Swim Session
- 1 hour

Come and try open water swimming at Pinkston Watersports!

This is an hour long swim session in our outdoor open water basin. Our water is clean and filtered on a regular basis, and safety cover is provided – allowing you to enjoy ‘wild’ swimming without the usual safety concerns of swimming outdoors.

💦 Competent swimmers only
💦 Non-coached session
💦 Train for events
💦 Safety cover is provided – we’ll keep watch!

Suitable for competent swimmers aged 12 and up!

Standard Times

Monday – 4pm
Wednesday – 8am
Saturday & Sunday – 9am
reduced number in winter season

We sometimes adjust these times and add more sessions – check the correct time on your booking/ticket

What is included

💦 Changing & Showering Facilities
💦 Free Carpark
💦 Clean & Safe Water
💦 Safety cover – we’ll keep watch!
💦 Roughly 130m length and 20m breadth of water

Check in details

When you arrive, please head through the tunnel towards the water and turn to your right – reception is beside the blue kayak attached to the pole to check in!

What to bring

Equipment is not provided, please bring your own wetsuit for the swim session if you would like to wear one. You may consider it too cold for only swimwear and prefer to use a wetsuit, but this is your personal choice.

💦 Swimming costume
💦 Wetsuit, neoprene gloves and socks (if you choose)
💦 Towel
💦 Padlock for lockers

To help warm up

💦 A blanket (or dryrobe)
💦 Warm layers including jumpers, hats and gloves
💦 A full thermos

Special Requirements

If you are 12 – 16 years old you must be accompanied by an adult who must stay onsite/waterside for the full time that the young person is in the water.
restrictions: This session is suitable for competent swimmers over the age of 12.

Our water is not too deep with someone around 5ft 5” still able to stand on the bottom – this means that you don’t need to be a very strong swimmer to participate but, as this is a non-coached session without buoyancy aids, you should still be water confident.

If you have any concerns, please get in touch via the contact details in our FQAs section.

FAQs

Q : Do I need to wear a wetsuit?
A : No, this is your personal choice but please be aware of water temperatures and your own limits in the water

Q : Can I hire a wetsuit?
A : No, we currently don’t have any to hire as we provide wetsuits to our paddlesport clients. We can occasionally can help the odd swimmer out for a one off swim but this is dependent on what other sessions running that day and cannot be guaranteed.

Q : Is there car parking?
A : Yes, we have a free to use carpark with more free street parking available on Boron Street (road directly up the hill from the main gates)

Q : Are there showers and hair dyers?
A : We have changing facilities with hot showers but no hair dyers. We do have outside plugs if you wish to bring your own.

Q : How cold is the water?
A : This changes from day to day as it is an outdoor unheated (but filtered!) pool. But probably cold tbh – know your limits especially in winter!

Q : Is there a coffee machine?
A : No, bring your own flask if you would like a hot drink for after!

Any further questions please feel free to email into [email protected] or give us a call on 0141 332 5636