Swim Season Hours

Current patrol or opening hours are shown on our Beaches and Pools pages.

Hours change at different periods during the swim season as shown below.

Please note that hours are provided as a guide only and can change at any time due to emergencies, weather, maintenance or other events outside Council's control.

Beach patrol hours

Patrols at all beaches will stop until further notice from 5pm Tuesday 31 March 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

See our media release for more details.

Beaches are listed in order from north to south. For locations and safety information, see our Beaches page.

Even during advertised patrol hours, you should not enter the water if there are no red and yellow flags.

From 27 April 2020 until the following swim season, all beaches will be closed except North Wollongong, which will be patrolled from 9am - 4pm daily.

Pool hours

For location details see our Pools page.

All of our freshwater chlorinated pools and saltwater pools are closed until further notice due to public health concerns for Coronavirus.

Rock pools are still available, but people using them must follow government advice for social distancing. 

For more information, you can read our media release.

Freshwater chlorinated pools

Saltwater pools