The new Olympia swimming pool has been flooded with visitors, attracting twice as many as its predecessor.
The number of new customers at the £31 million centre has reached 40,937 in the month since it opened. In comparison, only 21,019 people visited the old Olympia over the same period last year.
Dundee City Council depute policy and resources convener Willie Sawers said: “I am pleased that people are responding so enthusiastically to the opening of the new Olympia.
“This is an excellent development that provides fun activities for families as well as superb facilities for swimming clubs.
“It is the centrepiece of a massive investment in sport in Dundee by the city council.”
The Olympia is operated by Leisure and Culture Dundee in partnership with the council. The old pool at the waterfront is now closed and will be demolished to make way for the £45 million V&A at Dundee museum.
Construction on the centre of design at the former Olympia site is set to get under way early next year, with a completion date in 2015.
The new centre on East Whale Lane includes a 50-metre main competition pool, a wave pool, rapid river, a dive pool and an activity pool in addition to diving boards and four flumes.
In the first week alone, more than 6,000 people went down the green flume, operators said.
The new competition pool has received the seal of approval from members of the Menzieshill Whitehall Amateur Swimming and Water Polo Club, who acted as test users.
The group’s water polo players also played a test match ahead of the pool’s official opening, making full use of the electronic timing and scoring facilities.
Earlier this month, a lifeguard saved a toddler who was spotted face-down in the water at the new pool. The boy was rescued from the shallow children’s pool after becoming trapped in the water.
Onlookers praised the quick actions of the lifeguard. The new pool has not been without its critics after one woman reported breaking her foot while riding one of the flumes.
Michelle Seath, 26, from Inverkeithing, broke the fifth metatarsal in her left foot while sliding down the green flume. The pool was originally due to open last Christmas but the development suffered a series of delays.
Council leader Ken Guild insisted the “magnificent” centre was “worth the wait”.