These Swim Centers were voted the 2024 Best of Bay Area Parent by our readers. Read here for a full list of winners.
East Bay
Gold: Robert Livermore Aquatic Center. It has a main pool with 13 lanes for lap and recreational swimming, lessons, classes and water polo as well as an activity pool with a spiral slide and play structure that has waterfalls and water cannons. Livermore. wklys.us/6Qyp.
Silver: Rankin Aquatic Center. Martinez. wklys.us/jA5n.
Bronze: Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center. Pleasanton. wklys.us/NR0b.
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. peninsulacommunitycenter.com.
Silver: La Petite Baleen Swim Schools. Multiple locations. swimlpb.com.
Bronze: Peninsula Family YMCA. San Mateo. ymcasf.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Mission Pool. This is San Francisco’s only city-operated outdoor pool. San Francisco. wklys.us/PtDS.
Silver: La Petite Baleen Swim Schools. San Francisco. simlpb.com.
Bronze: Mill Valley Aquatics and Fitness Center. Mill Valley. millvalleyrecreation.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Maki Swim School. In addition to swim lessons and camps, it offers recreation family swim time, birthday parties, water safety programs, pool rentals and more. Campbell. makiswim.com.
Silver: Santa Clara Swim Club. Santa Clara. gomotionapp.com/team/pcscsc/page/home.
Bronze: Addison Penzack Jewish Community Center. Los Gatos. apjcc.org.