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Swimming pools operated by the Dunedin City Council. We welcome your comments and discussion on our page.

This is the page for swimming pools operated by the Dunedin City Council – Moana Pool, Te Puna o Whakaehu, Port Chalmers Pool and St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool. Please be polite and respectful with your comments and views. Any comments or posts which contain profanities are automatically blocked from our page and we may remove comments which are disrespectful, abusive or considered spam. This page is not to be used for electioneering – any election campaign related posts will be removed. Social media posts, messages and responses are records and may be retained under the Public Records Act. Personal data is subject to the DCC’s Privacy Statement – www.dunedin.govt.nz/privacypolicy

30/10/2026

The South Island Intermediate Water Polo Tournament is on at Moana Pool next weekend, Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November.

There will be disruptions to the Dive/Lap pool and the deep end of the Main pool during this time.

👉 Friday 6 November – Dive/Lap pool unavailable 10.30am - 9pm
👉 Saturday 7 November – Dive/Lap pool unavailable 8am – 7pm, deep end of the Main pool 11.30am - 4pm
👉Sunday November – Dive/Lap pool unavailable 8am – 5pm, deep end of the Main pool 11.30am - 4pm.

🔔Sunday Aqua Sport will be held in the deep lanes 1-4 of the Main pool.
🔔Aqua jogging will run in the Old Dive pool or the deep end of the Main pool during those times.
🔔Just Swim lessons are unaffected, but parking may be difficult so please allow extra time.

We apologise for any inconvenience. 🙏

29/10/2026

📢 Moana Pool works update

On Tuesday, 3 November the tile tank will be removed from lane 3.

Temporary disruption and alternative routes around the deep end may apply while the spider crane is in use.

The pool remains open as usual. Thanks for bearing with us!

29/10/2026

Update @ 12.00pm - The St Clair Salt Hot Water Pool is now OPEN, thank you for your support!

Good Morning,

Unfortunately, the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool is closed again this morning due to high tides and large swells. Seawater has flooded the pool, and for the safety of our customers and staff, we are unable to open at this time.

As with yesterday, our team will assess the pool and surrounding facilities once the tide recedes. We’ll then work through any cleanup and safety checks required to get the pool ready for reopening as soon as possible.

We know this is disappointing, especially for our regular swimmers, and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we manage the impacts of the weather and sea conditions.

We’ll provide a further update around lunchtime today.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to welcoming you back as soon as it is safe to do so.

28/10/2026

Update - 1.00pm - Great news we have been able to sort the flooding and the pool is now OPEN again to the public, thank you again for your undertstanding this morning!

Unfortunately, the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool is closed this morning due to high tides and large swells. The pool has been flooded by seawater, making it unsafe for operation at this time.

Once the tide recedes, our team will assess the situation and determine what work is required to safely reopen the facility.

We will provide a further update around lunchtime today.

We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

26/10/2026

Update - 1.30pm, the Pool is now open again, we thank everyone for their patience.

Update - 1230pm -Our team is making progress on the issue we have, we will look to provide a further update at 2pm as to a reopening time for today. We apologise for the ongoing closure.

Good Morning, Unfortunately this morning the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool is closed, we have some issues with the water circulation. Our team are working on this and we hope to re open soon, please check back for updates during the morning, we apologise for the closure.

22/10/2026

📢 Coming up at Moana Pool

Tuesday 27 October: tile tank going into Lane 3 at the deep end.

Spider crane on site = possible temporary changes to movement around the deep end.

Pool still fully open and operating normally. Appreciate your understanding!

20/10/2026

It’s not too late to book term four Just Swim lessons at Moana Pool!

Check the webpage www.justswim.nz to enrol.

19/10/2026

The Kiwi Challenge Long Course Swim Meet is on at Moana Pool this weekend.
There will be disruptions to the Main pool and one Dive/Lap lane during these times:

Saturday 24 October | 2.30pm - 5.10pm
Sunday 25 October | 9am - 12.10pm

There will be no public diving during the event times and Sunday Aqua Fit is cancelled.

There will be limited availability for lane swimming and parking may be trickier than usual.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

15/10/2026

⏩Quick update for Moana Pool visitors.

On Monday 19 October the tile tank will be removed from Lane 4.

While the spider crane is operating there may be some temporary disruption and different access around the deep end.

Everything else continues as normal – see you in the water!

📷tile tank works this week

15/10/2026

Updated - Friday 4:30pm - Unfortunatley the pool will be closed for the rest of the day, we do plan to re open tomorrow at the normal time, we do apologise for this

Good Moning, Unfortunately, we have had to close the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool this morning- Friday 16th October, due to operational issues related to the water temperature.

Our team is currently on site investigating and working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

Please check back later today for further updates.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Dunedin

Telephone

+6434719780

Website

https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/community-facilities/swimming-pools

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