The Aquatic Centre is now open!

Swim School is now open!  Contact us to register! 

Absolutely! The Aquatic Centre was built with the Hawke's Bay community in mind and will be available to everyone to use.

Monday to Friday: 5:30am - 8pm

Sat and Sun: 8am - 5pm

Please note these are subject to change, depending on demand.

The Olympic size pool is 51.5m long x 25m wide x 2.2m deep. 

There is a moveable ‘bulkhead’ wall inside the pool, which is 1.5m wide. This will enable us to split the 50m pool into two 25m pools. 

The smaller pool is 25m long x 15m wide x 1.0m to 1.2m deep. This pool will be used predominantly Swim School, Flipper ball, and as a warm-up pool for swimming events.

There are two hydrotherapy pools are 4.5m x 4.2m and 4.5m x 2.7m respectively. 

Yes! The Olympic pool will be 26 degrees °C and the Learn To Swim pool will be 32°C 

There is also underfloor heating in all the changing rooms

There will be a range of options available, from casual use to aquatics memberships.

Please visit the Aquatics website for all Membership options and pricing.

The Aquatic Centre is an extension to the current EIT Institute of Sport & Health. The Institute is home to a range of facilities and services, including:

• The Sport & Health Clinic: Physiotherapy, Sports Medicine, Medical imaging, and Dietician
• The Royston Health & Fitness Centre
• The Performance Gym
• The 13th Stag Cafe
• The William Nelson Athletics Precinct
• Netball courts
• Grass fields
• Hockey turfs
• Canoe polo ponds
• 2.3km lime track

Please contact us if you have any queries

Yes – all pools will have disabled access, via either a hoist or ramp.

There are disabled changing rooms and toilets next to both the main pools and hydrotherapy pools.

There is no spa pool at this stage.