Newcastle Ocean Baths

With its distinctive and architecturally significant Art Deco pavilion, Newcastle Ocean Baths is one of the city’s outstanding historic landmarks and is a popular informal open air studio for amateur photographers. The Ocean Baths were constructed and in use before WWI, though not formally opened until the 1920s. The baths’ popularity has never waned throughout the ensuring decades and thousands of Novocastrians remember it fondly as the place where they first learned to swim. Construction began in 1910 with the construction of the pavilion beginning in 1922.

A huge map of the world was etched into the floor of the Canoe Pool next to the main facility, however is now buried with sand.

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Facilities

  • Car park

    Experiences

    Activities

    • Beach
    • Historic/Heritage
    • Lakes/Rivers/Dams
    • Swimming

    Our Location

    Shortland Esplanade
    Newcastle
    New South Wales 2300

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