Just a short hop down the Esplanade from the original rock pool, this eight-lane Olympic-size pool was opened in 1941, just a couple of years after Cronulla became the only Sydney beach with a railway station. After showing a few cracks in the 1980s, part of a seaward wall was destroyed by a storm in 1987. Following a few years of neglect, the pool was rebuilt in 1991 and officially reopened in January 1992, with a slight realignment to reduce turbulence from waves.