Free Swimming in QLD
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🏊Swimming in QLD(16)
Boat Pool, Southbank
Open daily, all hours
Broadbeach Ocean Swimming
Open daily, all hours (swim between the flags when lifeguards are on duty)
Burleigh Ocean Social Swimmers
Every Sunday morning
Image for reference onlyCairns Esplanade Lagoon
Lifeguarded 8am–9pm daily (closed Tuesday mornings for cleaning)
Currumbin Creek Swimming
Open daily, all hours
Gold Coast Open Water Swimming Club (GCOWSC) Ocean Swim
Saturdays at 8am; check GCOWS Facebook page for various weekday times.
Image for reference onlyIthaca Aquatic Pool Free Lane Swim (Bardon)
Monday–Sunday, check BCC website for free swim hours
Kings Beach Beachfront Salt Water Pool
Ocean pool - all year round - unlocked 4.00am and locked 9.00pm. Fountain - all year round - 8.00am to 5.00pm.
Kings Beach Pool
Open daily, all hours
Orion Lagoon
Supervised daily by lifeguards during opening hours
Rainbow Bay Beach Swimming
Open daily, all hours
Redcliffe Lagoon
Lifeguards generally on duty from the first weekend in September until the last weekend in May each year.
Snapper Rocks Swimming Hole
Open daily, all hours (best at high tide)
Image for reference onlyStreets Beach – Free City Beach Swimming
Patrolled 7am–7pm daily; beach open all hours
Tallebudgera Creek Swimming
Open daily, all hours
Wynnum Wading Pool
Open daily, all hours
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