# 🏊‍♂️ Swimming - Cap and tights required at all beaches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports\ **Tags:** beach, swimming\ **Created:** [November 17, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101 "2020-11-17T08:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/21 "2020-11-17T14:21:18Z")
> [@boaz25](#): > > I remember being chased off regularly in Sizihwan everytime that I tried to get into water, unless when the warden was asleep 🤫 It’s like _we’re_ getting punished for the locals’ inability to swim. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![marasan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marasan/32/181721_2.png) [@marasan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/marasan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/22 "2020-11-18T01:01:53Z")
> [@MikeN1](#): > > They roped off a smaller area in Taitung’s Flowing Water Lake, leaving the larger area for kayaks and rowing boats, but you don’t need a cap or a tight bathing suit. That roped off square area has about a 300m perimeter - verified using Garmin watches. A friend and I once swam over 5,000m meters going around and around that thing! Pissed us off that the whole lake wasn’t open but we were determined to get in a long swim. ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/23 "2020-11-18T01:33:13Z")
If I had a penny for every time a big nose has used this argument with a life guard in Taiwan, well I’d have a handful of pennies. It is funny though when you’re literally in water up to your knees and some jobsworth is saying stand your ground, go no further… ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/24 "2020-11-18T02:13:58Z")
> [@SunWuKong](#): > > No, it’s to keep hair and poo out of the water and filters. In the ocean it doesn’t matter. So as long as you have no hair, you’re good to go? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/25 "2020-11-18T02:19:13Z")
No way Jose. As every baldy in Taiwan has discovered…you still need a swimming cap. ---
**Author:** ![SunWuKong](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/sunwukong/32/125743_2.png) [@SunWuKong](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/SunWuKong)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/26 "2020-11-18T02:22:25Z")
You’d have to prove it, drapes and curtains. ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_B](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/terry_b/32/82500_2.png) [@Terry\_B](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Terry_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/27 "2020-11-18T13:39:45Z")
> [@SunWuKong](#): > > Oh, ok. Me too. But I really didn’t want to know. Bikini line. He doesn’t shave - banned from three pools and a pair of coffee shops. ---
**Author:** ![mad\_masala](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mad_masala/32/182103_2.png) [@mad\_masala](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mad_masala)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/28 "2020-11-18T14:30:22Z")
You talk like a piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Roflmauer](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Roflmauer](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Roflmauer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/29 "2020-11-18T15:08:10Z")
Nono, the piece of shit was floating in the pool. ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/30 "2020-11-18T23:18:00Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > No way Jose. As every baldy in Taiwan has discovered…you still need a swimming cap. A bald bear? That’d be something. :popcorn: ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/31 "2024-11-28T06:51:53Z")
So I went to the public gym at Wanhua youth park yesterday. That place is always crowded, its only 50ntd per hour so it makes sense. Anyway, the whole area has windows over looking the swimming pool. And as I was there running on a treadmill I couldn’t help but think how I would rather be swimming. What a nice way to exercise, but fuck wearing speedos and a swimming hat. And I realized something. The swimming pool is empty, and always is every time I go there. Locals feel the same way. Nobody wants to go to swimming because its just not worth it to follow those stupid and perverse rules. I used to go swimming all the time back home growing up. None of the same stupid perverted rules. Not once was the swimming pool empty. Congrats idiots, you shot yourself in the foot there, no wonder nobody can swim here and nobody goes swimming and people are worried about ghosts drowning them. Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Kalle](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kalle](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Kalle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/32 "2024-11-28T06:56:36Z")
I was peeing in the pool, the life guard saw me and blew his whistle so loud I almost fell in 😜 Just kidding 😉 So nobody takes it seriously ---
**Author:** ![marasan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marasan/32/181721_2.png) [@marasan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/marasan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 7:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/33 "2024-11-28T07:20:41Z")
> [@RickRooney](#): > > What a nice way to exercise, but fuck wearing speedos and a swimming hat. > And I realized something. The swimming pool is empty, and always is every time I go there. Locals feel the same way. Nobody wants to go to swimming because its just not worth it to follow those stupid and perverse rules. I regularly swim at two pools, one in Taipei and the other in New Taipei City, and I also occasionally swim at a second pool in Taipei and a pool in Hualien. Each pool has the speedos and caps rule. And none of the pools are empty. Two are way too packed for my liking (Songshan Sports Center and Xizhi Sports Center), but I go anyway, and the other two are full enough, I mean definitely not empty. I don’t think this rule bothers Taiwanese because it’s just the way it is here and has always been, at least for as long as I’ve been swimming in Taiwan. I agree it’s an absurd rule, but come on, it’s not bad enough to avoid swimming altogether, is it? For the speedos, there are all kinds, so you can get one that fits your style better. I get the jammers made of polyester (for durability), like this: ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/0/4/049fc295fa9cb6f4551c858b92998a854f47cec0.jpeg) And you might test the rules one day and wear something baggier than speedos. I’m hearing that this rule is loosening somewhat. It depends on the pool. ---
**Author:** ![Bree](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bree/32/270345_2.png) [@Bree](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Bree)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/34 "2024-11-28T07:27:46Z")
> [@RickRooney](#): > > None of the same stupid perverted rules. Oh the boys don’t like being treated like female athletes. How demeaning it must feel. ---
**Author:** ![slawa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/slawa/32/112823_2.png) [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/35 "2024-11-28T08:00:36Z")
> [@marasan](#): > > Each pool has the speedos and caps rule. The caps rule is already annoying. Thankfully I haven’t been to any pool that also requires speedos. 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/36 "2024-11-28T08:10:38Z")
I don’t believe you. This place is like the most famous sports center in Taipei. They even have their own song to promote the swimming pool. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sIxc8TFAXQw/hqdefault.jpg "五木 FiveWood - 萬華游泳隊 Feat. Asiaboy禁藥王 Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIxc8TFAXQw) Yet, its empty AF every single time I go there. And as I already said, nobody knows how to swim here and are scared of ghosts. Yea we all know why. Case closed. ---
**Author:** ![hannes](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hannes/32/161150_2.png) [@hannes](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hannes)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/37 "2024-11-28T08:11:35Z")
I went to that pool quite a few time this summer. The life guards there are indeed very busy telling people off. I, almost bold, was reminded of the cap rule immediately after daring to step in the knee deep kid’s pool to tell our boy to come out. We also got a mouthful when we dared to go into the almost empty practice pool with a floating device. Our boy actually started to pee into that same pool in front of one of the lifeguards before l could pull him away… Instead of enforcing those stupid rules they should fix up the aging space. Lot of safety and sanity issues. I think the pools are empty this time of the year because people don’t like cold water. I think the pool in Dahu Park in Neihu is OK and the one in Zhonghe, but the lifeguards there can be annoying too. ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/38 "2024-11-28T08:14:12Z")
I’m not an athlete i just want to take a relaxing swim without having my dick on show to the world and forced to wear a stupid skull cap because they want to skimp on pool cleaning fees. Look, if they let people wear normal swimming clothes then you would get enough people want to come and swim for FUN that they could afford a cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![marasan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marasan/32/181721_2.png) [@marasan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/marasan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/39 "2024-11-28T08:39:50Z")
> [@RickRooney](#): > > I don’t believe you. That’s okay, you don’t have to take my word for it. Check out the websites of the sports centers in Taipei (and the one in Xizhi too), and you can see the numbers. At Nangang Sports Center, there are now at around 4:30 pm 72 people in the pool. This is a low time, right after the 2-4 pm free period for senior citizens. Let’s say 40 are doing the sauna, are in the showers, etc. That’s still 32 people in about 4-5 lanes (some are being used for lessons). If you swim halfway decently, it really sucks. Anyway, not empty. Not at the pools in Taipei anyway. ![20241128_163647](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/4/0/40526ecbdd5f897a59aa16776b7f44856f7ae6cc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101/40 "2024-11-28T08:56:20Z")
> [@marasan](#): > > right after the 2-4 pm free period its free and its not even half full. I rest my case. They can’t even give swimming away for FREE. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101.md?page=1) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/swimming-cap-and-tights-required-at-all-beaches/199101.md?page=3)