Shoreline — 9m × 4.4m Fibreglass Pool

Yes. At over 35,000 litres the Shoreline is above the 35,000 litre threshold, so a building consent is required before the pool goes into the ground. Bayside manages that process for you through the installer building your pool locally — drawings, application and inspections — rather than leaving you to work it out with council on your own. Pool fencing requirements also apply to the finished pool.

1.13 m at the shallow end, through a layered profile, to 1.84 m at the deep end. Bayside publishes depth as shell height — the top of the shell down to the base, exactly as it is dimensioned on the engineering drawing — so the figure here and the figure on your specification sheet are the same number. Ask us and we will put the layer specification for the Shoreline in writing.

Over 35,000 litres. That is a genuinely large body of water, which is why it needs building consent, and why a 9 metre pool holds its temperature differently to a plunge pool. Your installer sizes the heat pump, the filtration and the cover to the volume rather than to a rule of thumb.

Both, and that is the whole point of the model. Nine metres gives you a proper swim line; 4.4 metres of width gives you room for everybody who is not swimming laps; dual cascade steps at the shallow end make entry easy for small children; and 1.84 m at the deep end keeps confident swimmers happy. It is a family pool you can actually train in, rather than a lane nobody else wants to use.

For a sprint or a shorter event, at home, yes — 9 metres is 9 metres and the wall is where you turn. What you will not get is a 25 metre lane. What you do get is a clean 9 metre swim line with a 1.84 m deep end and nothing in the middle of the water, so you build distance the way anyone with a backyard pool does: laps, turns and repetition. Bring a wetsuit and a plan.

Two ways into the water, doing two different jobs. The side-entry step is a single sculpted step set into one side that gives the pool its modern, elevated look along the deck. The dual cascade steps sit either side of the shallow end and step down gently, which is the easier route in for children, grandparents and anyone carrying something.

Sitting in the deep end without giving up swim space. A bench running the full width of the deep end eats into the water you would otherwise swim through; a compact triangular seat tucked into the corner gives you somewhere to pause, rest or supervise from, and leaves the 9 metre run clear.

It is 9 × 4.4 metres, so yes, it has a presence about it — that is the point of the Shoreline, and it is usually the biggest thing in the backyard it lands in. Expect the question over the fence. The answer is: over 35,000 litres, made in Whakatane, and no, you cannot buy a season pass.

Consider this the unofficial design brief. There is open water either side of the 9 metre run, and the triangular seat in the deep end is where the drink goes while you get on the lilo. We recommend the drink before the float, not during.

Honestly, more than a plunge pool — over 35,000 litres takes more energy to bring up to temperature and more to hold there than 9,000 litres does. The Shoreline is heat pump compatible, and a heat pump sized to the volume, run with a cover, is the most economical way to extend the season. What that comes to depends on the pump, the cover, your power and how warm you like it, so it is priced for your property rather than quoted off a page.

Less than a pool this size has any right to. Fibreglass is smooth and non-porous, so it resists algae and staining, and the shell’s clean lines leave fewer corners for debris to settle in. Standard water chemistry and a clean filter keep it right, and Q360 in-floor cleaning can be added if you would rather not vacuum at all. Chlorine, salt or a freshwater system — your choice.

Every shell is manufactured to AS 1838 / NZS AS 1838 — the design and fabrication standard for premoulded fibre-reinforced plastics swimming pools — and installed to AS 1839 / NZS AS 1839, the installation standard that goes with it. Between them they set the layer build-up, the structural loads the shell has to carry, and the curing and finish requirements before a pool leaves the factory. A consent does not change the standard; it just checks it harder.

By hand, in layers, and every layer has a job. From the water outwards: the gelcoat, the coloured surface you swim against; the corrosion barrier, a resin-rich layer that keeps water out of the laminate and resists osmotic blistering; the structural glass laminate, the chopped and woven glass that carries the load; core and rib reinforcement, stiffening the walls and the top flange; and an outer sealing coat against ground moisture. The swimming surface is finished with ChlorShield.

It depends where you measure, and that is deliberate. Floor, walls, steps and corners each carry a different load, so each is laminated differently: wall laminates generally run around 7–9 mm, while steps and corners run 12–15 mm, because that is where the loads concentrate. A 9 metre shell like the Shoreline is laminated heavier than a small plunge pool. The standard sets the loads; thickness follows the design for each part of the pool.

Every shell is made in our Whakatane factory rather than shipped in from overseas, and it is inspected and signed off at each stage — lay-up, curing, gelcoat and final finish. The build is recorded against the individual shell, so anything we need to look up about your pool in five years, we can. That traceability is what your consent is assessed against, and it is why you are welcome to come to the factory and watch a shell being moulded.

A standard dig-out is included in your quote: machinery transport, cover sheets if fill is piled on the driveway, protection for gardens and pathways, excavation to the specified dimensions, and truck loading of excavated material where it has to go. What varies is your property — how easily a machine reaches the backyard, how far fill has to be moved, whether stormwater or services are in the way, and whether the shell needs craning over a fence or the house. Every variation is confirmed with you before it is carried out.

Yes, but it is planned rather than assumed. A 9 × 4.4 metre shell and its machinery need a real route into the yard. If the 1,800 mm wide 5 tonne machine cannot reach the back, a 1.8 tonne digger does the work; on tight or steep sites the shell is craned over the fence or the house. Expect an access estimate from your installer before you commit.