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A skimmer or surface separator [1] (it separates substances from the surface of a liquid) [2] [3] is an essential accessory for the maintenance and cleaning of the water in a swimming pool. It is used to remove all the surface dirt floating on the water surface, such as leaves , tanning oil and human secretions.
1975 Sea Skimmer - Pyramid Lake Reservoir, Los Angeles County CA. The New York Times published the original announcement for this Aqua Sport Sea Skimmer on Jan 15, 1961 calling it a "POWER SWIM UNIT, and "NEW Aqua Sport's Sea Skimmer Is Capable of 25 M.P.H". The article detailed the three models and their respective performance capabilities.
The aperture visible from the pool side is typically 1' 0" (300 mm) wide by 6" (150 mm) high, which intersects the water midway through the center of the aperture. Skimmers with apertures wider than this are termed "wide angle" skimmers and may be as much as 2' 0" wide (600 mm).
A professional skimboarder riding a wave. Skimboarding at Seal Beach, 2011. Skimboarding or skimming is a boardsport in which a skimboard (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore.
Weir skimmers can remove oil at a greater rate than other types of skimmer. Oil removal rates of over 25 cubic metres per hour (6,600 US gal/h) are available. [citation needed] They can also pull in oil from a greater radius on a surface than other skimmers. This makes weir skimmers popular if high oil recovery rates and large coverage areas ...
Skimmer (device), for getting data from a credit card for later fraudulent use; Skimmer (machine), for removing oil from a water surface; Skimmer (spa), for removing oil from spa and swimming pools water surface; Protein skimmer or foam fractionator, a device used mostly in saltwater aquaria; Skimmer (dinghy), an American sailboat design from 1933