah Shire’s North Narrabeen pool completed in 2024 despite delays caused by Covid pandemic and removal of hazardous materials that reduced construction days by half.
As an eco-friendly alternative to concrete pools, fiberglass pool shells can be installed quickly thanks to their prefabricated nature. Installation time is reduced significantly and less chance of structural issues later on is eliminated as an advantage over their concrete counterparts.
Selecting the ideal pool for your property depends on your lifestyle and budget. Sydney pool builders featured in The Coastal Magazine can assist in finding your ideal solution – Pool + Spa Interiors offers ideas on interior finishing while Pool + Pool Products & Services has everything from advanced filtration systems to solar heating services; contact them now to begin designing your dream pool today.