It is not quite completed. The stands need finishing, so do the showers, toilets and change rooms. Also the diving area is only in the rough.
But the main pool with its 50 m lanes is fully operating, and you can pay for daily, weekly or monthly use. The monthly fee is about CAD 35.-. The water is sparkling clean, and I found that in the mornings around 9 or so there is no crowd and you have a lane all to yourself. I prefer pool swimming more than ocean swimming where there always are waves slapping your face and white sharks nibble on your feet, jelly fish tentacles embracing you and sting rays luring in the sand to whack you... So I am a fully subscribed customer! In the winter, when our pool at the park is pretty cold, this one is supposed to remain heated - how wonderful!
There are one or two supervisors who speak decent English - not that I could not tell them in Spanish what I wanted to do: nadar!
These are the unfinished diving towers, 3, 5 and 10 m:
I found that many of my compatriots did not know where this new pool is located - it is part of the university complex, close to the Aquarium, off the busy Avenida Ejercito: easy to reach by several buses:
Behind the fence on the left is the pool's huge parking lot:
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