# The World's Largest Swimming Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495 "2009-03-15T04:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495/21 "2009-03-16T04:40:36Z")
Is there any point to it being so big? And so deep? There’s only so deep a human can swim, right? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495/22 "2009-03-16T05:04:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is there any point to it being so big? And so deep? There’s only so deep a human can swim, right? Yes, however, that limit is deeper than this pool. I stumbled across a news article a few years ago about free diving; trying to set a record for depth without any air tanks. I was thinking 40 to 50 feet, maybe. Nope, the record is more than 300 feet. Less if fins are prohibited, but still deeper than this pool. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495/23 "2009-03-16T05:15:49Z")
People can swim that deep?! Wow. I’ve never really tried to swim deep at all, actually. I’m always freaked out about what will happen if I can’t get back up. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495/24 "2009-03-16T12:17:17Z")
Yeah, do a web search on “free diving”. It’s one of those things, and humans have found many of them, that looks insane to the people who don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495/25 "2009-03-16T19:52:17Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > How warm are year round temps over there? Does it ever get cold enough to turn the pool into the world’s largest outdoor ice rink? > > 😃 That area of Chile is analogous to the California coast, so no, it probably never freezes there. What blew my mind was this from the article: > [@](#): > > The pool took five years to build, **cost nearly £1billion** and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million. :eek::eek::eek: One BILLION POUNDS? That’s about as much as an entire Las Vegas resort might cost, and this is just for the pool (to say nothing of the hotel or the rest of the resort). Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495/26 "2009-03-16T20:25:35Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m afraid they’re going to have to build a bridge soon to cross it. A ferry service to the beach would be easier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-largest-swimming-pool/489495.md?page=1)