🏊 SwimMedgar Evers Pool
4.4Seattle, WA
Ages 0–15About this program
Central District public pool run by Seattle Parks and Recreation, with a shallow pool roughly 3.5 feet deep for beginners alongside a lane pool with a diving board and sauna. Group and personal swim lessons run quarterly for ages 6 months through adults, with a skill assessment required for the Advanced Swimmer, Swim Team Prep and Diving levels. There is no Summer Swim League team at this pool in 2026.
Regulars describe a clean, well-sanitized facility with unusually friendly and supportive staff, and value the side-by-side shallow and deep pools; one parent writes that the teacher was patient and their daughter made great progress in lessons here.
Swimmers report the water runs cold when swim teams take half the pool, note a strong chemical smell and crowding at popular times, and wish for more weeknight lap hours; lockers need a quarter.