Any advice on creating realistic Jacuzzi water?

5200north

i'm updating greenpot's school pool set and i'm stuck on what to do with the jacuzzi. 

i tried to use one of sickleyeilds water props but (not her fault) it looks awful.

any ideas?

thanks in advance everyone

JonnyRay

I have a feeling this may have as much to do with lighting as the water surface. Without more light on the surface, you're relying heavily on the light traveling up from within the jacuzzi. Light being transmitted like that isn't going to highlight bubbles and surface disturbances very well. I would probably try adding a mesh/ghost light over the jaccuzi at celing level. It wouldn't have to be very strong, but you need to give something for the top surface of the water to reflect toward the camera.