Tepid Baths

About

The Tepid Baths on Customs Street West opened in 1914 and are a Category 2 historic place, the most elaborate of three saltwater baths Auckland City built between 1912 and 1914. They were the largest inland pool in the country when they opened, and they came with twelve private slipper baths offering hot and cold, fresh and salt. Malcolm Champion, New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, supervised here for twenty-eight years. The saltwater went in 1974 and a 2012 restoration brought the building back properly. Today there is a twenty-five metre seven lane pool with hoist access, a fifteen metre learners' pool at thirty-two degrees with a ramp, a spa, a wheelchair accessible sauna and steam room, and a gym. Entry is free for Aucklanders sixteen and under.