Desert Breeze Aquatic Facility

In Lost Wages for a conference, looking for a place to swim. Dropped in on the local Masters team and boy am I glad I did. The facility is quite nice (pool deck area 4.5 out of 5, pool 4 out of 5 had some murkiness issues, men’s locker room 4 out of 5,), the team is large, with a wide range of abilities and Coach Vic is fantastic. I had a great swim, the workout was good, varied and challenging. $ 3 to swim was a small price to pay.

I attended the Dog Daze of Summer event here. I love the concept– dogs from around town get to enjoy a dip in the pool before the end of the summer. I registered and paid online so I was surprised when I was asked to sign a waiver when I was checking in. The last thing I want to do is learn over a table and fill out personal information while my dog is pulling at the leash. This event only had two classes available the class was pretty packed which made for a very hectic and stressful hour of swimming. I will still attend next year because my dog loved it, but I will be prepared for the craziness of a packed pool party.
** wear good water shoes. I wore flip flops and those can be a bit tricky when chasing after your dog on wet cement.

This review is for Dog Daze of Summer. They open the pool for dogs before closing it and cleaning it for the season. There are two sessions. One for smaller dogs and one for larger dogs. I attended the second session for the larger dogs. I preregistered on line and printed out what I thought was a waiver form but when I arrived I was asked to fill out a second waiver form and the other form wasn’t even collected from me. This is the reason for the 3 stars. I feel like Desert Breeze could take some notes from Black Mountain as far as check in procedures and avoiding a long line at arrival. In addition having more than two people at check in might also help.
Once you are inside there are a few dog related vendors set up and a vet on the premises, music playing. The vet on site is a great idea as I saw them tending to a dog at one point that seemed to have something in its paw. They also have raffles and dog contest like tallest dog and pet tricks. They have lifeguards patrolling the area but humans are not allowed in the water. What I do like about the Desert Breeze facility versus Black Mountain is they have a smaller pool in addition to the large one so if your dog is just getting acclimated or you want to keep a closer eye on them you can try and stay in that section. It’s only $ 5 if you preregister on line.

This is a review for lap swimming. The staff is really friendly. On a Saturday, there are plenty of empty lanes to do laps. And it’s only $ 3 for adults. That’s perfect for working out.
As with most public pools, the changing rooms are scary and filthy, this one is more dingy than most. Though, the usual drill is to come in your swim clothes, shower at home, and only rinse at the pool with your sandals on. And then of course walk straight out, do not enter the lockers again, and shower at home.
There is a nice little outdoor area with small slides and cascading water mushrooms.
The overall vibe at the pool is not very workout oriented. Two people there said that they wouldn’t swim laps because they don’t want to appear too cool. It never entered my mind to think doing laps is being too cool. I always thought exercise and athleticism is the way to be. And if someone is better, I’m glad for it because it inspires me to work out harder.

THIS IS FOR THE FACILITY AND IT’S PRIVATE SWIMMING LESSON PROGRAM
I rarely write bad reviews because I’m a fairly patient person and give places a couple of chances to provide decent customer service so when I do, I’m not taking it lightly.
If there was a review for the individual swim instructors I would give them 5 stars as they are so awesome. Which makes it such a bummer that it’s like pulling teeth trying to schedule private lessons with the same instructor. Their private lesson schedule needs to be more organized. I could never schedule lessons more than one week in advance, and when I try to book for the following week right there after my kid’s lesson, the «schedule key holders» (as I think of them as there’s only two people who have control of ALL the swim lesson scheduling) are almost always too busy to see me and they have the teens working the front desk ask me if they can call me instead, which would have been ok had they actually called me back. Not once did they call me back, if it wasn’t for me having to call and hound them, I wouldn’t get them on the phone. BUT guess what? By the time I get them on the phone, the following week’s schedule is now booked… For Alllll the instructors! I understand that it’s one of the cheapest places for lessons BUT these are private lessons! I try to schedule twice a week at $ 25 per 30min lesson, that’s $ 200 a month! And that’s not chump change! Another thing, I booked specifically female instructor because my daughter doesn’t feel comfortable with a male instructor, but after my daughter’s first lesson, had I not hounded them about scheduling in advance the following weeks, I would not have known that they re-​scheduled one week to substitute a male instructor because the female had to go on an emergency leave. I understand staff changes happen, but ONE. They did not notify me of the situation and substitution and TWO they disregarded that fact that my kid is only comfortable with female instructors. The last straw is when they suddenly removed the instructor my daughter has been progressing with, from doing private lessons. IF YOU WANT SCHEDULE CONSISTENCY IN PRIVATE LESSONS SO YOUR CHILD CAN FLOURISH … DO NOT TAKE YOUR KID HERE!

This pool USED to be my favorite on Saturdays until some IDIOT decided to close the INDOOR pool on weekends!!! I guess it wasnt bad enough that the indoor pool also CLOSED at the RIDICULOUS hour of FOUR o clock pm! A GREAT example of how NOT to manage a public pool!

So the actual pool and the facility wasn’t bad. I thought the kids play area was neat and the slides were cool for bigger kids/​adults. My issue was with how crowded this place got shortly after opening and the fact that if you don’t get there early you can’t even get a chair and the chairs we got we had to drag over to one crowded spot under a tarp. Las Vegas gets over 105 in the summer and your telling me you can’t offer tables with umbrellas or a few extra shaded seating areas with additional chairs? I would rather pay a couple extra dollars for that option, but maybe the fact that the entry cost is so low is why that isn’t an option and the reason that it draws the crowds it does. The pool crowd had some riff raff although for the most part people were friendly. I felt like we were all in the pool stuffed in like sardines in a can, you could hardly move without bumping into someone else, getting splashed in the face by some over aggressive kid or getting kicked by the random swimming underneath you. It made for stressful swim experience. Long story short, we won’t return… And given the numbers this pool draws, like MAX capacity, fire hazard numbers, we won’t be missed and that’s okay. And by the way, it’s hot as hell out here in the desert, please explain to me WHY the indoor pool is lap swim only on weekends and closes completely at 2pm? How does that make any sense? Anyways, on to the next, I’d rather pay a few extra dollars to avoid the mosh pit pool and stifling heat with no covered seating.

this place is great. $ 3 for parents $ 2 for children. perfect for younger children. staff was amazing. bring your own towels. you can bring food & drinks as well.
this is a true hidden gem of vegas.

*Dog Daze Of Summer*
They open up the outside pool for dogs to swim before they close it for the season. What a great idea! It’s a fairly well organized event, 5 $ for preregistering and 10 $ at the door. It feels a bit over crowded at times especially at the shallow end but it’s understandable. For the most part the dogs are well behaved but you occasionally get the riff raff and you think, are the owners not seeing this?!? But it’s a good time, there are raffles and booths set up from local dog oriented businesses.
The big dogs and little dogs have separate times to use the pool so not to worry about your little pooch getting trampled. And no humans except for the life guards are allowed in the water.
Keep an eye out for next year, usually happens in September!

Really good for smaller children and really affordable. It was fun and they let you bring in outside food and drinks. It’s a great alternative to a over priced and way too crowded water park.

Desert Breeze Aquatic is one of my homes away from home during tri season. It’s on my side of town and a great pool to train at when you need to swim lots of laps. Even though I have a gym membership, I’d rather swim at this pool because 24 Hour’s pools are shallow, have short lanes, and are usually crowded with either teenagers who are hanging out or the older set walking the lanes, which is just fine, but just too cramped for me to get in a real workout. Desert Breeze is an Olympic size pool, so there are dedicated lap lanes throughout the day and I rarely have to share at the times I go. There’s a Masters swim team that takes up half the pool in the early mornings, as well as high school swim teams at different times throughout the year, but there’s at least two lap lanes available during those times (5:30am-7:00am), but that’s when you may have to share with other lap swimmers. After 7:00am during the week, the pool usually clears out of all the team activity, so that’s a good time to go if you want to be sure you get your own lane. The young people who work the front desk are always nice and polite when I pay my $ 3 entry fee. They offer many classes such as water aerobics, Mommy and Me, private lessons, as well as an outdoor water park when summer comes along. There are always family swim hours if you just want to use the pool to have fun and not grind out the yardage. If you need to get your swim on, go here.

In the past few months, I have been to this community center various times for events. This center is part of a large parks and recreation center off Durango. The building is super big so on my first visit I had to stop and ask for directions at the front desk. At the front desk I was greeted and given directions fron the staff of youngsters working the desk. The center is clean and nice. From the bulletin boards and various activities going-​on one can easily tell that this place offers a lot of things for children and adults to do.
I would hve to say this is one of the nicest community centers I have been to. If it was on my side of town. If you live on this side of town I say check it out and its close to the Thirfy Ice Cream location which is a plus. OH, and they have the auqatic center which is prefect for the kids during summer time.

I wrote a bad review of this place. I had one bad experience and I suppose that can happen anywhere. Since then, I’ve been more than pleased with the pool. FYI, there is an entire exercise facility and community center adjoining the pool. If you’re on Medicare, the membership is paid.

Great facility and great location. I was here for a swim after a 50 miles bike ride last Saturday. Surprisingly, it wasn’t busy at all on a Saturday afternoon. No family swim just lap swim. I could have stayed longer but their hours on Saturday is from 12 noon to 4 pm only. If you are looking for a nice and quiet indoor swimming pool in Vegas, come to this place!

Great facility. Great location. Great parking. Great staff.
They rotate the lifeguards every :15 so they stay alert.
Not sure who or why they authorized a dog swim on Sept. 11. That really grosses me out, no matter how much chlorine they dump into the pool.
Why, why, why would you ever do that?
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I wish they had longer hours to swim laps without the «family» atmosphere. «Family Swim» equates to lots of kids doing cannonballs all over the place, gettin’ in the way while you’re trying to do laps, making off with the equipment you may have hanging out at the end of your lane. Huge bummer. But if you can grab some time without the annoyance of the little ones, the place rocks. $ 3 entry per swim (not per day).
IMHO, 5 stars if:
* $ 3 per day (not per swim).
*Fire the dude who authorized the dog swim.
*Clean the locker rooms once in the middle of the day (pretty scary by evening).
*Family (kid) swim limited to an hour a day, twice a week. Outside. Maybe in another county.