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Harbour pools and baths in Sydney's harbour, rivers and bays

Harbour swimming is calm and wonderfully local. Netted baths sit off sandy coves at Balmoral, Clontarf and Watsons Bay, Balmain has the historic Dawn Fraser Baths, and there are more tucked along the Parramatta and Georges rivers and around Botany Bay.

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Most-searched pools in Sydney's harbour, rivers and bays

Dawn Fraser Baths, Balmain, Parsley Bay, Vaucluse, MacCallum Pool, Cremorne Point, Greenwich Baths, Greenwich, Como Pleasure Grounds, Como, Northbridge Baths, Northbridge.

About the pools in Sydney's harbour, rivers and bays

21 places are listed for Sydney's harbour, rivers and bays: 21 harbour pools. The longest with a published length is Brooklyn Baths at 50 m. 1 have a kids area or shallow section. Councils set cleaning and closure times, so check before you go.

Balmoral Baths, Bayview Park Baths, Brooklyn Baths, Chiswick Baths, Clontarf Baths, Como Pleasure Grounds, Dawn Fraser Baths, Forty Baskets Beach, Greenwich Baths, Kyeemagh Baths, MacCallum Pool, Monterey Baths, Murray Rose Pool, Northbridge Baths, Oatley Park Baths, Parsley Bay, Pickering Point Baths, Silver Beach Baths, Vanston Baths, Watsons Bay Baths, Woolwich Baths.