ideal water level

[iam4iam]

Is there an ideal (or preferred) water level? I recall the guy who closed our pool for us in the fall said the previous owners kept it a little too high. Right now it's about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way up the skimmer port. Is that sufficient? Logic tells me that all that matters is that it's deep enough to get into the skimmer without any difficulty.

 

[JasonLion]

You want it no lower than whatever level is deep enough to fill the skimmer enough to prevent a vortex from forming that might draw in air. And no higher than just below the top of the skimmer opening. Within that range it shouldn't make any difference.