I love the Y and appreciate the amenities available to the community. I have only one concern and…read moreit is that lifeguards do not enforce their basic rules for lap swim. In the last month alone, I have experienced 3 incidents where someone just suddenly appeared in my lane, in front of me while I was swimming. When swimming freestyle, you generally are looking down and if someone is suddenly in front of you, it is difficult to stop in time to avoid a collision. On each occasion, I questioned the person to ask, "where did you come from, how are you in this lane?" All of these swimmers seemed oblivious to the rules, 1: You enter at the deep end only, not in the middle of a lane from an adjoining lane. 2: You make visual or verbal contact with other swimmers when entering their lane and communicate if you're circle swimming or parallel swimming. 3: You never enter in the middle of a lane. I live in fear of a collision because I have 4 small plates holding my cervical spine in place. But the concerning thing to me, is where are the lifeguards. They are literally sitting and watching and never instruct these scofflaws. What are they doing? Another example was the woman doing a backstroke in the "Walking" lanes, literally colliding with bathers and continued even when she was asked to move over to a swim lane by others. I'm just going to say, an accident is bound to happen unless they clean this up, soon. Perhaps it isn't a responsibility of the lifeguards to monitor for these incidents, but I got scolded once for being "too fast," for a slower lane. Made me laugh because I hadn't swam in 5 years and felt it was appropriate for me to start there. So, I know the guards are monitoring something. Let's just hope nothing bad happens, I guess.

I'm extremely disappointed with how the Marin YMCA handled an issue with my paid locker rental…read more I have been paying for both my YMCA membership and a locker, even while I was on maternity leave and had not been able to go to the gym since January. I never froze or canceled my account, and I even recently upgraded my membership so my son could participate in Y Kids. When I returned, I found out that my belongings were gone from the locker I had been paying for. I was never given any notice, warning, email, or phone call that my locker would be emptied or that my items were at risk of being removed. This is especially upsetting because this is not the first time something like this has happened. When I followed up, I was told they looked for my items but could not find them. They offered to cover two months of membership dues as a "gesture of goodwill," but then later said they did not believe staff emptied my locker because no locker audits were conducted. That explanation does not make sense to me. The locker was locked, and access should have been limited to myself and YMCA staff. Since I was not at the gym and did not remove my belongings, there was no clear explanation for how my items disappeared. I paid for a locker with the expectation that my belongings would be secure. Instead, my belongings are gone, and the response I received felt dismissive and lacked accountability. I have since requested to cancel my locker rental. I've supported this YMCA through my paid membership, even during a period when I was not using the gym, so this experience has been incredibly disappointing. Members who pay for lockers should be able to trust that their belongings are safe and that they will receive proper notice and communication before anything is removed. I finally cancelled my membership!

This pool is outdated. The children's pool isn't even working. The lifeguard staff feels like they…read moreare Baywatch and it's the Pacific Ocean. the lifeguards I definitely will not come back to This is the only pool in Marin county. where I felt bullied by the staff and so did my children who are only three and five: I would not recommend this pool for any parents to come to .

I just spent 20, 20 - 40 minutes on the road and was prepared to swim. I have 2 punches left on a 5…read morepunch card labeled 'Off Season Punch Card ... Valid during open pool hours for 2024 season' I used it twice this week with no problems. The girl at the desk says it's not valid. She gets another teen and he says it's not valid. While I'm waiting through this -- the woman coming in says, she was angry about that - because they did it to her -- and then they wouldn't let her in because she didn't have ID and had to go back to her car ... it was not even busy. I don't begrudge the money -- but I won't go back. I'm only giving a 1 star to save others the time. Most of the time everyone's very nice. I feel there's some adult in back of the kids over managing or something.

This was a great place to take my 3 year old grandson. The proce is reasonable even if you live…read moreoutside the local area. He loved going in the shallow pool with the slide. Over and over again-he didn't want to stop when the closing announcement happened. Definitely will go there again.

We tried to swing by Hamilton Community Pool around 12:30pm during the heat wave, hoping to cool…read moreoff, but it was not open. After another nearby pool was closed, I was trying to quickly find another option and relied on Google, which made it seem like this one might be open. We drove over, but there was no activity -- no cars parked, no sounds of kids or families around. We spoke with base security, who was kind but didn't have clear information about the pool or its hours, and shared that it is not open to the public without special permission. We were also told that the parking area is not for civilian use. After checking the official site, it looks like the summer season doesn't begin until May 23, so definitely something to plan ahead for. Sharing in case it helps others avoid the same situation!

This is a beautiful brand new facility connected to Hamilton School. They have basketball leagues…read morehere and camps in the summer.

My kids joined Little Explorers and multi-sport day camp. Per usual they complained at first but at…read morepick up they said they loved it and thanked me for signing them up. Our youngest who is usually on the clingy side at drop offs had no issues and loved the face paint and activities. My older kids had fun playing pickleball/tennis and looked forward to swimming each day. They enjoyed doing crafts and making new friends. We did not have the ability to plan too far ahead this summer, so I appreciated being able to easily book online for multiple kids with the option of choosing the entire week or just specific days. It is also great that they get lunch included. They make this so easy for parents and I especially appreciated Kilia, the director of camps, who was very helpful and responsive.

I am member here for 16 years. But this experience as I had today never happened to me before. They…read moretwisting rules and entry fees just around the finger like a bad magic. so unfair and disgracing. Particularly Marcel Morales. Staff needs training how to be polite and learn to appreciate customers. I know it is big company. They don't care about long-term customers. Also, we don't have many alternative gym options in this area. Sadly.

This area has preschool.. Baseball diamond... Playground and a pool..!!! No shades here so summer…read moreis so so hot .. Also have a snack shop if they open on time schedule..!!

I am a gym member only. I love this gem of a fitness club. Carol who runs the place is fantastic…read more She has a few good pieces of equipment, elliptical, bikes, treadmills, and some weight machines and a good trainer available, Deirdra Rogers of Fitness Defined. The place is small but totally adequate. Hardly ever packed so there's room to work out with a trainer or buddy. Very convenient for those of us living in the SG Valley. I know many people who also use the pool, but I don't like chlorine so I am grateful that they have memberships for the gym only. They also have tennis memberships and the WIC is used for other things - classes, aerial for kids, yoga, and I've attended community events there.

Ok.. so it's not Vegas, and it's not Hawaii…read more But, on a spankin' hot day when all you're trying to do is escape the sticky, dry heat that forms puddles of sweat along your unmentionables area The Conlan Center's pool at Dominican University is f'in perfect! It's open to the public and, as long as you're willing to be gay (if you already aren't) for at least 2 minutes, you can bring a friend and save $5 on admission (usually $10/person) as long as you hold hands and say you're domestic partners. I'm not confused about my sexuality. Really. It's just my hustle. Period. They'll need proof of your commitment to your significant other. Just kidding.. Really, you don't have to do all that.. I'm just messing with you. You can just ask for the discount and they'll give it to you, no questions asked. The downside: No half naked girls serving cocktails, no smoking, no DJ. BUT.. they do have a vending machine, and a cute little garden area with actual green grass. You ever seen any grass near the pool in Vegas? Don't think so. Note: Public usage of the gym/workout area is usually $5/day I think. They have memberships available for purchase to the public as well. You just have to pay extra to use the pool. And don't think you can just pay the $5 and walk into the pool area anyhow. They collect these little yellow paper token things.

Great place for college students and community members. Best time to use the gym if you are…read morecommunity member trying to avoid the college students would be early in the morning or the later part of the evening. Looks fantastic and if you are a gym member you get a free issue of the Marin IJ newspaper when you walk in to workout. Nice!

I would give her 6 stars if I could! Miss Jean taught both of our boys to swim and we went to her…read morefor years, she is amazing. She is no nonsense and doesn't give in to tears which I fully appreciate. Her methods work and the boys are both fish in the pool, they love swimming! Highly highly recommend her!

I hesitated to write this review, because Miss Jean is such a gem that I would rather keep her all…read moreto myself! But the right thing to do is to share the love. I have 3 daughters, and 3 months ago only one of them could swim at all. I was really nervous about taking my kids near water because I was constantly anxious about them drowning. When I met Miss Jean three months ago, I told her my summer goal was to have each of my daughters swimming - even (especially) the 3 year old! Three months and a total of 36 lessons later, all three girls are full swimmers who are completely comfortable and confident in the water by themselves. In fact, it only took Miss Jean two months to get them there! Miss Jean is magic with kids. She has so many years of experience, she really just gets kids and swimming. She knows when to push them and when not to. She knows how to sell swimming to them. She knows all the barriers and how to ease her students through them. She connects crazy well with each child. She has oodles of toys with spiffy names (e.g., the "marshmallow stick," the "treasure chest") that the kids just love. I watched her interact with not just my kids, but many other children in countless lessons throughout the summer. Her superpowers are: (1) Patience - like, a ton ton of patience; and (2) Understanding each child individually, and custom-tailoring her approach to each one. I watched her work with children with developmental disabilities, epilepsy, super young children, and older teenagers with appropriate differentiation and so much love. PLUS PLUS she was super flexible about scheduling all summer. She uses a great system of Google-calendar invites. You can cancel anytime up until right before the lesson with no penalty. Between my 3 daughters' other summer camps, family trips, etc. etc. I needed to constantly revise our schedule, and she was a total trooper about it. You schedule when you want, you change the schedule when you want, and you only pay for lessons you attend. Wow. So: She is the swim-whisperer. All her students + families think so, and they are probably not posting about it on yelp for the same reason I didn't want to. ;)

Club is not telling us when they will actually close down. We keep getting emails from management…read moresaying to disregard the rumors, that they don't know when they will close...but sometime in the coming future. In the meantime, those of us who paid to join are left wondering how to plan for when they close down and tear it down to build an entirely new club. We are also seeing lots of deferred maintenance, since they know they are closing sometime in the future to build a new, entirely different club. So much uncertainty is bad for morale, both for members and staff.

Great club with inside and outside pool, inside and outside tennis courts. Good kid programsread more