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North Beach Pool

661 Lombard St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA

122 Reviews

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Family-friendly facility with warm and cold pools, as well as a dry sauna.

The main swimming pool at North Beach Pool is heated and consistently maintained at 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

What are people saying (AI review summary)? The North Beach Pool receives high praise for its friendly and knowledgeable staff, a comfortable warm pool, and being a safe, welcoming environment, particularly for children due to a dedicated warm water pool with a gradual entry, available floaties, and attentive lifeguards. However, there are significant criticisms regarding the women's showers, which have been consistently ice-cold for two years without resolution, forcing patrons to shower elsewhere. Operating hours are a major concern, especially for lap swimmers, with calls for more weekday evening and Sunday openings, though Wednesday evenings were recently added. The facility is described as small with two pools of differing, but not extremely contrasting, temperatures (77-78°F and 86-88°F), raising concerns about potential crowding in its four lanes. It was also noted to be closed for maintenance from May 7-20.

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Amenities

  • Good for Children
  • Accessible Entrance
  • Accessible Restroom

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Violet TheGreat June 10th, 2025
Violet TheGreat

This is truly the best pool I’ve ever experienced, thanks to the incredibly friendly and knowledgeable staff and the comfortably warm pool itself. However, the women’s showers have been consistently ice-cold on and off for the past two years, making it impossible to even take a quick rinse before heading out. Instead, you have to go home to shower. Although technicians have been called several times, there’s still sadly no resolution :-(

Kristin P Ho April 2nd, 2025
Kristin P Ho

I like this pool, but the hours are super limited for anyone working a full time 9-5 (the only realistic option for lap swim is Friday evening or Saturday). Please consider opening for lap swim on Sundays and/or another weekday evening!!! EDIT: they added Wednesday evenings! Awesome!

TheMagic5 Goggles February 16th, 2023
TheMagic5 Goggles

The North Beach Pool has an interesting set up. There are actually 2 separate pools in this facility- one “cold” pool, ranging between 77-78° F, and one “warm” pool, ranging between 86-88° F. The differing temperatures in the two distinct pools strike me as odd. The temperatures aren’t as extreme as you might find in a day spa- contrasting a hot tub session with a cold plunge. It was a small facility, and I would anticipate that 4 lanes total, 2 for serious lap swimmers, would get crowded at times. However, when I visited, there were max 3 people in the cold pool, which was manageable.

Nourish The Dream & Roblox Live (The Ellis Family) December 18th, 2021
Nourish The Dream & Roblox Live (The Ellis Family)

This is one of our Safe places in the neighborhood. The staff is kind(most of them) and treat King so well. We give thanks for what they add to our world (no inside pics allowed)

Katka Sabo May 11th, 2024
Katka Sabo

CLOSED MAY 7-20 for maintenance ☹️ The best pool for the little kids in the city - separate warm water pool, with gradual edge on one side, free kids floating devices rental (first come first serve basis), super friendly lifeguards & staff. And please add Sunday opening hours too, families would love it!

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Opening Hours

Sunday Closed
Monday Closed
Tuesday 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Thursday 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Friday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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