This pool is so clean,and my kids love this pool so much! Every Monday and Thursday, we went there,

this is the link to sava's SWIM SCHEDULE http://www.parks.sfgov.org/wcm_recpark/Pool/SavaPool.pdf i've been going to sava since I was 5 and I was on their swim team for a couple of years. so you can imagine how EXCITED i was when they remodeled the pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE the new pool and its clean locker rooms and swim suit dryer. they even made a viewing room with seats where parents can wait and watch their children swim. my parents had to stand outside in the cold and peek through the windows during my competitive swimming days The lap swim (which is $5) here is great minus the slow people who get in your way. Sava is definitely the cleanest and newest public pool in SF read more

I swim here every week. I come early in the morning for lap swim. I like it a lot. The facility is lovely, no doubt. It's modern and clean and in good shape. The pool itself is a pleasure to swim in. It's waveless - meaning the water and the edge of the pool are at the same level. It's easier to get in and out of than regular pools. The deep end is nice and deep and the pool is an even 100" long so you can easily measure your distance in laps. It's soundproofed so even though I wear hearing aids I can hear people talking in the pool area when I'm not wearing them. Most of all I love the entire south-side wall made of windows. The natural light just feels really great while getting my exercise on. What I don't like: I wish the lanes were set up more consistently; some days the fast lanes are narrow, and some days they are huge, and this inconsistency is kind of disorienting to the mindset of a regular lap swim. I wish the fast lane wasn't a giant lane because that invites people that aren't really fast enough for the lane, and passing people throws my swimming rhythm off. I wish the Lifeguards were better about making sure people were swimming in a speed-appropriate lane. It's really frustrating to watch someone jump into your lane and then see everyone who was already there piled up in a line behind them as they thrash their way down the lane. Sometimes you will see a Lifeguard asking people to switch to a more appropriate lane, and they once even created a new fast lane because there were just too many people. Most of the time, though, they watch but they're not really proactive in regulating the flow of traffic, as it were. To the ladies who leave their crap in the changing stalls: this doesn't make it yours. I will not hesitate to move your shit if you are nowhere in sight and I want a changing room. Get a locker like everyone else: you are not special. There is one Lifeguard, a short, older woman with long hair, and she is pretty much a total bitch. I have never had one positive interaction with her, and from what I can tell she doesn't actually give a damn about swimmers. All in all, this is a much better place than where I used to swim, Garfield Pool, which is a run down facility in a crappy neighborhood. It's a bit of a drive for me but I don't mind it at all. If you don't like this place, oh well. More room for us at Sava, and you can see for yourself just how good Sava is in comparison to most o f the rest of SF public pools. read more

This pool IS beautiful, really lovely, the water is a good temp, staff seems cool. Down side is that the hours shift very frequently and that makes it hard to work swimming into a crammed work, etc, schedule. Not a life or death concern. What would make this pool stellar is better monitoring and enforcing (sorry, can't find a better term) of the lanes during lap swim. I've got physical damage that makes having water to exercise in wonderful. I'd like to use the kick board, but, most of the lane is closed of by folks loitering. Every one of many times i've been there the same 4-5 folks stand in the exercise/slow lane. Every time the life guard comes over every 15 min to ask them to move around, swim, what ever. They never move. They take up lots of space as they stand waist deep in the water and chat, and chat and chat. Get them OUT. read more

This is a beautiful, clean, FAST pool with clockwise lanes and a great view. The sides are nice and wide. There are some logistic issues, as noted on previous posts: 1) exact change is important to remember, but it is so the worker doesn't get get ROBBED. Please don't blame her! 2) Waiting until the scheduled time is a pain. I wonder if Parks is wiloing to flexible on this in the future, The cleanliness and value of Sava Pool can't be beat. read more

I swim at this pool with my daughter, who swims competitively - love it - clean, heated to 80 degrees at least, and gorgeously sunny. I generally don't like to circle swim but have found it's not a problem at this pool so far. And the pool isn't particularly crowded at least in the middle of the day. Minus one star for the limited times for lap swim. Also, the exact change thing is odd. To the best of my recollection we were not offered a receipt either. The student worker bees behind the desk collect cash. it's possible to buy of book of ten tickets, but they are not available at the pool. Jeez - how hard can it be? read more

Beware that this place does not accept credit card and they don't have changes, so you need to come with exact cash to pay for the fee. There are no ATM or business nearby. So good luck if you don't have cash. Also horrible customer service, they will turn you away if you don't have exact cash. read more

The pool just reopened about 12/2308-ish and it looks great! It's a shorter length than other pools and goes from about 3.5-10 feet, with a deep & more sudden drop into the deep end than other pools. The pool itself is so clean and pretty, and the locker rooms are so modern, it's greaet. They've got multiple showerheads in which you can control the water temp, a swimsuit dryer, hair dryers, changing rooms with curtains, full length mirrors, bathroom, and lockers. Not as much pool equipment as Balboa though (that I know of, they don't have flippers) , but they've got basic items like kickboards. Can also be really cold, especially if you go in the morning. read more

Had high school swim class here in 2001. It was cool. My sister brought me here when I was younger. I remember this one old pervert that would sit at the side of the pool, dive down to look at teen aged girls underwater. I hear from my friends he still resides here and the employees will do nothing about it even when told. read more

Love, love, love this pool! It was recently remodeled not so long ago, and I have to say that conditions have most definitely improved! The pool dimensions haven't changed but that's okay. I still enjoy my swims nonetheless. read more

LOVE LOVE LOVE Sava Pool. This is where I get a lot of Physical Therapy as well as Recreational Swimming. The Staff have all been nice to me. The lockers are great. This is a public pool but it feels more like a private pool. I really enjoy coming here despite the shouting children. Water is perfect temperature and not too chlorinated, and the big glass windows are gorgeous on foggy, cloudy, rainy, and sunny days. read more

Nice pool but not the best in area! I was in Sava pool today and I expect less then I received. Swimming laps wasn't so busy at the moment and I had a lot of time to enjoy my swim. You should bring your own locker they don't provide it and if you forget your own goggles it is not a big deal, hence lifeguard have many googles to borrow you. I think chlorine level is about 7.4-7.5 , which is normal, I don't now about PH level. Also pool itself is pretty clean. read more

Fabulous facility and people!! For a public pool, this is by far one of the cleanest pool I've seen. This is a great place for children to who want to learn to swim. The volunteers are friendly, helpful and try to make the lessons fun for the younger ones. read more

So clean, so pretty! It's not super packed during lap swim and the locker rooms are kept tidy. I love the big glass windows!

I swam here after hours and loved it! It is very spacious and clean. What else does one need from a pool?

Love it here! They made a lot of great changes to the place. The pool doesn't seem as it did at all before, but looks amazing!

The people working here were very helpful, the biggest problem I noticed is they did not have very good clocks for lap swimming. It's also not a very large pool so expect to at least split a lane. read more

Brought my 2yo daughter over here. First impression for changing room is nice and clean. You have to bring your own lock to lock the locker. After that we went to swimming pool. When I touched the water, it was a bit cold for baby. My baby got into the pool and she was shivering at first time. We stayed in the pool for like 20mins. I wished that the water in the pool bit warmer so my daughter could stay longer read more

Women locker room showers are full of hair and restrooms lack paper toilet and smell like urine. I have two kids and I was not allow to swim with both of them at the same time during rec swimming because they measure less than the safety 48". I had to leave one of my children in a bench while playing with the other one and then switch.... very disappointing because you pay an entrance fee and they are bodyguards on duty and they still consider unsafe for a widow to have a nice time with her two children who by the way are 4 and 6. So I had a terrible time in the swimming pool and I was disgusted by the lockers..... very disappointed! read more

I grew up swimming competitively so I've been in a lot of pools. This pool is pretty nice and pretty clean. For $5 a pop it's not a bad deal and allows you to swim when you want as opposed to sign up for a monthly contract or something. I like all the windows that allows tons of natural light in. My only gripes are that there a lot of kids here and that most people disregard the designated lane speeds for lap swimming. People will just swim in the lane that's least empty. The lifeguards should enforce this. Oh, and it's exact change only! read more

For a public pool this is excellent! Just compare to the Balboa pool and you'll know the differences!

This pool did bring back a lot of memories. High school swim meet and checked out girls from Lowell HS.

Another lovely public pool in the city! Clean, safe, with lots of natural light streaming in from the South side! Lovely!

Sava Pool is a great place to swim at a very low price. They have many floaties and a decent changing room. They are well-staffed. The only thing is that during the rec hours, it is so packed that you can't really swim without bumping into many people. The best thing to do during this time is to swim at the deepest end of the pool to get away from the mob. read more

This is for the swimming class experience. It's a great pool (wish it were warmer, but I'm Canadian) and instructors are friendly and there when you need them and leave you alone when you don't. Locker room and showers are clean (wish they were warmer, but see above). read more

Very organized and secure place to have your kids learn about swimming in the Sunset area.

Park on the street for two hours and swim away! The showers are quite cold. No hot water. But this place is fairly new and there are a total of 6-7 lanes. $5 fee for resident and non resident. read more

I've gone here during the senior swims in the morning on weekdays with a client who is 11 years old and has severe autism. He doesn't know how to swim but LOVES playing in water. We hung out in the shallow, slow lane and most of the seniors were either happy to have us there (or indifferent) to our presence. They've also got a Tuesday evening SPECIAL NEEDS swim period (7-8:30pm) which I haven't gone to yet, but am really excited about going to. Steve is really great, friendly and always warns me when I need to get out of the pool early to snag the family room before someone he knows will take a long time using it gets out. read more

Pros: Clean. Nice Restrooms. Plenty of lockers. The water was a really nice temperature. Not so cold that when you jump in you are freezing and not so hot that you are sweating when you are swimming laps. People and staff were nice. Plenty of equipment for people to use. Cons: Crowded!!! NO PARKING! People who are slow swimmers swim in the med and fast lanes and don't respect other swimmers by letting them go first. And they make you swim the opposite direction. I have swam all my life and always swim up the right and down the left. Not sure why but they make you swim up the left and down the right. I know it seems like a small thing to complain about but the fact that they enforce this nonsense is ridiculous. All in all this is a really nice pool. I can overlook some of the minor annoyances to get in a good swim but hope that they rethink their lap direction policy since that drives me crazy:) read more

There are so many issues with this pool. I went to the adult swimming class on Wednesday evening. The class starts at 7:00 p.m. I arrived 15 minutes earlier to give me time to change. Little did I know that they do not let you in the locker room until 2 minutes before class. While waiting, my friend and I walked towards the pool because we wanted to check it out since there was no one in the pool. The old guy at the front desk ran after us because he thought we were trying to sneak into the locker room to avoid paying the admission of $5.00. Here are my issues with the Pool. 1. Because of the line to pay, you don't get into the locker room until well after 7:00 and plus changing time. You are already late for the class. 2. No toilet paper in the womens restroom. One toliet was clogged. 3. Class size was to large for one instructor. 4.. Finally the instructor came, I believe his name was Mike. If it wasn't for Mike, I would have given this a rating of 1. I felt sorry for Mike because he was the only instructor for the entire class of 20+ people at different levels. He tried to break the groups between levels, but it was difficult as you could really practice much because everyone was all over the place. I can't believe that the pool did not think that this was a safety issue with over 20 people and one instructor. I truly now believe you get what you pay for. What was I thinking that I would get for $5.00. If you are looking for swim lessons, go to another pool. Sava is unorganized. read more

Great place for lap swims. Locker rooms are fairly clean. Friendly staff. On sunny mornings, sunlight hits the pool on the south end, which makes it a better swimming experience. Water is always the right temperature. read more

The first time I visited place will also be my last. The workers there does not answer your question when asked one. The pool was alright, it was super crowded in the shallow water so my friends and I decided to head into the deeper end but was stopped by a lifeguard ( nothing big, just to make sure we knew how to swim) After rec swim was over, we headed to the shower room and we patiently waited our turns to shower off the pool water but got cut off by children's and their Mom. Since we weren't in a hurry we just let it go. After finally getting our turns to wash off, we were also the only ones left. While changing in the locker room the lady that works there told us to pick up the hair's left in the drain. Being me I ignored it because I find it ridiculous that we had to pick up other people's hair. We pay to swim not pay to do what's part of her job. My friends said No and the lady said I don't care but that better be pick up when I get back. So we dressed as fast as we can and just left. Some of the locker is either wet or dirty and maybe even both. If you're lucky you can find a dry and clean locker. read more

I have been a competitive swimmer for 25 years, swam in college, swam the English Channel last year, and I swam at Sava last night for the first time. This was the single worst swimming experience i have had in my life and it is because of a lifeguard who enforced the pool's ridiculous policy of swimming on the left side of the lane. When I arrived I noticed my lane mates were swimming on the wrong side of the lane and when I jumped in I spoke with each of them and asked if we could swim on the correct side, the right side, like you drive. They all said of course. So then I swam a mile and when i stopped that female lifeguard was standing at the end of my lane saying we were swimming the wrong way and the policy at their pool is to swim on the left. I explained that we all agreed to swim on the right so what is the issue? She said if i failed to obey the rules of swimming on the left they would ask me to leave. I told her that every other pool swims on the right and that if any competitive swimmers show up at the Sava pool then they are going to swim on the right (because it is engraved in our muscles and brains) and we are going to collide with other swimmers and it's dangerous. She said that it is not true because she has worked at every other pool. So I had to swim on the left and when i did flipturns i went to the right by instinct. To make it to the left side, I had to reverse the side I do the underwater twist on (after flip turn) and this felt like writing with my left hand. I couldn't even focus on swimming. The lifeguards were incredibly picky and rule-oriented. As long as they have a swimming on the left policy, I WILL NEVER GO BACK. Plus it was super crowded. It's too bad because i live in the sunset and would otherwise like to use this facility. read more

Mixed feeling about this place. I usually go on Saturdays and the staffs are very nice, welcoming and pleasant. My fellow swimmers are nice and friendly as well, we got to chat while waiting for our turn. One day I have to go on a Sunday and it was completely different. One of the staff was yelling at us out of nowhere. She accused me and my friend for taking a long shower, while the truth was that there were some very rude swimmers who cut us while we were waiting for the shower. Yes, we waited. We didn't just go in and take the spot from someone else. We were shocked to be yelled at, especially when there are still other people in the changing room. I think it's unfair for her to immediately accused us of doing something, when we try to explain to her she didn't want to listen, and then start spraying water on the floor literary next to where we were standing. You want us to leave, we got it. No spraying necessary. So don't go on Sundays. read more

+ Nice overall remodel. + Locker rooms are excellent. + Easy parking neighborhood. + All the glass walls provide a nice open air feeling, not at all like the enclosed indoor pool feeling of yesteryear. -/+ Lap swim lanes seem to be a bit too short, and a bit too wide. This is my backup pool, for when my schedule doesn't work with my Oakland outdoor pool (work in East Bay). The shorter lanes alway seem to throw my workout off a bit. Some people might like the short-wide lanes. - Lap swim need more lanes, because I feel like I'm always waiting at the end turnaround. Often it's too crowded to even attempt a flip turn - gonna knock someone's teef out. If the lanes were a tad thinner (still wide enough to carefully pass), they could fit a few more lanes in. Take away 1 star. - Need more night time lap swim hours. Take away 1 more star. + They have an uncommon "viewing area", if you're waiting for friends or your kids to swim. Nice detail. read more

I am a parkside resident! Decided to try out this pool with my 5 year old daughter! Apparently arm floating devices are not permitted in pool! But noodles are??? This was my 5 year olds second time in a pool! She was scared without the arm floats! A young Asian life guard or pool worker informed me they are not allowed ... Fine took them off! What really angered me was he told me I can check the lost and found for some? Some ??? Horrible not very kid friendly at all! read more

I wish they let you know if the recreation swim was with some lanes or no lanes. I am just learning and don't want to be knocked around by kids playing. Having dedicated lanes for adults is a good idea, but they seem to be catering to the kids now summer is here. read more

I also don't understand all the complaints about this pool. I swim here every morning with Lowell HS and I also take lessons on Saturdays. I even go to rec swim somedays. The thing that bothers me the most is that Sava does not offer advanced classes because I am currently too advanced for my intermediate class. Also some corrections, the old pool was deepest at 10ft, now the deepest is 9ft. And there are flippers. Most of the staff is friendly and even cheer us on when we play water polo. There are lots of lockers and the showers are pretty nice. The natural lighting is nice too and if you take a cold shower the pool isn't that cold. The only general drawback is the lack of parking sometimes. read more

The staff here were super friendly and helpful! Always a plus. The pool and locker rooms were clean. $5 bucks to swim is a deal. Pool isn't cold lol but I can imagine if it wasn't heated burrr.. Will def.. go back! read more

One Saturday I went to the pool with my friend and saw that it was really crowded (about 5 people/lane) so we decided not to go in. The guy who worked at the front told us that he would be really nice to us that day and let us in for free. I refused because it was already very crowded. He said he was going to be really hurt if we didn't go in. At the end, he said he had noticed us before - pointing out who was wearing a wedding ring and who wasn't. Creepy. I should have asked for his name and complained. Very inappropriate. read more