Pool Temperatures in Melbourne

Hydrotherapy or aquatic physiotherapy is an excellent mode of exercise.  This isn’t just swimming different strokes or styles, but rather it’s doing limb and body exercises with your body in an upright position in the water - so you don’t need to know how to swim at all - you simply need to be water-confident!  (And if you’re not, the Physio Partners team can train you to be!).

Being submerged In the water, your body becomes more buoyant or floats upwards more, creating a lighter body which puts less stress (and pain!) through your muscles and joints.  This makes exercise much easier and as if by magic, movements you couldn’t do on land suddenly become possible in the water!

The warm water environment (for ideal pool temperatures of 32-34 degrees) improves blood flow and makes muscle, joints and ligaments more flexible to aid the effectiveness of your exercises.  Moreover, the warmth simply makes it a very attractive and motivational mode of exercise, particularly as we are nearing the cold, wet, damp Melbourne Winters (or Autumns, Springs or even Summers!)

Local pools are council-run and their upkeep and maintenance are already heavily subsidised by your rents and rates, so why not make the use of this cheap modality.  And nearly all sites will be wheelchair accessible and mobility-friendly (with hoists, lifts and ramps to enter the water).

Here is a list of pool temperatures for pools around Melbourne (compiled from our experience but not updated).

Please ring up and verify temperatures and accessibility for yourself before you go.

• 34+ degrees will feel nice and warm
• 32+ degrees feels warm enough
• 30 degrees will feel neutral to cool
• 28 degrees and under will feel cold