The Crystal Lagoon at San Alfonso del Mar resort, Chile, is the biggest pool in the world – large enough for sailing!
At the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, a quick dip could well turn into a marathon.
Swimming a length in this, the world’s largest outdoor pool, would mean stroke after stroke for more than three fifths of a mile – that’s 20 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The enormous man-made lagoon is set halfway up the country’s Pacific coast, in the city of Algarrobo, and is filled with 66 million gallons of crystal clear seawater.
It also hold the Guinness record for the world’s deepest – so if you don’t feel like diving 115ft to the bottom, it might be best to bring some spare goggles.
The pool opened in December 2006 after nearly five years of construction work and is said to have set developers back as much as $2billion.
It uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to suck water in from the ocean at one end and pump it out at the other, while the sun warms it to 75 degrees – nine degrees higher than the sea.
The pool’s incredible dimensions leave the next biggest floundering in its wake, with the Orthlieb in Morocco measuring a mere 1,575ft long.
Lyle Brennan
Daily Mail
I wanna take a giant poop in it
Then little kids will think its a snickers and eat it
why does my comment have to be approved all i said was kids will eat the poop
@Cade Lewis your comment made my LAUGH so hard 😀
It is as wide as the sea delta. I am amazed by this. I want to swim there someday. I wonder how much they spend on pool supplies?
It is as vast as I can see. The depths are also swimmer friendly. I would love to visit the place one day. swimming pools sydney weekly blogged about this.
What a fantastic pool, it's really superb, love it a lot.
Chris Harris
We can't even put some pool safety fence tampa here. It's so BIG! I wanna go here!
That is the biggest pool I've ever seen in the world and I love to swim there too. Where do they get the the necessary tools to keep it clean? Do they pool chlorinators online or just buy it on the local store.