Kings Beach pool: The best place to swim in Caloundra?

The Kings Beach pool in Caloundra, Queensland, offers a 25 metre saltwater pool by Kings Beach and a spray play fountain area for children.

What is the Kings Beach pool?

The Kings Beach pool is a public swimming pool built onto the rocks in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is also known as the Sir Francis Nicklin Memorial Pool.

Unlike many such ocean pools in Australia, the Kings Beach Pool doesn’t particularly feel like a natural pool carved from the rocks. It is surrounded with a paved deck and topped with shade sails. This Sunshine Coast pool is modern-looking rather than an attempt to be at one with the ocean.

Caloundra checklist: 5 fab experiences to book in advance

1. Kayak hire or paddleboard rental at Golden Beach. 2. Self-guided scavenger hunt. 3. Half day Pummicestone Passage jetski tour. 4. Waterways cruise. 5. Two hour Efoil lesson.

Where is the Kings Beach pool?

The Kings Beach pool is at the northern end of Kings Beach in Caloundra. It is next to the Kings Beach water fountain and playground, and close to both the Ultiqa Shearwater Resort and the Meridian Caloundra.

If you’re a nervous swimmer and don’t want to go in the ocean, the Kings Beach pool is arguably the best place to swim in Caloundra.

This Caloundra pool has a 25 metre seawater pool for swimming, and a wading area. Children are generally happiest in the children’s spray park.

12 fantastic Sunshine Coast experiences to book now

Taste coffee and ginger, do rainforest walks, and visit the best lookouts on a highlight-packed hinterland tour.
Take a serene Noosa Everglades cruise along the mirror-like waterways – or canoe through the Everglades.
Learn to surf at a Sunshine Coast surf school – or try paddleboarding instead.
Combine sight-seeing and thrills on a fast boat tour.
Go e-mountain biking on the downhill trails of Tewantin National Park.
Kayak with dolphins as part of a beach 4WD tour.
Explore the Sunshine Coast from above on a seaplane flight.
Take an indigenous cultural tour – with bush tucker tasting.
Visit the region’s best craft breweries and distilleries on a drinks tasting tour.
Go jetskiing through the gorgeous Pumicestone Passage.
Taste wines, cheeses and chocolates on a hinterland food tour.
Watch migrating humpbacks on a whale-watching cruise.

Kings Beach pool opening hours

The ocean pool at the Kings Beach pool is open from 04.30 to 21.00 year-round. However, there are twice-weekly cleaning sessions which in practice means that it closes at 16.30 on Mondays and Thursdays.