Nemo 33, world's deepest pool

[proud2bwelsh]

Impressive pool, not good for doing lengths though!!!

Nemo 33, world's deepest pool
http://www.nemo33.com/


* Water: 2.500.000 liters of spring water at 30°C, visbility >33m, without chlorine smell
* Ferment: 2 pools, 3 pits (5, 10 and 33m)
* Decoration: Caves at -10m, possibility of fixing of new decorations.
* Never seen before: Three permanent bells of air under pressure (-9m, -7m, air renewed permanently), they avoid ceaseless return tickets bottom-surface of the student and his instructor.
* Technic: 250 anchoring points distributed in the tank to:
o changer the aspect of the swimming pool (for the amateurs)
o adapt it to the need for a film making
o to adapt it to the need for the scientists and technicians
* Changing rooms : Heated, separated man-woman, showers separated, toilets separated.
* Lightning : Natural & artificial

[bigbuddha65]

33 meters!!!

my school pool is only 12 feet deep, at its deepest

[fast-swimmer]

it looks like a house has been flooded lol with the windows showing in the side of the walls

[Spidey]

I'd hate to lose my goggles to the bottom of that pool.

[fast-swimmer]

haha lol u would have to go diving with all the gear on! i can manage to get to the bottom diving pools about 6 metres deep but i dont no about 33m! its nt the pressure on my ears its running out of breath :D lol

[swim247365]

Fav pool??? gotta be Nuneaton followed by Stechford

[JJ10]

These are some shots from our dive. (http://airspeed.co.uk/A55778/WebPhotoAlbum.nsf/DisplayPage?OpenForm&Nemo33+Worlds+Deepest+Pool)

You are right in that its not ideal for swimming, but a fantastic location for a rather bizarre introduction to getting narced and going deep.

It was a seriously trippy moment looking back up from the dark bottom to see lots of divers circling around in a shark like fashion.

JJ

[Stevie_k]

Thanks for sharing those pictures JJ10.

I enjoyed looking at those. Looks pretty eerie.

Please tell me it was not a proper kick off down there.

Must have been a play fight surely.

Looks fantastic fun to me.

[FinswimmerJohn]

Looks kool for freediving sessions or training. Eat your heart out, Tanya Streeter..

[sharkey]

Is it just me or did anyone elses heart leap when they saw how deep that pool was and I thought it was just heights which scared me. Now I know its depths too!

[JJ10]

Is it just me or did anyone elses heart leap when they saw how deep that pool was and I thought it was just heights which scared me. Now I know its depths too!

Swimming over the edge was certainly a bit spooky the first time, despite having swum over many 50-60m drop offs in the open sea, it was still weird doing it in a pool.
To answer a previous question, I am afraid to report that yes it was a scrap. I thought at first it was just messing about but then realised they were trying to hurt each other. It looked ridiculous, like a movie with the fight scene slowed down. I doubt you could hurt anyone much with an underwater punch, perhaps something I should experiment with in the masters class tonight.......

[fast-swimmer]

where is this pool at??

[FinswimmerJohn]

Fast-swimmer.
There is a map on the website,

www.nemo33.com.

It's in a suburb of Brussels, easily accessible by LCA or Eurostar, from England.

Hope this helps.
FinswimmerJohn

[Brick]

Fav pool??? gotta be Nuneaton followed by Stechford

Nuneaton? Do you mean the Pingles Leisure Centre? After seeing your post I just googled Nuneaton pools, and this seems to be the main one.