City of Vancouver - Vancouver Aquatic Centre and Hillcrest Review

Amazing pool with awesome people working there. Spotless clean.

Just about drowned no life guard water like kool aid

Great facility. Staff is very helpful. Excellent place for kids, novice and expert swimmers. Diving pool is separate and outstanding.

I love swimming when it's a 100 meter pool in 1 lap or 1km in 10 lap set up.

This place was great to do a few laps. Will go back to my normal Ymca for now. Lady at front desk typical city worker. No enthusiasm. Just doing her job. Staff in pool area were great. Don't know why there was a German shepherd in the change room? I was shocked when I saw him sitting in the entrance to the shower area. He was well behaved. Did not try to pet him he was not a service dog. I checked.

Amazing pool was recently renovated very well maintained classes and diving and swimming are offered from beginners to advanced from certified teachers

Not to busy unlike the ymca however, weight room is in serious need of upgrades.

Slow swimmers always make their way into the faster and even into the express lanes. Would really not recommend this place if you re a competitive swimmer and plan to swim on your own.

So busy today. There were approximately 300 swimmers at a meet and the whole facility was just replete with parents, guardians and coaches. Nowhere to sit and getting to te pool to swim was a difficult thing in itself. It is a nice facility but staff here are rude.

Good value $6 swim, $3 per person for families. Having said that, most of the pool has been cordoned off whenever I've visited for water polo classes. They don't warn of this when you pay. In an amazing scenic location by the sea, but large concrete walls with no windows, like a nuclear bunker, seems like an opportunity lost.
Free parking 5 minutes walk away.

It is very good because of perfetional guard-lifies

Clean and well maintained. Little kiddy area away from the main pool which is geared toward the athletic rather than the recreational swimmer. Dive and swim club meets here often so make sure to check the schedule to make sure free swim is open.

Love to swim here, long labs and clean water.
Cool diving area, I'll try it one day.

Older indoor pool. 50 Meter with 1,3, 5, 10 meter diving.

Hot tub and sauna has no kids in it very quiet and relaxing visits .

Excellent facility. 50mts heated pool, gym, sauna and jacuzzi. Inexpensive membership.

Great facility, best pool for lengths in town (when Kits Pool is closed anyways). For the person commenting that the water is colder than other facilities in the lower mainland, that is a feature, not a bug. It makes doing length swimming much more pleasant.

This is the only public swimming pool I will go to.
I am that parent who hates swimming... Because I absolutely can't stand public pools.
This one is great though. It's so clean. Never have I had a problem with clumps of hair, or stray bandaids or wet toilet paper all over the change rooms.
It's very well maintained.
The kiddie pool is nice and warm and in a separate area from the main pool.

When there is 50m swim it is great. The facility is a bit old but it serves its function- change room, pool, sauna, and hot tub. (and a gym I have never used so I can't comment on it).

Today was really hot so i said to my friend lets go check out the aquatic center being disabled i wasnt sure what to expect well it was great the staff looked after all my needs they have a seat that helps you get into the pool security lockers at poolside so you dont have to worry about your valuables and therapeutic wise i felt great i had such a good time and i know this summer will be a hot one i think ill by a membership when i go on my next visit yes i highly recommend the Vancouver aquatic center.

Everything is great about this place you CANNOT find such a pool in Toronto!

A beautiful aquarium with lots to see and interact with

One of my favorite ones. Always has 50 m lanes available for laps, graded by speeds and a few merged lanes for enjoy. For those who likes, it also offers a deep tank. Has a separate pool for kids with lots of toys, which my son likes a lot! There is a mall party room for kids, which which is great for kids birthday parties. Has a gym and a hot tub too

The long swim lanes are great, sauna is nice, hot tub has too many chemicals.

Don't use the vending machines. They hardly ever work.

i go to their swim club and the coaches are amazing and really nice. Over that the pool is perfect for swimmers and the diving tank is amazing for all ages because the diving boards go to 1 meter all the way to 10 METERS!!!!!
Lastly the place is a really friendly environment for all ages.

Very good facilities. 50m pool. Excellent for training.

I go to the Vancouver Aquatic centre every week. I have been wanting to learn how to swim for many years now and as an adult it s a hard thing to start doing. I recently started classes elsewhere - since the classes here were always full and I have been on the wait list multiple times. I do come here to practice my swimming since their drop in rates are reasonable. The facilities are dated and could use a little upgrade. The price is what makes it feasible for a novice swimmer like myself.

Nice facilities, big hot tub and the option to swim/lounge outside when the sun is shining is great!

Good value, friendly place. Hot tub is tiny and always full so that's the only draw back.

This place is right by Sunset Beach. You can swim, take swimming lessons for a very good price, ideal for low income families. There is a separate area for smaller children as well. The hot tub is great, not too big, but very nice, regardless. Pay parking only.
Right after swimming, you can continue your day with a bike ride or a little walk on the beach.
Bus stop is right in front of this facility.

Average place. Not overly nice but will do the trick.

A little bit old community center but amaizing for a long swimming

Enjoyed my morning swim. Very friendly and helpful lady at the front desk.

Good place for a swim , hot tub and sunna .has a small gym and most of the times is not crowded .clean place .

Just okay, - not so clean when it comes to whirlpool. many homeless people just taking for granted without having a bath or shower and use the pool directly some of them have skin diseases. Most people i have meet has their own mental issues like depression. The customer service / staff members or receptionists are not so friendly. but in fairness some were nice.

Great neighborhood pool. Toddler pool is great for the little ones to get used to with the best thing on Earth! Playing with the water, of course. Staff is friendly and prices (standard Vancouver parks pricing) are very reasonable. Two adults with a baby is under 7 bucks. I am so lucky and greatful for having access to such facilities in walking distance

This is one of the better pools in Vancouver, though it's odd to review a pool.

clean, not to busy, lovely sized pool, friendly service wonderful staff, been a member for years

i visits 3 to 4 time a week for over an hour do swimming and Sauna almost 3 years now for back paint . sauna place was dirty and stinky i ignore it because i needs the heat. two days ago i come to sauna they fixed it and cleaned it also add step ladder for people like me hard time climb :D . i am so speechless .. thank you .. and some staff nice. keep up good work.

I always get what I expect here. The staff are friendly when I arrive, I grab a wristband for gym access. I use the locker rooms, which are always clean, and I workout for an hour or so. Then I switch into my bathing suit and shock myself between the sauna, hot tub, and cold showers for like, an arbitrary amount of time. Best value facility in the neighborhood: on any given afternoon, you can hog as much equipment as you like, you have the gym to yourself.

A slightly dated public swimming pool. Fully enclosed and well maintained but could benefit with some updating.

I liked how the pool can be sectioned for various swimming levels, or made into lanes for straight swimming. Bonus there is a diving pool with 3 boards of varying heights and 2 of normal height. Stadium seating as well as tables with chairs on street level. A great place to exercise.

One of the best pools for drop in lap swimming in Vancouver. They often have 5 lanes of 50m but sometimes only 25 yard swimming. The facility is a bit dated and closes for 2 months in the summer every year for maintenance.

The water is really cold comparing with the rest of the pools in Vancouver and North Vancouver. I actually called to get an answer regarding this but I've got transferred to an answering machine ...??? So I guess poor for the customer service, too

Clean change rooms, though with push-button showers that are a little too low and have a weird pressure. There is a family and trans welcome change room. The lap pool is great when the 50m lengths are open, but often it runs width-wise, about 20m. Make sure to check. The diving board area is awesome, with a 7.5 and a 10m platform. The hot tub is a little small and is weirdly out of the way: you have to go through the changerooms again to get to it.

Needs updating. The provincial swim meet is
held here. The number of people attending is staggering, there is not enough room for all. The restrooms are pathetic. Vancouver should be ashamed.

Good facility with large 50 m pool. However, currently, during pandemic, the swimming lanes are set athwart to the pool length, resulting in 20.7 m length. Definitely better than nothing.

Lots of space for lap swimming. Pool is colder than some but good that way for swimming. Hot tub doesn't always work. I think it has to do with the fact that the pool is a bit dated.

Hidden Gem if you like your space to swim lanes and not get kicked like at H.C.. Have at least three 50M lanes open all day, evenings whole pool is lanes with a dive pool. Huge women's change rooms with smaller adult only area, floors are More

Do you like aquatic activities? If so, this is the center for you. They also have less aquatic actives too, like a gym and a basketball court. So there ya go. Maybe they should call it the Vancouver Primarily Acquatic But Also Terrestrial Center

Main floor washroom doors are pretty short. When checking if they are in use you will make eye contact with someone on the throne...

Wonderful place 3 or 4 heated pools and one with trampoline. It also has a gym, ice skating rink, muticanchas baseball stadium, etc, etc.
Excellent place to practice sports all year.
Congratulations Vancouver ....... for everything !!!!

I have been coming since I was a kid and still coming here . Loved then still love it now. Wonderful place great memories .

It's a big pool, pick your time to get the right lane length and enjoy a good swim! Also a good set of diving platforms.

i love the fact that the OneCard get me access to so many arena around! but dont expect great equipments, just alright to do the job

Facility is getting old and dated, but still a great location.

It's closed from July 22nd until September 02nd. Yearly maintenance :(

Its an awesome place for swimming and I love the slides to

Super disappointed about discount dip not including the fitness center anymore. This has been working fine for over a decade I've been going to the gym/pool on Saturday's. The gym that time is only half full and a normal flex entry includes both so it's not like it's a logistical issue. Trying to give more fitness access is only for people that know how to swim. Nice that you standardize this block across all centers. Good for you.

I love this place for the swimming pool relaxed casual a little bit cruzy for gay men.