List of largest swimming pools
There are a number of large swimming pools around the world, several of which are artificial lagoons. As of 2019, the Guinness World Record holder for the largest man-made lagoon is Citystars Sharm El Sheikh, located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[1]
List
Only extant completed artificial swimming pools larger than 1,500 m2 (16,000 sq ft) for which reliable size sourcing information is available are listed, sorted by surface area. Depth and volume are not taken into account. Note that this list may not be comprehensive as large swimming pools for which no reliable sources exist attesting to their size are not included.
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Rank | Swimming Pool | Country | City | Area | Opened | Water | Notes | Coordinates |
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1 | Citystars Sharm El Sheikh | ![]() |
Sharm El Sheikh | 96,800 m2 (1,042,000 sq ft)[1] See Note. |
2015 | Sea water | 28°1′41.2″N 34°23′38.7″E / 28.028111°N 34.394083°E | |
2 | Crystal Lagoon | ![]() |
Algarrobo | 80,000 m2 (860,000 sq ft)[2] | 2006 | Sea water | ||
3 | Mahasamutr | ![]() |
Hua Hin | 72,000 m2 (780,000 sq ft)[3] | 2014 | Sea water | 12°31′20.6″N 99°56′16.6″E / 12.522389°N 99.937944°E | |
4 | Treasure Bay Bintan | ![]() |
Bintan | 63,000 m2 (680,000 sq ft)[4] | 2015 | Sea water | ||
5 | Ostrava Poruba - Vřesina | ![]() |
Ostrava | 41,200 m2 (443,000 sq ft)[5] | 1962 | Fresh water | ||
6 | The Lagoon at Epperson | ![]() |
Wesley Chapel | 30,540.9 m2 (328,739 sq ft)[6] | 2017 | Sea water | 28°16′22″N 82°17′28″W / 28.2727°N 82.2910°W | |
7 | Balneario Carlos Xamena | ![]() |
Salta | 26,199 m2 (282,000 sq ft)[7] | Fresh water | 24°48′48.48″S 65°25′4.08″W / 24.8134667°S 65.4178000°W | ||
8 | Freibad Fürstenfeld | ![]() |
Fürstenfeld | 23, 000 m2
(247, 569.94 sq ft)[8] |
1966 | Fresh
water |
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9 | Piscina Las Brisas De Santo Domingo | ![]() |
Santo Domingo | 22,000 m2 (240,000 sq ft)[9] | Sea water | 33°41′36.4″S 71°39′4.7″W / 33.693444°S 71.651306°W | ||
10 | The Lagoon at Windsong Ranch | ![]() |
Prosper, Texas | 20,230 sq m (217,800 sq ft) | 33.23554, -96.86658 | |||
11 | Peninsula | Romania | Cicarlau | 18,000 sq m (193,750 sq ft) | 2021 | Fresh water | ||
12 | Rabat municipal pool | ![]() |
Rabat | 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft) | 2020 | Sea Water | X4R6+7X9, Rabat | |
13 | Freibad Weyermannshaus | ![]() |
Bern | 16,000 m2 (170,000 sq ft)[10] | 1908 | Fresh water | 46°56′51.7″N 7°24′18.8″E / 46.947694°N 7.405222°E | |
14 | Brentanobad | ![]() |
Frankfurt | 11,000 m2 (120,000 sq ft)[11] | 1966 | Fresh water | 50°7′33.941″N 8°37′8.592″E / 50.12609472°N 8.61905333°E | |
15 | Dreamworld Resort | ![]() |
Karachi | 8,903.1 m2 (95,832 sq ft)[12] | 2008 | Well water | 25°1′56.5″N 67°8′29.3″E / 25.032361°N 67.141472°E | |
16 | Hard Rock Guitar Hotel | ![]() |
Hollywood, Florida | 8,410 m2 (90,500 sq ft) | 2019 | Fresh water | 26°03′06.09″N 80°12′33.51″W / 26.0516917°N 80.2093083°W | |
17 | Nakache été | ![]() |
Toulouse | 7,500 m2 (81,000 sq ft)[13][14] | 1933 | Fresh water | 43°35′8.85″N 1°26′7.61″E / 43.5857917°N 1.4354472°E | |
18 | Sunlite Pool | ![]() |
Cincinnati | 7,450 m2 (80,200 sq ft) | 1925 | Fresh water | 39°03′17.20″N 84°25′03.02″W / 39.0547778°N 84.4175056°W | |
19 | Bronte Creek Provincial Park | ![]() |
Oakville, Ontario | 7,300 m2 (79,000 sq ft)[15] | 1972 | Fresh water | 43°24′12″N 79°45′30″W / 43.4032341°N 79.7582572°W | |
20 | Balmorhea State Park | ![]() |
Balmorhea | 7,158.5 m2 (77,053 sq ft)[16] | 1930s[17] | Fresh water | 30°56′40″N 103°47′00″W / 30.94444°N 103.78333°W [18] | |
21 | Freibad Ensdorf,_Saarland | ![]() |
Ensdorf | 6,250 m2 (67,300 sq ft) | Municipal water | 49°18′40.5″N 6°47′18.79″E / 49.311250°N 6.7885528°E | ||
22 | Hansen Dam Recreation Center | ![]() |
Los Angeles | 6,100 m2 (65,000 sq ft)[19][20] | 1998[19] | Municipal water | 34°16′13.9″N 118°23′20.9″W / 34.270528°N 118.389139°W | |
23 | North Park Pool | ![]() |
Pittsburgh | 5,365 m²
(57,750 sq ft)[21] |
1937[21] | Municipal water | 2,250,000 gal. | 40° 35' 19.6002"N79° 59' 41.6466"W |
24 | Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool | ![]() |
Oak Ridge | 5,100 m2 (54,000 sq ft)[22] | 1944[23] | Fresh water | 36°00′58″N 84°15′57″W / 36.0160°N 84.2658°W | |
25 | Astoria Park Pool | ![]() |
New York City | 5,059 m2 (54,450 sq ft)[24] | 1936 | Fresh water | 40°46′44″N 73°55′21″W / 40.7789°N 73.9224°W | |
26 | Pearce Pool | ![]() |
Jackson | 4,394.7 m2 (47,304 sq ft)[25] | 1960s[26] | Fresh water | 31°30′10″N 87°53′18″W / 31.5029°N 87.8884°W | |
27 | Tooting Bec Lido | ![]() |
London | 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft)[27] | 1906 | Fresh water | 51° 25′ 54″ N, 0° 8′ 21″ W | |
28 | Budlong Pool | ![]() |
Cranston, Rhode Island | 2,029 m2 (21,840 sq ft)[28] | 1950s | Municipal water | ||
29 | Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory | ![]() |
Houston | 1,914.2 m2 (20,604 sq ft)[29] | 1995 | 29°36′25.4″N 95°8′36.8″W / 29.607056°N 95.143556°W |
Note: Marketing material and press releases for Citystars Sharm El Sheikh claim a larger area of 12.5 hectares (125,000 m2; 1,350,000 sq ft)[30]
Other swimming pool superlatives
Swimming pool | Country | City | Opened | Notes | Coordinates |
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Marina Bay Sands | ![]() |
Downtown Core | 2010 | World's highest and longest rooftop infinity pool at 200 metres (650 feet) high[31] and 150 metres (490 feet) long[32] | 1°16′59.2″N 103°51′34.5″E / 1.283111°N 103.859583°E |
Deep Dive Dubai | ![]() |
Dubai | 2020 | World's deepest pool at 60.02 metres (196.9 feet) deep[33] | 25°7′40.08″N 55°17′42.36″E / 25.1278000°N 55.2951000°E |
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