These Swim Centers and Community Pools were voted the 2025 Best of Bay Area Parent by our readers. Read here for a full list of winners.
East Bay
Gold: Lions Pool. Located at Dimond Park, it has swimming classes and lessons, lap swim and drop-in public swimming times. Oakland. wklys.us/Sj9N.
Silver: Richmond Plunge. Richmond. ci.richmond.ca.us/2140/richmond-plunge.
Peninsula
Gold: Peninsula Jewish Community Center. Along with aquatic workouts and classes, the indoor and outdoor pools are available for lap swimming and recreational swim times. Foster City. pjcc.org.
Silver: Bay Club Redwood Shores. Redwood City. bayclubs.com/peninsula-campus.
Bronze: Burlingame Aquatic Club. Burlingame. burlingameaquatics.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: YMCA of Silicon Valley. Offers swimming lessons, aquatics fitness, lap swim, recreational swim and more. Multiple locations. ymcasv.org.
Silver: Morgan Hill Aquatics Center. Morgan Hill. morganhill.ca.gov/189/Aquatics-Center-AC.
