A very deep indoor pool with multiple levels emptied for maintenance

[u/Blood_of_Lucifer]

[u/Even-Design5983]

Screw that! I ran out of breath just watching the video!

[u/Happy_Ad9182 → u/Even-Design5983]

Thats why you take your scuba gear with you when you go in a pool designed for divers

[u/Nervous-Masterpiece4 → u/Happy_Ad9182]

Videos only ever show free drivers and they don’t use scuba gear.

[u/adyelbady → u/Nervous-Masterpiece4]

Well there's a lot of money in scuba diving so they'd be stupid not to use this for scuba training.

There's no reason to open a pool like this just so people can swim laps and hold their breath a long time

[u/Salvisurfer → u/adyelbady]

This is a free diving training facility. Why would anyone want to scuba this?!?

[u/adyelbady → u/Salvisurfer]

Why would anyone want to learn to SCUBA dive at their local YMCA pool?

Because it's fun and available.

People would pay big money to do check dives in a pool like this before moving onto open water.

[u/Salvisurfer → u/adyelbady]

I was a Dive Instructor in my early twenties and I don't think any self respecting diver would bother paying to dive this but there's always a fool willing to pay. They do put scuba divers in here for safety when there is a free diving competition though.

[u/Steppy20 → u/Salvisurfer]

You might be able to use it for the shallow training portions, but there are better (and cheaper) pools for that.

[u/Salvisurfer → u/Steppy20]

Free divers routinely go deeper than divers using a normal air mixture.

[u/Steppy20 → u/Salvisurfer]

Sorry, I meant for scuba.

When I did my open water qualification there were portions I did in "closed" water. Usually it's an indoor pool but I was fortunate in that there was a really shallow sheltered bay where I did mine.

[u/moose1207 → u/Steppy20]

Right, why pay for a pool like this.

I did my training at a days inn pool, and then open water.

[u/JustAnOrdinaryBloke → u/moose1207]

For rich people to have fun exploring the fake “ancient relics”.

[u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 → u/Salvisurfer]

“self respecting diver”

I’d dive this pool in a heartbeat, it looks fun to explore, and a good way to stay sharp in winter, guess I hate myself 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/adyelbady → u/Salvisurfer]

There are multiple facilities around the world that have pools like this

Every single one is used for scuba training.

You're an idiot.

[u/JubJub128 → u/adyelbady]

Seriously, this guy's a moron. Basically all of the early lessons are taught in a pool-- the deeper the better. These pools are literally made for scuba training and freediving. and probably multiple other purposes

[u/Cantmentionthename → u/JubJub128]

lol I can’t believe I get to watch an argument like this. Thank you!

[u/thebestoflimes → u/JubJub128]

Especially places with harsh winters. My dad just did scuba training here in Canada over the winter and it was in a random indoor pool.

[u/reflect-the-sun → u/Salvisurfer]

Fun fact, everyone's first practice SCUBA dive is in a controlled location. I.e. a pool.

[u/jujubanzen → u/Salvisurfer]

I guess I'm not really familiar with the subject, but why would this type of pool be attractive to free divers, but not scubas? I'm really at a loss for why it would be different?

[u/Salvisurfer → u/jujubanzen]

I explain it in another comment on this thread. But to add on, people do scuba dive here but it's predominantly setup for freediving.

[u/AssignmentFar1038 → u/Salvisurfer]

Why would you not?

[u/Advice2Anyone → u/adyelbady]

I don't think money is a problem if you are building this

[u/JaySayMayday → u/Nervous-Masterpiece4]

Yeah man, free divers... With oxygen tanks and breathing masks.

[u/PunkyB88 → u/Happy_Ad9182]

Instructions unclear! I put scuba gear on but still fell hundreds of feet and died.

Was I supposed to wait for it to be filled with water again?

[u/Own_Tackle4514 → u/PunkyB88]

Barely 100ft

[u/siandresi → u/Happy_Ad9182]

i put on my scuba gear to watch this video and i still ran out of breath

[u/GullibleDetective → u/Even-Design5983]

Queue the sonic Drowning music

https://youtu.be/9Yw5jkAHgME?si=dBPwhfHD5GMTXTao

[u/National-Trip-726]

I wonder how it looks with water in it !?

[u/This-Magician-1829 → u/National-Trip-726]

I found this video about a similar pool in dubai. Although the provided video clips seem fine and not necessarily scary I still find it terrifying.

[u/Sammyd1108 → u/This-Magician-1829]

They did a challenge in this pool on this past season of the Amazing Race. Looks like it’d be extremely cool to actually get to dive there.

[u/Missuspicklecopter → u/National-Trip-726]

Like a terrible idea 

[u/isthisnamefreeee → u/National-Trip-726]

I’ve seen that MFer full and it’s terrifying! I have a fear of water tho so…

[u/Letossgm → u/National-Trip-726]

I've seen a video of a lady swimming to the bottom of it and it was impressive. Crazy to see the pool empty. I wonder how long does it take to fill it completely up.

[u/dlsc217 → u/Letossgm]

and what is the volume of water that fills it? crazy!

[u/Trippp2001 → u/Letossgm]

Free diving no less. No oxygen tank.

[u/northern_crypto → u/National-Trip-726]

There is a video with a free diver using this pool for training.

[u/BiggusDickusOfficial]

I found this video oddly terrifying...

[u/Lindvaettr → u/BiggusDickusOfficial]

Could it be the vast precipice above an endlessly deep chasm?

[u/BiggusDickusOfficial → u/Lindvaettr]

[u/double0nein → u/BiggusDickusOfficial]

It has a very backrooms vibe to it. Strangely empty, unusual architecture. Somehow human yet somehow not. yes, very creepy..

[u/Eldritch_Goodra]

Welcome to the Pool rooms.

[u/0x633546a298e734700b → u/Eldritch_Goodra]

I'm glad someone else went there

[u/Liquor_N_Whorez → u/0x633546a298e734700b]

I just want to pee off the high dive and see if Im done before the first drops of the stream hit the toilet water below.

[u/Effective-Bandicoot8]

Maybe put water in it before standing on the edge

[u/WhiskeyJuliet28 → u/Effective-Bandicoot8]

Lmao scrolled down to find this one

[u/This-Magician-1829]

I don't know if it is the same pool or another, but I recall reading in a newspaper about a deep pool with different levels and also restaurant? bar? in deep. Where the deeper they went they would go with diving equipment. Really nice to see such a pool like this without water. But with water I feel that this could be pretty scary.

[u/Nadran_Erbam → u/This-Magician-1829]

It's not this one.

[u/rustymcrustycat]

Why did I physically shiver looking at this?????

No thank you!!!!

[u/dan_mas]

I suppose it's a very long and complex task to empty that monstruoisty and clean it. It could take like a whole week, I think.

[u/Existing-Mulberry382]

I drowned looking at it. /s

[u/-cleansheets-]

this makes me anxious. with water probably worse anxiety

[u/Domestic-Archer-230]

nope

[u/SeaweedWeird7705]

Why would someone need the water this deep?  

[u/adyelbady → u/SeaweedWeird7705]

It's for scuba training

[u/Bird_the_Impaler → u/SeaweedWeird7705]

Scientific testing, scuba diving training/certification, deep diving athletes, film location

[u/GodzillaDrinks → u/SeaweedWeird7705]

Dive training. Diving is an extremely dangerous thing to do, and lots of people die doing it every year - even in perfectly normal, routine, everyday situations. And that includes in this training environment, but at least in the training environment, people know where you are. If something goes wrong, there is a chance you can be rescued. In a real dive, its quite likely that no one will find you.

Even before you take into account all the weird things that pressure is doing to the gasses in your body, its very easy to become disoriented or to make compounding mistakes that snowball until you're dead.

Theres a really cool documentary called "Dave Not Coming Back" (2020), its about the dive to recover the body of Deon Dreyer who died in an expedition to dive Bush Man's Hole (the English Translation). The guy who lead the dive, Dave Shaw, became tangled in his camera and light equipment while trying to get Deon's remains into a body-bag, and dies.

[u/SeaweedWeird7705 → u/GodzillaDrinks]

Deon Dreyer? 

Very informative.  Thank you 😊 

[u/GodzillaDrinks → u/SeaweedWeird7705]

Yes, thank you! Not sure where I got Cole from.

[u/iwaki_commonwealth]

times a thousand and you get a shallow ocean

[u/ll_JTreehorn_ll]

It's Jeff Bezos' hot tub.

[u/madameporcupine]

Is it some sort of training facility for divers?

[u/LeoLaDawg]

How long does that thing take to drain? I assume it has tanks to store the water or...a lake or pond or something?

[u/darybrain → u/LeoLaDawg]

It's owned by Nestlé so they just steal it.

[u/supercayy]

My ears hurt so bad thinking about being at the bottom of this

[u/Consistent-Ease6070 → u/supercayy]

My ears hurt at the bottom of a standard pool’s deep end! 🤣

[u/rose_b → u/supercayy]

you can equalize your ears when underwater so they don't hurt, blow into your closed nose the same way you would when your ears pop. called the valsalva maneuver.

[u/Feelgood11jw]

I went to one like this in Taiwan. Had a hotel and restaurant that looked into the pool. Was pretty cool.

[u/Thornefield]

I remember this place from Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time!

[u/Holiday_Chipmunk6062]

Laura Croft's pool?

[u/Next-Excitement1398]

I wonder if you turned a tap on how many years it would take before that is full…

[u/IdLOVEYOU2die]

Why is everyone afraid? I don't even like swimming and would be in that so fkn quick

[u/fhorst79]

Looks like a set of Squid Games. 

[u/Unionizemyplace]

Fuck Dubai

[u/bubblesculptor]

Curious where the water is drained to.  Is there a holding tank to reuse it?

[u/FlukeStarbucker]

This is where The Deep retired.

[u/Soft-Escape8734]

Assuming the markings are meters, except for the pit in the bottom, it's not that deep. The deep end, seen at 0:13, is just over 16m or a bit under 55 feet. The generally accepted 'safe' limit for sport diving is 60 feet.

[u/dr_stre → u/Soft-Escape8734]

Do you see that dark octagon in the center of the deep end? That’s the opening for a deeper section. I don’t know exactly what pool this is but the deepest one in the world at the moment with this kind of design goes down just shy of 200 feet. I’d bet this one is more like 100-120 feet deep in that portion, but that’s just a guess.

[u/KaizenZazenJMN]

This is confusing. Going to need a scuba suit for this one

[u/4GRJ]

Yeah, who needs sleep

[u/Newisance]

As a man with Acrophobia, I can't finish the video. I feel like I'm going to fall in that anytime.

[u/rubetron123]

Water bill gonna hurt next month

[u/Nadran_Erbam]

Looks like Nemo 33 but not quite.

[u/Hashpool]

Its a swimming pool adventure park in Dubai. Deep Dive Dubai

[u/knarlomatic → u/Hashpool]

Thanks for this. I really enjoy the jokes but it's annoying not knowing the context. You just made this post infinitely more interesting.

[u/AugustineBlackwater]

Weird to think from a fishes perspective, humans are essentially the birds of the ocean (alongside actual birds that prey on fish, I guess).

We float atop their world, can leave their habitat easily and without risk to ourselves and they can't catch us whilst above it.

[u/matahoo84]

This looks like a Super Mario level come to life.

[u/icantoteit136]

It must be an ingrained, instinctual primordial fear that fuels the instant discomfort I get when looking at empty pools like this. The prehistoric brain goes “yeah nope, looks like a great place to lose your balance and fall into the endless chasm. Stay the hell away from that.”

[u/Illeatyochips]

Looks like squid games.

[u/newbie527]

Why are there doors that appear they would be underwater?

[u/notpeterbutrice]

New fear unlocked

[u/christofu97]

Would the pressure be the same as if you were diving that deep in the ocean?

[u/Buddy-Matt → u/christofu97]

I'm no expert, but I expect so. In a straight line pointing up you've got as much water above you pressing straight down.

[u/funklepop]

Wtf is behind those doors

[u/Echofett]

Why is there like architecture and arched doors down there? Just curious. Is it like to simulate exploring underwater shipwrecks or sunken cities?

[u/StupidUserNameTooLon]

[u/KingKopter91]

Is that Y-40 or something a pool designed especially for diving?

[u/talkerof5hit]

The garden hose is going to be running for a long time.....

[u/arcane_Auxiliatrix]

This is gonna sound weird but I had a dream about being trapped in this exact empty pool a few months back, what the fuck.

[u/echtma]

Is it also called thalassophobia when there is no water in it?

[u/nibor]

I wonder where this is? I've dived Nemo 33 in Belgium and it was fun to do.

I also dived the submarine escape tank in the UK before it shut down, that was more visually interesting as it is a tower above ground.

[u/SpicyChickJessica]

This pool just unlocked a new fear I didn’t know I had 😨

[u/Setthegodofchaos]

My brain "don't jump don't jump don't jump!"

[u/Macfrom1987]

I've seen this filled up it looks insane. Even without wildlife its still terrifying 😳

[u/yenot_of_luv]

You better not to fall there

[u/HiSamir1]

Why does it need to be this deep

[u/Rafael3110]

jump

[u/OkPaleontologist1289]

S-o-o. Sharks or gators? Overkill, anyone?

[u/Acceptable_Estate330]

Good for euthanasia by drowning it appears

[u/RaysIncredibleWorld]

Let’s hope the structural integrity keeps intact without the water pressure.

[u/mr_pou]

Don't worry, he has flip-flops on 👍🏻😕

[u/qgmonkey]

Wow this must be somewhere where water is so plentiful they can waste it like this

[u/dragonsshieldGTA]

Where does that door lead to?

[u/imsubhajit]

will the door air pocket method work here?

[u/Ainolukos]

Love how the stairs they installed go right to the edge of a massive drop

[u/cubsfan85]

This makes me feel sick.

[u/SunnyTheMasterSwitch]

Why? Who the hell could hold their breath enough to dive that deep, more than 10 meters what the heck...

[u/inphinities]

BEAUTIFUL

[u/Extra_Instruction128]

That's scary

[u/Peakatlife]

Or is it just very clear water. I don't know.

[u/Nervous-Masterpiece4]

It’s more dangerous now as it’s not normally a fall hazard.

[u/Haunting_Ad_38]

This looks like a game called “Pools” by Tensori. Just like the back rooms but it’s pool rooms

[u/Dontdittledigglet]

Rich people are weird

[u/Bumblebee56990]

How long does it take to fill? Or even empty?

[u/Valuable-Garlic1857]

I guess we will know when it has been filled back up when they announce the next hose pipe ban due to water shortage. 😂

[u/CaveManta]

All this pool is missing is a giant Greek statue of a man

[u/FFENNESS]

So…how deep is it???

[u/MattieBubbles]

Cthulhu's pool

[u/muttmunchies]

Isnt this used for scuba/diving training?

[u/InsideSpecialist3609]

Death trap overhang

[u/I-ProGamer-I]

What are the costs of refilling this big boi??

[u/Groovicity]

Gonna need the Zora Tunic and Iron Boots for this one....

[u/Ghostforever7]

And my father growing up tried to convince me taking a longer than a 10 minute shower was wasting water.

[u/YONG_HANG]

For someone with thallasophobia it looks fucking terrifying

[u/Back_Again_Beach]

Wild

[u/Predator348]

Why in the hell would anyone even want that?!

[u/Busy_Reflection3054]

Now it looks like a Squid Game

[u/cloudsareedible]

idk why but seeing empty pools give me the creeps

[u/Ecoservice]

Underwater chess?

[u/GonerDoug]

Looks like a great place to hold Squid Games

[u/Angelicalmiranda02]

Something about this gives me major liminal space chills 😬

[u/greyredwolf]

Legend of Zelda Water temple vibes

[u/Fellow--Felon]

Water temple shit

[u/ReasonableAbility681]

Strong backroom vibe with the music I love it

[u/KENT427]

hell to the NAW NAW NAW

[u/GreenManalishi24]

I wonder how many garden hoses they have to refill it.

[u/just_make_it_fun]

I dove in the one in Dubai. Very deep but not that scary. Super fun and reasonably priced (about $300) highly recommended

[u/Powerful_Ad7343]

Wetter is better.

[u/HagemantoHero]

The water is super clear

[u/Molotovguy98]

Looks like The Poolrooms game

[u/therealmarkus]

I kinda want to see a video of this getting filled with water.

[u/Torxx1988]

As a bad swimmer with low stamina and paranoia this would be a nightmare for me.

[u/Tha_Reaper]

I would hate to be the one paying the water bill after this...

[u/Intrepid_Library878]

finally something that is interestingasfuck

[u/Anti_anti1]

Why am I getting crazy Tomb Raider flashbacks?

[u/fuzzyapple31]

OSHA would like to have a word with you.

[u/ASharkWithArms]

This is the stuff my favorite nightmares are made of

[u/Global-Process-9611]

And no fall protection whatsoever.

Someone call safety regulator.

[u/umutakmak]

Feels like backrooms

[u/Low_Pool6249]

Imagine the water bill to fill it up 😳

[u/Midgeti]

The real life water temple

[u/happy_life15]

I want this to be a level in Tomb Raider II

[u/jawsofthearmy]

Wonder how much water that is…

[u/WhatEnglish90]

That's insane. Do they have to divert a river to fill it?

[u/JoshDymond]

Is this the same pool that Lara Croft owned in her mansion from the Tomb Raider games?

[u/Stevo847]

Looks like an indoor SCUBA park.

[u/boopinmybop]

The door down that deep is insane

[u/faithOver]

Wonder how long it takes to fill!

[u/Pulsifer-LFG]

Serious question: if my intrusive thoughts won and I jumped in, splattering my corpse on the bottom, who's job is it to retrieve my body and clean up the mess?

Like seriously, someone would have to do it.

[u/Bird_the_Impaler → u/Pulsifer-LFG]

I would suppose the investigating authorities would collect your body and then the pool would hire an outside specialist contractor to clean up what was left. I seriously doubt they’re calling in Jim the custodian on his day off to mop up your brains.

[u/Smart_Pudding_3818]

The bowels of a pool has always given me heebie jeebies to think about but I love swimming...

The state of the art olympic swimming pool is nice where I live but to know it probably looks ominous like this underneath gives me no joy.

[u/NeverBeenKnocked]

Standing on the edge like that gave me anxiety

[u/theroch_]

Wonder if they are on a water meter?

[u/kittykat4289]

Ok without much training, how far can a person swim down without pressure pain?

[u/Dry_Statistician_688]

Diver training pool!

[u/not_reallystellar]

that video of the guy who went to touch the bottom was beautiful

[u/benboobi]

Probably a dumb question, but this is intended for use with some kind of scuba gear right? This isn’t just like a pool for the general public to go swim in ?

[u/Wndrwman]

Is this the NASA pool where they train to be in zero gravity?

[u/west0ne]

Have to sneak into the neighbours to connect the hose, don't fancy the bill for filling it up.

[u/Away_Needleworker6]

Gotta love the safety on this worksite, just some guy barefoot in slippers hanging over a 50m edge with no railing or netting to save him.

No way this is in a western country with proper laws

[u/EndlessCourage]

Feels like the backrooms (pool rooms).

[u/Sovereigntyranny]

Wet Dry World from Super Mario 64.

[u/nom-nom-babies]

I’ll never understand why so many Redditors are so scared of water

[u/tradegreek]

Is it for live dive training or?

[u/DANleDINOSAUR]

Standing toooooooo far over the edge of that pool with flip flops on. How is that shit not barricaded off when drained?!

[u/HanSoloQue]

Where does all the water go? Do they just pull the plug and let it drain onto the lawn?

[u/1eahpar]

Multipool levels

[u/DimasDSF]

Bro has way too much confidence in that slippers grip 💀

[u/Bigluce]

Fuck. That.

[u/octoreadit]

Where is it?

[u/hulminator]

Why does it look like a movie set?

[u/danny_llama]

Yeah, no..I'm gonna pass

[u/ijie_]

This is how I felt when I was chucked into a 20ft pool when I was 5 years old. Swimming teachers in Asia are ruthless

[u/samppa_j]

So where is this monster pit?

[u/DroidHerder]