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Waikiki Beach Pool, Hawaii, USA

May 23, 2017 by

Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach Pool – Notes

As the Google Earth image shows, Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach Pool is a large protected swimming area off Oahu’s Kuhio Beach Park. Its two nearly enclosed pools are the happy outcome of efforts to control beach erosion in the 1950s by creating the Kapahulu Groyne and the low rock walls that run perpendicular to the groyne and parallel to the beach.

Unlike the nearby and long-closed Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, this is not a formal pool designed to cater for competitive swimming.

Other names for this pool

  • Waikiki Beach Ocean Swimming Pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: United States of America's ocean pools, Useable ocean pools

1000 Steps pools, Laguna Beach, California

April 2, 2017 by

The ocean pools at Laguna Beach’s 1000 Steps Beach appear to have been built for private use in the 1920s.  There now appears to be some confusion about whether these pools are now on private land or public land. Once ‘secret places’ known only to local residents, the pools have been popularised by blogs and You Tube videos, such as:

  • https://everydayrompn.com/2014/06/01/southern-california-beach-pools-cliffjump-51514/
  • https://www.theoutbound.com/orangecountyswimming/a-day-at-thethousand-steps-pools
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVP3XjQay8).

Filed Under: United States of America's ocean pools, Useable ocean pools

USA’s ocean pools

February 4, 2017 by

Pools that do fit our definition of an ocean pool are rare in the United States of America, but Hawaii and California do host some ocean pools.

We hope you enjoy our profiles of:

  • the  Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, Hawaii (a ghost pool)
  • the Waikiki Beach Pool, Hawaii (a popular protected swimming area)
  • the once very private 1000 Steps Pools near the 1000 Steps Beach at Laguna Beach, California

 

Know of other USA ocean pools?

If you know of other ocean pools in the United States that should be added to our list, please contact All into Ocean Pools Inc.

All into Ocean Pools Inc would appreciate advice about whether this sea pool should be categorised as an ocean pool:

  • Children’s pool,  La Jolla, California

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Filed Under: United States of America's ocean pools

Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

December 20, 2015 by

Waikiki Natatorium

(Google Earth image, 2012)

The Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium adjoins Kaimana Beach. Its 100-metre by 40-metre tidal saltwater pool has been closed since 1979 on safety grounds.

See also
Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
Historic Hawaii Foundation
Save Kaimana Beach

Historical notes
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Filed Under: Ghost ocean pools, United States of America's ocean pools

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