Abstract: A debris skimmer (10, 91) is designed to float adjacent the surface of a pool (14) to entrap floating debris including leaves (99). The skimmer defines a floway (20, 180) having a front (18) and a rear (28), with an entrance lip (36) at the front, and a receptacle receiver (30) at the rear. This novel floway is bounded by side members (24, 26) and one or more holes (40, 80, 107) are utilized in a manifold (38, 78, 106) located in the vicinity of the entrance lip such that at least one rearwardly-directed jet of water can be supplied to the floway. This jet of water serves to establish a rearward flow of water through the floway, such rearward flow of water serving to carry floating debris toward the receptacle receiver means (30) located at the rear of the skimmer.