The closure will mark the start of a new beginning for the 47-year-old swimming pool, with MidCoast Council planning a massive revamp of the facility and the surrounding area.

Plans are underway to refurbish the pool and surrounding area, converting it into a wet play park.

A community consultation process, conducted last year at a number of key locations throughout Tuncurry and Forster, identified overwhelming public support for the project.

According to MidCoast Council more than 73 per cent of recipients gave the project their support.

MidCoast Council community spaces, recreation and trades manager, Dan Aldridge said council was keen to develop an attraction which would draw visitors from throughout the Mid North Coast and beyond.

"We want to create a regional attraction," Mr Aldridge said.

In the meantime council will engage a consultant to put together conceptual designs and costs for the project before returning to the community later this year to gauge public input.

In a report put forward at the March monthly ordinary meeting, recreation co-ordinator Kerrie Simmons said the opening of the Nabiac Public Swimming Pool and Wet Play Park in 2015 highlighted the popularity of the alternate water play facility located at the pool.

She said the 12mx12m square area contained a number of splash activities.

"This has proven to be very popular with the greater community with people travelling from neighbouring towns to visit the facility."

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Ms Simmons said this provided the catalyst to look at alternate facilities for the Tuncurry site.

"There was a general feeling throughout the consultation process that the facility should be free."

Also, it was highlighted there weren't a lot of suitable, fun, water-based facilities for youngsters in the Forster Tuncurry area.

Tuncurry pool, which was constructed in 1971-72 from funds raised by the community through the Tuncurry Town and Waterfront committee, has faced closure on a number of occasions since a reported was undertaken in 1996.

However, in previous years the swimming pool has had overwhelming public support to keep the facility open.

Last year's survey identified just 5.6 per cent of recipients use the swimming pool on a daily basis, while 51 per cent had never swum in the pool.