James Lemos Swim Center

Happy memories of my childhood and early teen years, (circa 1983 to 1992). This was the aquatic complex where I learned to swim and participated in every Red Cross swim course from "Turtles" all the way through "Advanced Beginner" and, (once I had completed that final course), obtained my Red Cross swim instruction completion card way back in 1987, when I was 9 years old. I was so excited! It was like it had somehow been decided that it was actually safe for me to be in the water. Woohoo! Among my swim teachers were Sally and Anita. Sally as it turns out was a good friend of my fourth grade teacher, Mary Jones, and I ran into Anita years later at the library as I was doing volunteer hours for a class I was attending as a high schooler at SPSV. (I never had the nerve to tell her th

Very good pool and great environment

Pool has reopened with COVID procedures. Reservations required, not crowded, lap swimming & lifeguard training only at this time.

We are so grateful that we could get our daughter in class for swimming lessons. A very good staff, nicest people that you ever want to meet. Super helpful and accommodating!

I come here for lap swim 2 or 3 times a week. The water is always beautifully clear, and it’s outdoors with a view of the sky blue with clouds and trees around. Today lap lanes 13 to 20 closed, so doubling up in lanes 1 to 12, but after a few minutes my wife and I found a lane together. Recreational pool open today too, full of children and parents, a few older kids using the diving board.