Watch Around Water
Armadale Fitness and Aquatic Centre is a Watch Around Water facility, which is an educational and public awareness program addressing supervision of young children at public swimming pools. Children under the age of 11 years must be supervised by an adult at all times.
The recommended supervision ratio is one adult to eight children. Children under the age of 6 must be accompanied in the water and within arm’s reach of an adult at all times. The recommended supervision ratio is one adult to three children.
View our pool lane availability to help you plan your next swim.
| Outdoor Pool |
The outdoor 50 metre pool is an eight lane, Olympic-size pool with wheelchair ramp access. The pool has both a shallow and deep end ranging from 1.1 to 1.7 metres in depth and is available for year-round swimming (heated to between 26.5 and 27.5 degrees). |
| Leisure Pool |
The covered outdoor leisure pool is heated at 31 to 32 degrees and ranges from 0 to 0.9 metres in depth. This pool is split into three main areas:
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| Indoor Pool | The indoor pool is a 25 metre, eight lane pool and is heated between 28.5 and 29.5 degrees. Ranging from 0.9 to 1.5 metres in depth, the indoor pool is fitted with wheelchair ramp access making it accessible to people of all abilities. The indoor pool caters to Swim School, recreational and lap swimmers, aqua aerobics classes, as well as local swimming clubs. |
| Program Pool |
Heated between 33 and 34 degrees, the program pool is specially designed for people who require warmer water temperatures, such as Swim School or for therapeutic purposes. It ranges from 0.8 to 1.25 metres in depth and is ideal for rehabilitation. An age restriction of 16 years or older applies, unless as part of our approved programs or for specific aquatic rehabilitation. |
| Wellness Suite |
Our wellness suite boasts a sauna, steam room and spa designed for relaxation, rehabilitation and overall wellbeing. An age restriction applies of 16 years or older. |
| Ashi-Yu | What is an Ashi-Yu, you ask? It's Japanese for 'footbath' and is usually formed with a small bathing pool filled with hot spring water for people to sit around and soak their feet. Our outdoor Ashi-Yu is heated to 30 to 32 degrees and provides an oasis for visitors to relax. |
| Water Playground | Our heated outdoor water playground is an interactive entertainment area for the whole family and features water play installations, water fountains and sprays. Our zero depth splash pad is a safe environment for babies and toddlers to enjoy some water fun in a shaded area. The water playground is open from November to March. |
| Water Inflatable Obstacle Course |
Kids aged 6 years and above are guaranteed to enjoy slipping, sliding and climbing on our water inflatable! The water inflatable is available between 12-3pm on Saturdays from November to March (subject to public holidays and high winds). |
Local Swimming Clubs
Armadale Kelmscott Swimming Club
Welcome to Armadale Kelmscott Swimming Club (AKSC)
We are a family orientated social and competitive swimming club run by dedicated volunteers.
To any eligible swimmer we offer coaching and instruction with fully accredited coaches, for both fitness and competition swimmers.
We pride ourselves on welcoming children and adults with a wide range of swimming ability and aspirations, and offer three different levels of coaching.
Once a child, regardless of age, is able to swim 25m of any stroke (and passed level 5 VacSwim) they can join the club and attend club nights only (Exceptions can only be granted after consultation with the club President, following further assessments, with our coaches).
Once a child, regardless of age, is able to swim 25 metres of any stroke (and passed Level 6 VacSwim), they are ready to join the Junior squad. As they improve, we offer Intermediate and Senior squads.
We hold Club Nights fortnightly on Fridays from 6 PM. This is where swimmers race according to their ability and seeded with like swimmers and NOT by age. The emphasis on Club Night is improvement of personal best times and on having fun.
AKSC is a KidSport registered club!
| https://www.facebook.com/AKWAdragons | |
| registrar@akscdragon.org.au | |
| https://www.instagram.com/akwa_dragons/ | |
| Website | https://akscdragon.org.au/ |
Armadale Masters Swimming Club
Welcome to Armadale Masters Swimming Club!
We support and encourage all adults, regardless of age or ability, to swim regularly in a safe and friendly environment.
We invite you to join us for fun, fitness and friendship. We hold and attend swimming training and stroke correction sessions, LiveLighter Carnival swim meets, open water swims and social activities throughout the year. Our members also participate in and develop skills in coaching, officiating and administration.
It doesn’t matter how fast or how far you can swim, what is important is that you enjoy swimming. We have people of all ages and swimming capabilities in the Club, each with unique goals and reasons for swimming.
Masters Swimming is an Australian wide nonprofit organization for swimmers aged 18 years and over with over 7000 members.
The mission of masters swimming is to provide an environment to encourage swimmers over 18 years regardless of age or ability to swim regularly in order to keep fit and improve your health.
If you can swim 25 metres, like the water, want to join others, make exercise more encouraging, and then join our club.
| https://www.facebook.com/armadalemastersswimming | |
| amsc.websitemaster@gmail.com | |
| Website | https://armadalemastersswimmingclub.com/ |
Armadale Triathlon Club
Armadale Triathlon Club is a club that welcomes Adults and Juniors (5yo and above) to develop their triathlon (or multisport skills) by providing weekly Swim, Run and Cycle sessions.
Whether you are an experienced triathlete, or someone wanting to dip your toes in the water we can cater for you at training, and have 4 events that we host that you can participate in.
Armadale Triathlon Club is a KidSport registered club.
Head over to our Facebook page to view our latest training schedule, and hit the message button if you can't find what you're looking for.
| https://www.facebook.com/armadaletriclub | |
| Armadaletriclub@gmail.com | |
| https://www.instagram.com/armadaletriclub/ |
