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    Lions Pool at Dimond Park

    3.4 (44 reviews)
    Open 6:30 am - 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM - 2:30 pm, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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    8 months ago

    Awful. Too crowded, too small, ridiculous rules and nasty people (the swimmers, not the staff)

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    6 months ago

    The pool is warm. The slow lane is good, but lifeguards need to get fast swimmers out of the slow lane.

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    Gorgeous pool. I love the area. The grass is green and there is plenty of shade. Great location, wonderful park.

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    Love the WARM pool and ditto atmosphere- And ESPECIALLY Xavier (lifeguard extraordinaire)

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    Ask the Community - Lions Pool at Dimond Park

    Hey there! Is it cool if I bring my furry friend along to paddle beside me? He's a pro at doggy strokes and would love to join in on the lap-swimming fun!?

    Hello Steve, Unfortunately, pets are not allowed in the pool area for sanitation reasons under California Public Health Laws (22 CCR SECTION 65534. PUBLIC POOL, ANIMALS). Service animals are welcome as long they are 6 feet away from the pool area… Read more

    Is the pool heated?

    Yes at 82.5 F degrees. It's the warmest and oldest City Pool in Oakland.

    Is the pool chlorinated or salt?

    It's is traditionally chlorinated with Carbon Dioxide as a stabilizer. There is some salt in our pools as well as another stabilizer. Salt water pools are still chlorinated pools as well from the salt. You won't get the burning sensation at our City… Read more

    How many yards is the pool?

    35 yards. This pool was built back in 1928 and was recently remodeled in 2019.

    Are swimmers permitted to lock up their bicycles inside the fence?

    You may bring in your bike in the deck area as a extra security measure. There are loop shaped bike racks on the entrance of the pool and it's in viewing distance from the pool deck.

    What are the typical summer hours? It only goes through June 10 on the website

    Our typical hours for the summer prior to the pandemic are from 6am-9pm with various programming throughout the day. Please check back later prior to summer 2021 for updated summer hours.

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    I couldn't even complete one length, and I guess I shouldn't have attempted it in the middle (fast lane).

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    Temescal Pool

    Temescal Pool

    3.9
    (76 reviews)
    3.0 mi

    First time visiting this outdoor pool faciltiy on 1/17/26 (Saturday) during their public hours…read morewhich opens at 11am. Front desk staff was friendly and I was able to sign up for a 10 visit pass for $51, otherwise it's $6 a visit. I figured this will hopefully keep me consistent for the beginning of the year. The facility itself could use an upgrade but overall it is wat you would expect from an older building. The entrance into the pool is through the locker area which has lockers, changing area with benches, showers, and bathrooms. The pool looks fairly clean on the surface and we'll maintained. There are lanes divided into slow, fast, and medium speeds for circle swimming. Much of the demographics is 50+ during the time I went and they were all spaced out fairly evenly. The pool is actually open earlier for swim club members ($55/month) which is nice for early birds and the crowd seems younger at that time. I was told it's open to the public to sign up for that as well. The water itself was a good temperature. The pool goes from 3 ft to 9 ft. The bottom of the pool was clean on the 3 feet side, but had debris on the floor in the 9ft side. Folks would swim for about 30 minutes - 1 hour and more folks would flow into the lanes. Everyone is respectful and the regulars would chat with one another at the walls. There are kickboards and other supplies you can borrow from in a shed if you'd like. There is a lifeguard on duty. I asked her for the time, but she didn't know it, which I thought was odd because I could hear her talking on the phone or talking aloud. I asked another swimmer for the time and he said there's a clock right behind me, which I didn't see, and I'm surprised the lifeguard couldn't just tell me there was a clock to check. Apart from that, I enjoyed my one hour swim and got a reality check on how out of shape I am. I'll definitely come back to continue swimming and work my way up to the fast lane. Check out more recs and spots in the bay @thefoodhigh

    Superb pool. The lanes are wide and the pool is heated. The pool length is 30 yards. The other…read moreswimmer are friendly.

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    Trefethen Aquatic Center

    Trefethen Aquatic Center

    4.1
    (48 reviews)
    2.2 mi

    I take my boys, age 5 and 7, here for swim lessons. They are incredibly accommodating and have…read moregreat customer service. In addition, my boys have improved more than I expected from taking lessons here. The teachers are great-- my younger son who can be fearful of water participates with no fear-- I attribute this to the gentle approach of the instructors. Price is very reasonable and quality is superb. I'm actually hesitant to leave such a positive review because I'm worried the lessons will fill ip before I can register in the future. Began our second session today with no regrets. Money well spent.

    It's crowded and patrons are rude. On the regular you have to deal with the following:…read more-towels stolen when left on lounge chairs -belongings thrown off lounge chair and chair taken over while you're in the water -grown adults will get in the lane, won't notify you, begin swimming, crashing head on into you (a bit traumatizing and dangerous) -circle swim w/ 3 people: certain types of people are impatient and angry for whatever reason, demanding you hurry up and push off the wall, are too slow, or try other tactics to bully you out the lane. (I continue swimming at my own pace, refuse to leave the lane) -communal shower, low water pressure. -swimsuit spinner always out of order -the director who sends out weekly newsletters is pretty efficient and has been there for years after previous high turnover.

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    Great summer spot for cooling off!

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    Montclair Swim Club

    Montclair Swim Club

    3.7
    (36 reviews)
    2.6 mi

    I joined Montclair Swim Club because I was looking for an option closer to home and after about a…read moreyear decided it wasn't really for me. They have good hours and the lifeguards at the front office are super helpful. The pool itself is a bit unusual - one end is quite shallow so it takes a bit of getting used to it for doing flip turns. There are always kids around - and quite often children's swim teams practicing. When I first started swimming there, I kept hear the name "Marco" being yelled repeatedly and thought "This must be the worst game of Marco-Polo ever!" I later found out it was that one guy on the kids' swim team who doesn't hear instructions and keeps swimming when everyone else is stopping. The hot tub is not bad - it's quite big. It's sadly full of people who all seem to want to talk OVER the noise of the jets. I can only imagine what it must be like for the people who live in the canyon all around and have to hear banal conversations, frequently alcohol fueled as there are many people with cans of beer in the hot tub, about personal relationships and compost bins. While parking is plentiful - there are plenty of people who block the road because they can't be bothered to park and walk 20 feet. There are even some rather entitled white male Tesla drivers who will criticize another person's driving despite the fact that they had no problems parking themselves (and the parking lines are many, worn down, and contradictory at best). There's definitely a bit of elitist element among the long time/regulars. Finally, the locker rooms are a horror. They are not kept clean and could do with re-tiling. The lockers are a mess. The toilets are miniscule and not much bigger than what you'd find in an airplane. I do confess that the source of my discontent was a visit to Villa Sport in San Jose last summer -- and the realization that for HALF the money, I could be getting way way more value. Let's not even get into the strange cash-only deposits and lack of policy to suspend membership when out of town or out of commission for long periods of time. It's a really great pool and club for families -- it's got picnic tables, grills, and you can bring the au pair as part of your membership. Two stars for single people without kids who prefer clean lockerooms - but five stars for families with lower standards and more money.

    I go here five or six days a week, the beautiful location and lack of crowds makes it easy for me…read moreto get my laps in. Sure, i wish the pools had been resurfaced in the last twenty years or that the locker rooms felt a little less wet/moist, but tbh it all makes it feel like this is my personal club. I'm basically writing this review to make sure the swim club sticks around for another 100 years, i dunno what i'd do without it

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    Mills College at Northeastern University Pool

    Mills College at Northeastern University Pool

    4.3
    (12 reviews)
    2.3 mi

    Worked the four day polls. I learned so much. I pray I work November polls…read more Met great people fantastic captains. I was so nervous however, they all made my days easy.

    For years, people around me told me how nice it was to swim at the Mills College pool. Being…read moreenvironmentally minded - and time sensitive - I resisted. Afterall, I live only a couple blocks away from Temescal Pool, why should I go all the way down to Mills to swim? Well, last August - after some pool princess put on flippers and decided that it was appropriate to swim UNDERNEATH other swimmers without checking in with them in advance of executing this plan and creating three near misses for head-on collisions and refusing to apologize ("I'm sorry if YOU were SCARED" instead of "Sorry - that was rude of me") - I went to Mills. It takes me 34 minutes to swim a mile at Mills - compared to 50-60 minutes at Temescal. Why, you may ask? TRAFFIC. The Temescal pool is always full of people - nobody is good about paying attention to pace in a lane and it's all circle swimming. Mills is pretty big, and I have never had to circle swim. People split the lanes - they get in, have their swim, get out. No sitting in the pool at the end of the lane chit chatting and blocking others from doing flip turns or any of this other nonsense you see at Temescal. If you're a serious fitness swimmer (vs social swimmer) - check out Mills. But - not too many of you - I don't want that place to get crowded! The downside of Mills is that they tend to move around the lap swimming schedule frequently and they are closed down for swim meets. The pool is also closed for two weeks in December (this year they closed several days earlier than advertised).

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    Piedmont Community Pool

    Piedmont Community Pool

    2.8
    (13 reviews)
    1.6 mi

    Just walking around the block and seeing the construction site lends an air of excitement and…read moreanticipation for the new pool and facility!! All this buildup will be worthwhile when everything is completed and swimmers are back in the water. Can't wait!! (But need to wait)

    I have childhood trauma from my experience taking swimming lessons here. They followed me into my…read moreadult years, and after over a decade of suppressed memories, I am speaking with my therapist to unpack my trauma here. Flashback to Summer 2002: I had a swim instructor named Benji, who was a Cantonese-American teacher. I don't know how long he was employed by the PIedmont Community Pool, and why my mother signed me up for private lessons with him, but Benji traumatized me. Among other things, he yanked my ankle, shoved me into the water, pushed me off the diving board, and threatened to throw me into the deep end of the pool. When I was crying in front of him, he verbally abused me, and I still remember him taunting me, "Oh, you gonna cry in front of me? Don't you dare cry in front of me!" While this all happened, other swimming instructors and staff were just walking by, didn't intervene, didn't scold Benji for his inappropriate behavior for terrorizing a 9-year-old, what the loving ****. When my therapist asked me how do I feel about swimming now as an adult, I just said, "I never want to come back to this pool ever again."

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