Love, love , love this aquatic center. On the hottest days of summer there is nothing better than…read morejumping into this pool and swimming some laps. Even on the coldest days, they keep the temperature just right. You need to check the hours because this is a popular pool. There are swim meets, scuba classes, kayaking classes and the ever popular free swim times (when you can ride the water slides), but what I come for is the lap swimming. The pool is shallow on one end which makes it great for novice swimmers to get their confidence up, and deep enough at the other end to have some diving boards. The price went up a while ago to $4 per session, but that is still a deal. The facilities are in great condition. There is plenty of locker space and showers. Remember to bring your rubber sandals, goggles and a lock. This is one of the best places in Bakersfield to get some exercise.

The good: nice pool! Great to be outdoors swimming laps. Friendly staff…read more The bad: hours have been severely cut back in last two years. Also, they blast commercial radio which means stupid loud commercials which definitely kills the chill vibe. Good Lord, almost any other pool either plays nothing (peaceful), or commercial free streaming. Winter maintenance is annual and rather excessively long. Love having a facility but it's be great to address these issues.

I loved it. It was great such a little quaint country town. I can't tell you great things about how…read morerelaxing and peaceful it is here.

Santa Ynez Valley has a great swim club! Practices are held at the Santa Ynez High School pool and…read morecoach Dwayne Douglas is a former competitive swimmer, who cares. My son joined the swim team almost two years ago and loves it. The competitive nature and discipline of the club has helped him to create new goals and work hard to achieve them. He looks forward to going to practice, competing in the meets and having fun with friends. Parents and club members are all very supportive, it is a wonderful enviroment for young swimmers to grow and excel in. I am proud to say my son is excited to part of the Santa Ynez Valley Swim Club.

I visit SB regularly, and this is where I choose to spend an hour every day I'm here. Great staff,…read moreaffordable public lap swim, and of course the location can't be beat.

Amazing pool, with it being outdoor it was the perfect pastime for our 2-month stay in Santa…read moreBarbara this year. Hubby swam nearly every day. Locker room and showers were nice and clean. Bike parking out front...he opted to not pay and just bike there. Swim time availability was reasonable, with slow lanes up to fast lanes.

Literally the nicest thing in Lompoc. It's a clean and new facility with two lap swim areas, a baby…read morepool/therapy pool, and a kids area with a jungle gym type thing. I love that one of the lap pools is warmer than the others. Sometimes I am just not ready to jump in the cold one!! It's nice to swim a few warm-warm up laps first :) They are a little bit stingy on hours. If they had more availability I know it'd be a hit with more people. Especially the military folks who work strange hours, and restaurant/bar guys too. You can enter the pool as a non-member during very very very select hours. Other than that you could join YMCA for pool access or purchase the monthly slash pass. Overall a great place and I love going there.

Fun for the family. A bit humid in there. Wish they would open it up. But a great time for the kidsread more

This is an association community pool. If you don't live here you have to be brought in by a…read morehomeowner as a guest. It is beautiful, huge pool 3 ft to 9 ft. They also have a kiddie pool for the little ones all gated in. Plenty of lounge chairs and tables. I saw a snack bar but it wasn't open. Also has life guards on duty. My son had a great time! This is not a year round pool, I think it's only open the summer months. The only negative is the tiles around the edge of the pool have a dirty film so that needs to be cleaned.

We regularly attend in the summer time and love it here. They are only open for recreational swim…read morefor approx. 3 hours/day in the summer, however once you're there...3 hours seems about right. When we go, we usually go right at 12:30 and there is a huge line, but it moves very quickly. After the first 90 minutes, they have a mandatory break time where everyone has to get out of the pool for about 10-15 minutes. I'm not too sure why they do this, but i'm assuming to maybe let the filter clean it out or something? Anyways, this time is usually snack time for the kids, everyone usually sits on the grass over their towels and snacks while they wait. The fact that they let you bring in your own food is a huge plus too. It does tend to get really busy, so the pool can be crowded at times. It's really not that big of a problem though, there is a lot of space. The 1' area is very nice for toddlers and the slides are simple and cute. Children who are 5 and under HAVE to be in the pool with an adult and the adult has to be within arms reach. The pool is also heated, so it is not freezing cold. They are VERY strict on bathing suit attire, which i'm glad they are enforcing now, because before they weren't. If you are wearing cotton, they do not let you in. If you happen to sneak in without the proper clothing, one of the lifeguards will kindly ask you to get out. All the lifeguards are very attentive and you can tell that they are very well trained, and take their jobs seriously. I have never seen any of them goofing off or inattentive, their eyes are always on the pool. I have even seen a lifeguard save a small child one time. The little boy who was maybe 2 years, had gone too deep and was struggling in the water, but the people swimming around him didn't notice, and out of no where one of the lifeguards jumps in the pool and picks him up from under the 2.5' water. It all happened very, very fast and thanks to the quick action of the lifeguard, wasn't a serious incident. Last, but not least...this is the first year we enrolled in their swimming lessons and I am VERY happy with the instructors and how professional everyone is. My son is really learning a lot, the instructors all have great personalities and work very well with the kids. THE ONLY COMPLAINTS or things that could be better is the bigger waterslide in the 4' pool doesn't slide. The kids go down it and they have to push themselves out of it, because they don't "fall" into the water. I feel that is kind of dangerous, not to mention it makes it boring for anyone going down. The second thing is that I tried to enroll my 2nd child in swimming lessons, but all the classes for the level she needed were full. Since we couldn't get my #2 kid in, only my #1 kid goes. We are sitting at the side of the pool and I can see the class that I tried to enroll my #2 kid in, going on simultaneously, but out of the 6 people that filled the class...only 2 showed up and the rest are all no shows. I wish they would offer a wait list, so that if this happens the kids who actually want to attend can go. The swim classes fill up like a month in advance, so maybe they should consider adding more classes or doing a wait list option. Overall its a great facility and it only costs like $1.25 to get in, and they don't make you pay for non swimmers, so when I take my kids I only have to pay for whoever is actually getting in the pool, which is nice too.

The Paul Nelson Aquatics Center has been a place I look forward to going weekly because of the…read morecaring staff and enacted safety protocol during convid-19. It is one of the few local places that remained relaxing as an atmosphere and a place I could count on to be welcoming with helpful customer service. The lifeguards are quick to say hello. Staff that checks people in are personable and accomodating by ensuring spaced lanes, finding missing kick boards and saying goodbye when people leave the pool. Really appreciate this pool!

Swimming pool and kiddy pool. Would be nice if the gym had more equipment. But nice that no one is…read moreever there. The arcade is no coins required. My nephews loved it when they came to visit.

On first blush you think...it's amazing that there aren't more Masters Programs in the Los Angeles…read morearea. After all, we do live in the desert. Then you realize...everyone already has pools, oh; and we live by the beach. Anyhoo...after a long three year break, I crave the thrill of victory and have taken up triathlon again. I used to swim with SCAQ when I lived in Venice (another very good program), but it's just too far for me to drive for a pre-dawn workout. The program is held in the Cal Lutheran Pool which was only recently finished. The pool is an outstanding 50 meters which will put the hurt on you if like me, you are woefully unfit. You can't fake fitness in swimming. Nancy, the head masters coach is quite accomplished...UCLA All American, Top Ten in the world in backstroke, etc. etc. She's a good coach who keeps her eye on everyone and gives regular feedback. Her workouts are tough...especially the 1.5 hour workouts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They even have another coach take the beginners in the 25 meter pool to teach noobs pool ettiquette, strokes, flip turns and all that other neat stuff. While they have a lot of items you will need...pull buoys, kick-boards, fins, you may want to invest in those AND a swim cap (if you're a lady), clear and dark goggles (if you're going to swim during the day), hand paddles (start with small ones that fit the size of your hands), wait and buy your fins from Nancy. Also I noted that people are using snorkels when doing pull drills. A couple things BRING WATER!!! Yes, you're in the water, but you still need to drink. If you're a guy and you're not used to wearing those lovely package revealing speedos, you can keep your goodies under wraps with the "down to the knee" versions at your local Sports Chalet. They have locker rooms with showers.

This is my favorite pool ever, and I have a swam in a lot of them over my decades of life…read more One of the things I love is that I always get my own lane, so I have no idea what the person meant about having the share lanes'. And 5+ years I have only ever had to share a lane twice! The staff is friendly, and the pool is partly treated by O-Zone so my swimsuits last longer and I don't smell like chlorine when I leave. The water is always super clean and just the right temperature and I just love it there.

As a competitive swimmer I love racing in carp pool but the water tastes like chemicals and is…read moregreen. It also burns your eyes most of the time.