Children

Children are seen as important patrons of most ocean baths. Ocean baths designated as children's baths were usually shallow and more protected from wave action than the ocean pools intended for adult use. The nineteenth century Ladies Baths at Kiama's Pheasant Point had a separate children's pool.

As gender-segregated bathing declined and men took more interest in teaching children to swim or to become accustomed to the ocean, baths once reserved solely for men acquired wading pools. Wading pools could be separate from the main pool or adjacent to it.

Separate children's pool were created at Little Austinmer, at North Bondi, Newcastle, Terrigal and Ballina.
Pools of the ring-of-rocks type, which cater for bathing rather than competitive swimming, are also considered suitable for children.

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