Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer accelerator characterized as a pool water diverting blade arranged to effectively direct debris to a conventional swimming pool skimmer more positively than any prior approach. The skimmer accelerator herein is both vertically and horizontally adjustable, the former to permit pool usage without a physical obstacle and the latter to receive an optimum amount of debris filled oncoming water. The skimmer accelerator includes a blade which is selectively movable vertically to an optimum in-water depth.