A swimming pool cleaner discharges water jets under the cleaner body,
directed toward its center from its sides, to agitate and lift debris
toward one or more vacuum intake openings, to greatly enhance the
cleaning ability of the cleaner. The suspended dirt and debris become
semi-buoyant under the force of the jetted water which is preferably
moving in the same direction as the cleaner, so that the relative speed
between the cleaner and the suspended dirt and debris is reduced, thereby
enabling the cleaner to move at a relatively faster rate and still clean
with equivalent or even greater efficiency than a pool cleaner that is
not equipped with directional cleaning water jets. In addition, displaced
front and back orientations of the intake ports allow for longer time for
any dirt and debris to be picked up.