Bay children splashed and snorkelled their way through the waves at Bay Wave yesterday.
With the windy weather still hammering the Bay, families were seen in their hundreds at the indoor swimming complex.
A Bay Wave spokesperson said they had three school holiday groups at the pool yesterday, with more to continue through the second week of the school holidays.
Papamoa College student Gemma Ray, 16, and her friends spent the day at Bay Wave frolicking in the automated waves and playing tag.
Gemma said she had also spent lots of time shopping at Bayfair, getting the essentials for summer, eating ice-creams from Copenhagen Cone and heading to the beach when the spring sun decided to come out.