If you don't know if they're in the water, I wouldn't say "swimming".
They're at the pool. (We don't know if they're swimming.)
They're in the pool. (We know they're in the water but we don't know what they're doing.)
They're swimming in the pool. (We know they're in the water and we know what they're doing.)
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