Park Pool
The Sunset Canyon Park Pool is an outdoor 50-meter pool with a diving well. There are eight lap lanes available. Please refer to the signs at the end of each lane to make sure you enter the correct lane based upon your speed and swim equipment. Patrons may only use the pool during recreational swimming hours. The diving boards are available for diving classes and athletic teams only. For more information, please call 310-825-3671.
**Children must have passed their 16th birthday in order to be allowed in the water or on deck**
Updated Policies and Procedures
Access and Age Restrictions
- Users of the Park Pool and surrounding areas must be at least 16 years old.
Facility Policies
Safety Checks: Park Pool will be cleared daily at 12:50pm and 3:50pm for safety checks. The pool will be closed for 10 min and will re-open at 1:00pm and 4:00pm respectively.
We have transitioned back to circle swimming for all of our pool facilities (see the photo or watch the video for info on how to circle swim). Bookings have been discontinued at all pools.
Please be mindful of lane speeds and which equipment (kickboards, buoys, fins, etc.) can be used in each lane.
Park Pool Circle Swim – Six swimmers max per lane. Bookings are not required. Swimmers must choose and use lanes labeled for swimming speed. Equipment restrictions posted at each circle swim lane. (3 lanes available)
Slow – No paddles or fins – Kickboards OK
Med – No paddles, fins, or kickboards
Fast – No kickboards – Paddles & fins OK
- Swimming is permitted only when an authorized SCRC Lifeguard is on duty.
- Users of the Park Pool and surrounding areas must be at least 16 years old.
- SCRC is a non-smoking environment. All smoking is prohibited.
- Food and drink are allowed only in the grass and picnic areas.
- Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
- Glass objects are not permitted in the pool, on the deck areas, or in the locker rooms.
- Swimming is prohibited in all diving wells when divers are present.
- Locker rentals are available. Please visit https://recreation.ucla.edu/member-services for more information.
- Personal equipment is allowed (for example: (i.e. kickboards, hand paddles, buoys, belts, snorkels) No balls or pool toys are allowed.
Participant Policies
- Swimmers should soap shower before entering the pool.
- Persons with bandages or open sores will not be permitted in the pools.
- Swimmers should be dressed in clothing specifically designed for swimming (for example, no cut off shorts, t-shirts, etc.)
- Instruction by the lifeguards and supervisors must be obeyed at all times.
- Ball games and other hazardous activities are prohibited in the pools and on the decks and grass areas near the pools.
- Running, dunking, pushing, piggyback rides, and stunts off the side are considered hazardous activities, as well as others deemed so by the lifeguard on duty.
- Floatation devices, toys, balls, and other foreign objects are prohibited in the pools. For lap swimming, use of kickboards, hand paddles, pull buoys, masks, fins, snorkels, and swim belts are permissible.
- These articles must be used for their designed purpose and in assigned lanes only. Please see the lifeguard for assistance.
- Circle pattern swimming is required in designated lanes.
- Stay off the safety lines and lane lines.
- No prolonged breath holding or prolonged underwater swimming.
- Diving from the side of the Park Pool is permitted only from the south-east deep end. Starting blocks and diving boards are for competitive team use during scheduled practices and competition only.
Facility Rental
For availability and to make a reservation, please visit our reservation site at http://reserve.recreation.ucla.edu.
Hours
View Lap Swimming and Leisure Swim Calendar for hours
Lap Swimming and Leisure Swim Hours
Location
Sunset Canyon Recreation Center