Wellenhallenbad Aquawell

Aquawell, which the operator calls Wellenhallenbad Aquawell, is the municipal indoor wave bath of Helmbrechts in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, at Adolf-Haack-Str. 7, 95233 Helmbrechts, run by Licht- und Kraftwerke Helmbrechts GmbH. The town lists it among its leisure facilities as the Hallenwellenbad. The operator describes no brine, thermal or mineral water: the pools are heated ordinary water, and the salt in the house is dry salt in an air cabin rather than brine in a basin.

The operator describes the large basin both as one combined wave and sports pool (Wellen-/Sportbecken) and as two pools: a Wellenbecken of 34.5 by 14 metres, water at 28.5 °C, depth 0.05 to 2.80 metres, with wave operation on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays and an inflatable crocodile called Sammy in the water; and a Schwimmbecken of 34 by 14 metres, also at 28.5 °C, depth 0.75 to 3.80 metres, used Monday to Friday, with five swimming lanes, a 1-metre and a 3-metre diving board, a partitioned shallower section for non-swimmers and beginners, and a water slide.

The children's pool is 0.30 metres deep, holds water at 30 to 32 °C and has a slide and water play equipment. The outdoor pool measures 14 by 9 metres, is 1.25 metres deep and also runs at 30 to 32 °C, with massage jets, a bubble bench and water spouts; the operator describes it as usable in every season. A sun terrace adjoins it.

The wellness offer has no sauna. The wellness area comprises a salt cabin used for 20-minute sessions, with infrared light, a steam bath, and the sun terrace by the outdoor pool. A Badebar with drinks and snacks keeps its own, shorter hours, closed Mondays and open on weekday afternoons only during the school holidays.

General swimming runs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 08:00 to 21:00 and Wednesday 08:00 to 18:00, extended to 20:00 during the Bavarian school holidays; wave operation is Saturday 13:00 to 20:00 and Sunday and public holidays 09:00 to 18:00. The tills close one and a half hours before the end of operation. The bath closes for four weeks of maintenance in July, and on 24 and 25 December and New Year's Day; on New Year's Eve it opens 09:00 to 13:00 with waves. A play afternoon with climbing equipment runs every Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00.