
The world's deepest swimming pool is set to open in Poland, with a depth of 148 feet and a water volume equivalent to 27 Olympic-size swimming pools.

DeepSpot will open its doors to the public in autumn of this year in the central Polish town of Mszczonow, about 40 kilometres from the capital Warsaw.

It will be accessible to everyone, not only scuba divers, and will include an underwater tunnel, hotel rooms overlooking the pool, as well as restaurants and conference rooms.

The new swimming pool is called DeepSpot and at 148 feet deep will break the world record for the deepest pool by 16 feet

The pool, seen here in an artist's impression, is to open in Poland in the autumn with a water volume equivalent to 27 normal swimming pools

DeepSpot is reportedly being constructed by the same company who built the popular indoor skydiving simulator FlySpot in Poland's Warsaw West County.

According to local media, 8,000 cubic metres of water will be required to fill the pool - or the equivalent of 27 82-foot swimming pools.

However, the impressive pool will only hold the record as the world's deepest for about six months until the Blue Abyss, currently under construction in Colchester in the UK, opens with a 164-foot-deep pool.

The Blue Abyss is intended to be a deep sea and space research, training and test facility, whose primary function is to enable extreme environment development - both human and robotic.

According to local media, DeepSpot will be 16 feet deeper than the present record holder - Y-40 Deep Joy in the northern Italian town of Montegrotto Terme.

The design (pictured) includes an underwater tunnel, restaurants, conference rooms and hotel rooms overlooking the pool

The centre will be located in the central Polish town of Mszczonow, about 40 kilometres from the Polish capital Warsaw

That incredible swim centre, designed by renowned architect Emanuele Boaretto, is located within the four-star Hotel Terme Millepini.

Visitors, enjoying a regular temperature of between 32-34°C, are able to use the facilities for free diving and scuba diving, with underwater caves for cave diving beginners.

There is also a unique suspended underwater tunnel which is entirely transparent, so non-swimmers can experience the pool without getting wet.

Before Y-40 Deep Joy's completion on June 5, 2014, the record was held by the Nemo 33 facility in Brussels, Belgium.

Famous for its deep pit, the Nemo 33 pool measured 113 feet - 35 feet less than DeepSpot.

A diver swims into the pool at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels, which held the record for the deepest pool until 2014