Sports Activity Location
Swimming Pool

Steiner Aquatic Center West

855 California Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84104, USA

68 Reviews

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Gym offering a swimming pool and areas for working out, plus basketball.

The competition pool is typically maintained at approximately 79-81°F (26-27°C). The leisure pool is kept warmer for comfort at around 88-90°F (31-32°C), and the hot tub is usually heated to a therapeutic 102-104°F (39-40°C).

What are people saying (AI review summary)? This swimming facility receives mixed reviews, primarily highlighted by its affordability and the friendly, helpful nature of its staff and excellent swimming coaches. Many commend the warm water and clean locker rooms, with specific praise for the effective swimming lessons. However, significant drawbacks include an often-criticized pool layout, with a large portion dedicated to lap swimming and diving, leaving a limited and chaotic shallow area for general use, often complicated by a basketball hoop. Other common complaints involve cold or lukewarm showers, inconsistent water temperature (sometimes colder than advertised), dimly lit pool areas, and unusual pool liners. While some lifeguards were noted for being overly active, others were perceived as inattentive. Additionally, the policy of not allowing inflatables was a downside for families with babies, though free infant life jackets are provided.

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  • Accepts Credit Cards
  • Accessible Entrance

Reviews

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Ric Q July 2nd, 2025
Ric Q

I love this place, the water is warm and the people that work there are really kind, and the swimming lesson are really cheap, I learn a lit this summer, I didn't even know how to float backwards in less deep part of the pool and now I can tread water and do free style in the deepest part, what I try to say is that the coaches are really good teaching.

Jessica Hoague August 4th, 2018
Jessica Hoague

My family usually swims at a pool owned by our apartment complex but it was closed today so we decided to give this place a try. We only paid $1/child and $2/adult, so far so good. Like all indoor pools, the floor in the locker room was very wet and the sounds of screaming kids echoed off the walls. What made this pool less enjoyable for us was the set up of the lap/open plunge areas. About 2/3 of the pool is roped off for lap swimmers (which is fine. If I was swimming laps I wouldn't want kids in my way either). Of the remaining area, about half of it is 15 ft deep for divers. The area left over from that has a basketball hoop. This means that the majority of children are in the same area as the people playing ball. My daughter and I are each strong enough swimmers to keep our heads above water so we spent about half of our time at the deep end, but when we were tired and went to the shallow end to rest we were plunged into utter chaos. After swimming, we found that the showers (at least the ones we tried) were cold-luke warm and ended up going home to shower. All in all, we got what we paid for and it helped sooth the frustration that the pool we were intending to visit was closed. That being said, next time I will likely go somewhere else.

Amber Sobota December 9th, 2024
Amber Sobota

The workers are very nice. The restrooms & locker rooms are very clean. We love the reasonably warm pool - makes getting exercise by swimming in the winter very enjoyable.

Shannon Wu October 23rd, 2024
Shannon Wu

Really odd experience. The pool area is so dimly lit, it felt like swimming at night. The kickboards are inconveniently at the far end of the lanes and there's a weird liner covering the entire pool floor/walls (so your stepping on and kicking off plastic vs cement/tile). The one active lifeguard manicly paces back and forth instead of standing/sitting while the rest of the pack in the lifeguard nook reads or buries into their phones. Nothing actually wrong, just very strange.

Ashley Hinckley May 7th, 2018
Ashley Hinckley

Very affordable for swimming. Water is colder than posted temperature online so we could only stay 15 min with our baby. No inflatables are allowed, which again was hard with a baby, but they have infant life jackets that you can use for free. Staff was friendly and approachable

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Opening Hours

Sunday Closed
Monday 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Thursday Closed
Friday 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 2:00 – 6:00 PM
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