Swimming pool skimmer apparatus

A swimming pool skimmer apparatus in combination with a swimming pool, wherein the swimming pool includes a swimming pool side wall and a pump member, and an outlet conduit directed in fluid communication from the pump member and mounted to a directional conduit from the pump member in fluid communication with the conduit member, the direction conduit including a first conduit and a second conduit, with the first conduit and second conduit arranged in a coaxially aligned relationship relative to one another in adjacency to an interior surface of the side wall, and

• a circumferential hose directed from the second conduit along the interior surface of the side wall, and
• a basket member, the basket member including a basket conduit in fluid communication with the circumferential hose, and the basket member having an entrance opening and a nozzle in fluid communication with the basket consuit nozzle arranged in a facing relationship relative to the entrance opening to direct fluid through the basket member from the nozzle to collect debris within the basket member,
• wherein the first conduit includes a valve plate rotatably mounted therewithin, the valve plate including a control rod fixedly mounted to the valve plate, the control rod projecting exteriorly of the first conduit and terminating in a handle exteriorly of the first conduit for selective rotation of the valve plate within the first conduit to control fluid flow through the first conduit.