Westwood Pool

I am new to this pool, and to public pools in general. My first impression was that it’s very nicely maintained and well worth the price. But today when I went, I witnessed a very troubling incident. A white mom cursed at a woman of color, threatening to call the police on her, and calling her the B word in front of her minor daughter and everyone. When someone tried to stop her, she claimed that she has the freedom of speech. She was screaming that the woman had exposed herself in front of her daughter. I didn’t understand what was going on until I noticed the “no nudity” signs, and the staff later explained to me that you’re not supposed to shower naked. To others in the community: be aware of people like this mom. Unfortunately we live in a dark age and certain people are really enabled, so it’s probably better to avoid Monday when children and adults share the pool, and instead go in the evenings when it’s mostly adults.

Been swimming here for years. Amazing place and space for swimming 🏊‍♂️

When there is a little league event i could not find a parking space for over 20 minutes. The free recreational swim is great, consistent hours , great price, cash only. huge pool, not crowded, super hot showers , the pool felt very ver6 clean and well maintained no nasty clogged drains or bad smells or mildew nastiness. There are a lot of lifeguards who are sticklers for the rules. You can bring your own toys but absolutely cannot touch any of the huge bins of unused kickboards or those floating dumbbells used to train young beginner swimmers . Even if there is a lesson and 20 kickboards are not being used. Ok its a policy but still seems overly strict. Pros and cons but mostly pros and I will be back!

It is a great Pool which is clean and well maintained. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They have wonderful programs for children and adults, lessons and fitness classes.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀., 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧al! She always warmly greets me when I arrive. Asks me how I am and is eager to help in any way. Chantal is an outstanding representative of the Westwood Pool. Professional, warm, friendly and never hesitates to go the extra mile for the patrons. Thank you, Chantel, it is a pleasure to know you.

We called ahead to confirm that the pool was open, and after wasting 40 minutes driving there, we showed up only to find a sign saying the pool was closed due to high pH levels. Are you kidding me? This issue apparently arose just moments before we arrived! If the pool was closed due to elevated pH levels, it raises serious questions about the management. Such issues should be detected during routine checks before opening, and customers should be informed accordingly. It is unacceptable for a facility to allow such a situation to happen, which ultimately shows a lack of organization and care for patrons. 👎🏻

Overall a decent place for lap swimming. Etiquette is good here except for a few who are quite oblivious. If you see an existing swimmer in the lane, wait for that swimmer to swim to your side of the coping then NOTIFY that swimmer you will be entering the lane and confirm if SPLIT or CIRCULAR is ok. We can't read your mind. Also, please don't hoard the lanes if you aren't lap swimming. This is not your home pool to hang and chat loudly with your buddies.

Great decently sized pool. The swimming classes are great and also has water polo. There is also family swim nights as well as lap swimming to accommodate for both types of swimmers. I've noticed that the water is sometimes too warm, but others have said that the water is fine. The changing room is also decent with showers and lockers; typical of a changing room. Overall, pretty good pool.

I swam here for the 1st time Sunday during the lap session and the pool was great! I will definitely come back for more swimming--felt so good afterwards. Large lap pool with flag markers on both ends. I was using goggles and was able to see that the pool was very clean. Lifeguards and other employees walking around watching what is going on. Some people were getting swim lessons. The lap swimmers I talked with were for the most part nice and into swimming. All the many lanes were were busy this Sunday and you shared them with 2 or 3 other swimmers. Shallow lanes are 3.5 feet and deep water lanes are 11 feet and have a diving board. Parking is free and easy a few steps from the entrance. It costs $1.00 for over 60 and $4.00 for under 60. Cash only. Negatives: The men's locker room and showers are acceptable, clean, but not nice. I brought my own lock and locked up my stuff in the locker. The shower was a bit too hot and you can't change the temps--it's set. I was told that some homeless come here just to take showers but they have to pay to get in like everyone--they just don't swim. There was one homeless guy with a couple of carry-on suitcases in the locker room getting dressed after his shower--didn't really bother anyone. I stopped in here a couple of weeks ago during the week just to look at the pool first in business attire. The woman at the front desk was very "snippy" and would not let me in to just look at the facilities for 5 minutes--kept asserting that "no tours" of the pool facility are allowed! She said, "Just look at pictures of the pool on the wall in the lobby!" So I then just suggested how about I pay to use to pool and I tour myself about for a few minutes. She grabbed my money, didn't give me a ticket and called a guy over to keep a watch on me while I walked into the locker room and pool area. The guy was very nice and answered a lot of my questions. There were only 3 people in the pool--very empty. She did leave a "bad taste" in my mouth. I can see having an "attitude" if I came in looking grubby, but I was dressed up with a white shirt and dress pants and shoes.

Reasonable indoor pool. Check the hours online for free recreation swim vs. lap swimming, and call just in case they had to close the pool unexpectedly. Plenty of parking and a very chill vibe.

I brought my daughter here because I heard it was a heated pool. She is 7 and learning to swim . You must sit on the bleachers (opposite end of free swim area) if you are not swimming . It feels very uncomfortable sitting far away from my child who is still learning to swim . I've heard good things about the swimming classes , but I don't recommend this pool for parents who want to be close to their child who is free swimming and still learning to swim . The free swim area is about 14x14 feet area . There are much older men who are also in this small area , which is not so comforting. And , the pool is actually Not Heated

Adult swimming lessons have been a real disappointment. I tried the 7pm class last month started off okay, but after the first lesson, NONE of the life guards actually got in the pool & taught us the proper movements. Needless to say I gained very few skills. I signed up for the 8am adult lessons and the 1st instructor for week one was Amazing! He took time to show us proper movements & I've learned so much! Fast forward to today and the lady just "told" us what to do very dry! I could just go home & watch YouTube for free if I wanted someone to just tell me what to do.. This is Not how to teach people to swim. The exact same lady taught the evening class is this is the reason myself and 2 other ladies felt a really disservice.. The other 2 ladies were smart and didn't return for the 2nd class. I probably should've followed suit.. #ruinedmymorning

The lifeguard really stand and just talk and now work it's so weird . They play loud annoying music and just talk over it . No one is telling people to shower before entering the pool & the pool clerk .. he seemed like a locker attendant filling it . The young black women locker attendant was very kind & cleaned the shower very well before and after I used it!

i love this pool. it is so empty which is a good place to have fun with your friends. This is a great temperature, just a little cold when you get in. good thing you have to put yourself in warm water. Overall, i think this pool is great. Not alot of people, great tempature, and its really cheap!

Been coming many years-pool is great; temperature, Clean, well organized lanes and a place to aqua jog. Can walk/run in 3.5 ft area. Dressing area and showers Marginal but who cares, we are here to swim; we Can bathe at home.

Great park the field has just been redone. It is really nice.. they have a solid sports program and my kids enjoy coming here.

The pendulum swings and the lunatic bureaucracy at Westwood Rec Pool drops it down to 2 stars. My goodness they make it difficult for people to just use the pool in peace, or simply take lessons easily. And then there's the old guys in the locker spewing profanity, loudly, in front of kids. But, I digress... The rules and protocols at the Pool seem to change with some frequency, and there's absolutely nothing one can do but to accept them, or move on. Forget about advanced notice. When the decrees come down, that's all. Forget about any spirit. The rules literally change mid-stream, and who's left holding the bag? The customer, of course. I've spoken once to the big guy in charge, Robert Arreola, who seems pleasant enough. If I ever get a chance to see him again, there's plenty of things I wish he'd know. Though we've been taking lessons here for more than a few sessions, we're now actively looking for an alternative due to the inflexibility and continued (perceived) tightening of the administrative screws. Signup for lessons is a cruel joke of a process. Mail it in a week or so in advance, and if you're looking for private lessons, good luck seeing what and who's available to fit into your schedule. So, you are then forced to show-up on their one day for an opportunity to see what's available. Long lines, long checkout, line, too. But, grab it if you can. Of course there are no refunds. And, no switching. Meaning, two family members can't swap lessons if on a particular week one can't make it. Why? Cause them's the rules. But why not just have the signup available online? Anyone? Bueller? It feels at times that the rules and protocols are perfectly suited to another time, but certainly today. The positives here remain that the pool itself is good, clean and it doesn't reek of chlorine. It's a better balance than some similar pools, such as the Y. The instructors we've had have been good, too. I just wish the rules and protocols here were a bit more neighborly and customer-friendly.

Yes! My happy place! I'm getting up there in years, so in trying to slow my skin from turning into a beat up, weathered handbag, I now make attempts to stay out of the sun more. AND, after a terrible dermatological offense, my face cannot take sun on top of having been poisoned by a topical steroid medication. Most pools in LA are outdoors, so I really covet any kind of usable, decent indoor lap pool. This is a nice indoor pool which prevents me from roasting in the hot California sun. Word of warning - it's a no frills pool meaning that the locker rooms will take you back a few decades - think concrete and stainless steel along with 1970s lockers! However, the pool itself is VERY functional. It's 25 meters by 25 yards (usually set up for meters) and very deep (over 6-12 feet) for half the pool making it an excellent pool to perform deep underwater dolphin kicking. I also find deep pools hard to come by in LA, so this is a true treat. Lanes are marked medium, slow and fast so choose your lane accordingly. The lifeguards are all pleasant and alert (thank goodness) and rotate around on a regular basis. I've never had an issue getting a lane and I rarely have to share a lane; however, I normally come during non peak hours. I've found the water temperature to be pleasant and I recall only once when it was extremely cold and it was because the pump was broken. They eventually shut down the pool for repairs as a result. The price cannot be beat! I actually came to swim here even when I had an Equinox or LA Fitness membership as the pool here IMO is better than the pools at these gyms. I noticed some yelpers mentioning homeless people. I have no idea if some of the patrons are homeless or not. Coming from Mother's Beach area in Marina Del Rey in which the water quality is typically an F (it's known for being one of the most polluted beaches in all of Southern California), I've yet to bat an eye at any questionable hygiene by any of the patrons. I've swum in all kinds of conditions throughout the world and have yet to catch anything unseemly. Chlorine kills pretty much everything. BTW, the maintenance crew is pretty on point with keeping the chemicals balanced here - I've yet to see cloudy water (meaning too much chlorine) or experience terrible coughing or wheezing (also too much chlorine). I'm thrilled to have this great facility as a swimmy option!

Here's a link to the times that this pool is open for lap swimming (http://www.laparks.org/dos/aquatic/pdf/poolPrg/westwood.pdf). This place is really affordable. It's $2 with an LA library card and $2.50 without. They offer a lap pass for $55 for 30 admissions if you know you're going to be a regular. Once you pay, you get handed a small ticket you hand into the lady attendant in the locker room to ensure you've paid. If no one is there, you just leave it on her counter. I really enjoy coming here despite the locker room. It goes a little something like this... THE GOOD: -PARKING: It's free! You basically park in the parking lot belonging to the park. Your spot is good for four hours, which is plenty of time! -POOL: I only come for lap swimming and it's awesome. It's 25 m long. Unless the swim team is there, there's six lanes open. Each lane is labeled slow, medium, fast (2 of each) to keep swimmers grouped with others around their level. Ain't nobody got time to slow each other down. -ETIQUETTE: People who come here to swim are fairly serious swimmers...or serious enough about it to know the etiquette. For example, if there's two people already sharing the lane they'll go to another lane where there's only one person despite the lane being labeled a different level. Pretty common sense, but it's nice to see this and more from here. -SAFETY: There's always at least one lifeguard on duty. Great to have. THE REALLY BAD: -LOCKER ROOMS: It's super duper old school. There's no tiled floors. Imagine concrete floors that aren't even paved smoothly, metal toilets, and janky lockers. The mirrors are metal panels haha. Everything works though. You have open showers (one room with 8 shower heads along the walls) and open changing spaces. I personally wait to go home to shower because I don't want to stay in that locker room any longer than I have to.

This is a great little playground and they offer sport classes for kids: swimming, soccer etc. Has a kids zip line. Swings, slides and sandbox. Probably best park in the area for kids 2-8 years old.

This rating is for the pool rules. This is not young child friendly. They have a rule that your child can NOT wear a swim vest while swimming. My 2 year old is 3' tall she can not reach the bottom, she swims very well with the vest. Instead of her being able to swim next to me as she normally would have, I had to walk her around while she kicked her legs. We do that sometimes too of course so she can learn but I don't want that to be my only forced option. She wanted to swim on her own but couldn't because she is unable to do so without her vest yet and I couldn't let her go. I was told because other parents are "neglectful" this is their rule. And that floaties give a "false sense of security" by another employee. They should change this rule, other pools allow this. I have to be and want to be with my toddler in the pool why can't she just have an extra layer of protection while she learns to swim? She is not an unskilled 8 year old in swimmies being dropped in the pool while mom is on the phone on the bench who doesn't care. If the parent is with the child, let them WEAR A VEST it's that simple. For those that care up to age 4 they force swim diapers as well, potty trained or not. There were 3 people in the pool and 3 lifeguards at the time. Extremely frustrating. Only got one out of 4 shower heads I tried to get hot enough to rinse off while she froze and cried my name waiting for the water to warm up when we were leaving. Too bad this pool is great and well priced but not great for everyone.

A good place for a swimming exercise for a considerably low price. However the equipment is rather outdated.

No! And not just No; but overblown, melodramaticized, Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars III "NOOOOOOOOooooooo". I've been coming here for several months. It has been my aquatic meditation. My respite from the traffic, taxes, and drama of living in LA. Each inhale, exhale, and crawl stroke another bit of tension leaving and peace coming in to my tortured soul. Until 2 days ago. This was the arrival of my Marla Singer from fight club. In fact you could just watch the first 20 minutes of Fight Club and substitute "swimming" for support groups, and you'd basically have my exact situation. (An observation that also makes me wonder if I'm schizophrenic). Here I sat in the little pool lobby waiting area, waiting for 5:55pm, when they let people come in for the 6pm lap swim time and I can secure the third-lane from the left and go to heaven for 2.5 hours. All for the low price of $3.50. And SHE ruined everything... Pushing her homeless old-lady grocery/every living possession cart, she wheeled and waddled her way to the front counter. She uttered those warbling yet pleasant sounds of early-onset dementia or life-long drug addiction as she counted out change into the counter. Not before dropping some change and bending slightly to expose her "well seasoned with the passage of time" ADULT DIAPER from the back of her pants. "Stop her! Say you're closed" I prayed to every deity I could think of. My prayers were not answered. She got her ticket and mumbled something about paying for a shower. "Maybe she just wants a shower!" Said my inner monologue, the same one that whispers to you when you're stuck on the 405 and it's 8pm... I got my ticket and rushed in to shower and change. If she was just showering, maybe I could get 60 laps in before she finished. Homeless crazy diaper wearing people aren't known to be speed demons at any task, let alone personal hygiene issues. I dove into the pool and began my laps, already feeling a disturbance in the force. About 15 minutes later I hear her voice. Louder than any single voice and drowning out all the ambient noise of the pool environment. She was shouting nonsensical verse towards the lifeguard, who sat on his platform as both prisoner and safe from her coming any closer. I was 15 laps in to my swim. I couldn't stop. I have to do 60 laps. I have to. So I did it. I swam through what I knew was a rippling and spreading pool of crazy homeless old lady diaper pee. I finished and knew I that no amount of chlorine would ever keep me safe from what was once a pool, and now was a homeless person urinal. I've had nightmares since then. I can't sleep. And today I went back... But the sign on the door said "pool closed, water is cloudy" I am Jack's sense of shock and awe. Homeless pee. It killed an entire pool. I now understand why quality pools in the area cost so much to use. Because the filth of humanity, showing all the common sense of pigs who do not disregard their own feces, will corrupt the water, and every other part of society they touch. I award Westwood pool one star, because homeless raw sewage is unforgivable. I'm am jack's weeping sense of regret. TLDR: homeless people use this place as a bath/toilet. Avoid it at all costs. The $3.50 isn't worth your health or sanity.

*lap swimming review* For a public pool, this is a good facility. Water is clean, lane lines aren't in tatters, lots of lanes (if the swim team isn't around), it's actually regulation length (25 meters!) and most people know how to share a lane. The lanes are split into slow, medium, and fast designations but nobody pays attention to them. I've experienced a few turtles in both the medium and fast lanes, but it's a public pool so it's expected. There's also an open portion on the shallow end for water jogging, aqua exercises, etc. The locker rooms are just below par for a public pool. That funny moisture smell is always prevalent. Be safe and ALWAYS wear sandals/slippers/chanclas. They wash it down daily, but seen plenty of mysterious things on the ground. Staff is good as far as I can tell. They smile occasionally and seem to be enjoying their work. ***M-F at 12 - 1pm and Friday Evenings 6-9pm are "Swim Team Days" meaning 4-5 lanes blocked off to accomodate the team. Which means there's only about 3-4 lanes left for the general public... Things can get REALLY crowded so adjust your workout accordingly.*** $2.50 entrance fee OR $2 with a LA library card Tues - Fri: 6:30am - 1:45pm (12:45pm during summer) & 6:30pm - 9pm Sat: 9am - 12:45pm Sun: 10am - 12:45pm TIME TO WORKOUT!

As a triathlete, I've swam in almost every public and private pool in LA county. This pool is by far the cleanest I have ever been in. The only place that beats this is the Sports Club LA in West LA but let's face it. Unless you are willing to cuff up $150 a month for membership. This pool is as good as it gets. It used to be free to get in if you had a library card but for $2 now who can complain. Not for the wading crowd though. If you come here, it's all business and laps. My only comment would be that it gets crowded during summer when all the other triathletes and kids gather around. But that's with all public pools in LA county. The showers are kinda old but again that's with most public pools. Thumbs up for this public utility. Republicans beware and stay out of our public funded facilities please! You and your darn budget cuts!

After reading a couple of Yelp reviews about this place, I was a bit skeptical to go here. I frequent Cheviot Hills pool but it's only open in the summer and Westwood is open year round. A couple of reviews talked about the "gross and disgusting" locker rooms. I don't know if it's me.. but I've swam at a couple of different LA City pools and this place is immaculate compared to some of the others that I've been too. They have plenty of benches, real lockers and last but not least, HOT water. I've been to some LA City pools where you don't get hot water until someone flushes the toilet. A few tidbits about the place - The cost to swim is $3.50. It used to be $2 w/ a library card but they raised the price and got rid of the library card incentive altogether. Try to have exact change. Lanes are marked slow, medium, fast so find your lane and jump in. Parking is free (up to 4 hours). There are lots of activities going on in the park so the parking lot gets filled up in the evening (6-7pm).

I just started swimming laps here because I never realized there was a public pool in this area until now! The lap swim hours are pretty good (see below). I've never had to share a lane with more than one other person and they usually have the lanes marked by signs that say FAST, MEDIUM, or SLOW so you can pick your lane to suit your comfort level. I think they also have a lane or two dedicated to aqua jogging or water walking too. The only downside to this pool is that it's pretty old but clean as far as I can tell. The shower area pretty ancient so I never shower there after working out (but they do require you to shower before entering the pool). It's an indoor pool...I'm kind of disappointed that it is not outdoors but then again, you can swim no matter what the weather's like outside! It is $2.50 admission ($2 with library card), which is a pretty good deal if you want to swim but don't want to join a gym somewhere else to get access to a pool! Monday through Thursday 6.30am-2pm, 6-9pm Friday 9am-2pm Saturday 9am-12.45pm Sunday 10am-12.45pm, 1-5pm

(lap swimming review) Pros: (1) 25M indoor pool, which is great for those cold days when you don't want to swim outside. (2) Well attended but not too crowded. I went on a Saturday morning and had lane to myself for most of the time. (3) Clean pool. I didn't see any UFOs (unidentified floating objects) in the pool and the water is crystal clear. Chlorine isn't overwhelming. (4) Friendly staff (5) Respectful swimmers (generally on the older end of the age spectrum) Cons: Changing rooms leave much to be desired. More-or-less clean but lockers are run down and benches need a new coat of paint. Other: The pool temperature may be slightly on the warm end if you are pushing yourself hard, but I thought it was a comfortable temp. for a medium-level pace of laps

It's not the best place but hey...you can't complain for $2 right? $2.50 without a library card and $2 with one (you can pick up a card free at the santa monica blvd branch). the changing/shower area is definitely sketchy. it has that stale water smell (reminds me of the smell from wild rivers). they make you shower before getting into the pool to wash off all your cooties. pool area is good. i've been in the morning and in the evening. morning water is definitely cleaner and clearer (and less crowded). evening can get pretty crowded 2-3 people to a lane. the water is cloudier too and i always have thoughts of what's lurking in that water. i die inside every time i swallow a little bit of water. :( the staff are cool. they are helpful and generally have good attitudes. anyway, all in all i'm very happy that this pool is around and close to my apartment. i would exercise a LOT less if this pool wasn't there.

Westwood pool is legit. I used to drive all the way from Brentwood to the Santa Monica Swim Center, which was always way too crowded. Westwood pool is not crowded and only costs $2.50!! That is super cheap compared to public pools in any city that I've lived in (San Francisco, Louisville, DC). As others here mention, the pool is clean and well staffed (A little over-staffed, looks like a "job creator" to me). Some people on Yelp complain about the locker rooms; I guess that they are a little old, but having grown up in, and always lived in, cities, they seem like pretty standard public facilities to me. I have seen homeless people in there showering etc. but hey, they deserve a decent swimming pool too, right?

Westwood Pool is pretty awesome! It is indoors, flexible lap swim hours and a super affordable entrance fee! Pros: Fee is excellent, free for seniors and youth, $2.50 for adults. The park is real nice. The shared pool with the awesome recreational center does a real good service to the community. The lifeguards seem like they want to be there and love the water. The high ceiling to the pool is nice to look up at when you're doing backstroke. The temp is always perfect for lap swimming. Water is always good as well. OH, one last thing!! : THEY PLAY COOL UPBEAT MUSIC THE STAFF CHOOSES from speakers on the roof of the pool! Cons: Male locker room can be shady and not super clean. If attempting to do a workout when limited lanes are available a turtle can limit your ability to do your sets effectively.

This was a clean facility. Ample parking outside too and access was easy to find. My friend showered there for a low fee of $3.50. The shower time was limited but he said he felt better.

I've been swimming here on and off since 1989, and this is one of the best pools in the city. The water is cool - ideal for a serious swimmer, and the staff is very professional. Locker rooms are very spartan, though and unimpressive. Hours have steadily declined since the early years, and the pool is closed on Mondays - not a good thing! Still, when they're open it's ideal for a serious lap swimmer.

I lived across the street from this facility (literally across the street on Veteran and Wellworth) for 3 years and I'm embarrased to say I never came here once. Fast forward 2+ years later I was in the area and wanted a place to shower after a run / before heading to an event. I paid $3.50 for open swim (note: CASH ONLY), got a ticket and went to the locker room. Locker room is bare bones with an attendant sitting in a cage taking tickets. But everything is super clean, facility is well kept up, showers are hot, and the people working there are friendly. The pool area looked clean & in good condition. The outdoor kid play area was full of families and I noticed the surrounding park seemed to have less homeless people than I remember from a couple years ago. This rec center is very family friendly. Bonus- they have a 2 free EV chargers in their (also free) parking lot. Really wish I had taken advantage of this facility when I lived up there.

Thank you Westwood Pool for saving me from feeling guilty for not being active on the weekend. I have no wish to run or play sports or do anything actively on the weekend other than swimming. Now if only you would let me in for free like before with my Los Angeles City Library Card...that would be great. But I guess I wouldn't mind coughing out two bucks nowadays. For would-be patrons, this pool is one of the best that I've been too. The water quality is not bad as I usually go in the morning. I'm not sure what the quality is like in the afternoon...or better yet, after recreational swimming hours. I like the lap swimming hours on the weekend which starts from 9AM to 12:45PM. Even if I had gone out the night before, there would still be time for me to swim after waking up the next day (unless I was wasted and three sheets to the wind the night before). The place does get crowded around 10:30 or 11 so be ready to share a lane with one or two people. Almost everyone who goes here is pretty nice and decent. Occasionally you would run into some ass who pretends he doesn't see you getting into the lane and just keeps on doing his laps. I'd usually just avoid the trouble/collision and go to the next lane. Like most pools, the lanes are designated with speed slow, medium, and fast. They have plenty of kickboards and pull buoys for your use so please remember to put them back after your work out.

I LOVE the Westwood Recreational Center Indoor Pool! What a treat in my neighborhood! The pool is very clean! The showers are old and there is a sign on the locker room saying the shower temperature is fluctuating due to something ... I forget what, but no worries, I only wet down before I get in. (I shower at home) $2.00 entrance with library card $2.50 with out A ground maintenance person did show me that a lock got cut recently from a bike that was parked there, so I had wished I brought my U-bar ... next time FOR SURE. Here is the website so you can see all the pool activities / times http://www.laparks.org/dos/aquatic/facility/westwoodPool.htm

I'm not a california native, so an outdoor pool has never been my first choice for swimming laps (unless it is a hot summer day and I can laze about in the water). Luckily I came across the westwood pool. It's next to a park/playground and it took me forever to find the entrance! The pool is nice but (as noted by several others) the shower is old and run-down. Not enjoyable, but I guess it's a necessary evil.

It's a dump. The pool is nice, but the ventilation is terrible, the locker room is horrendous and unsanitary. It's populated with homeless people showering, shaving and washing their underwear. I've seen anatomical abnormalities you would not believe. Why do they let them in if they aren't using the rec facilities?

Very convenient, clean and very friendly staff. It's not too crowded and you will always find lane to swim. Great for lap swimming!

Pool supposed to open this week, but, as was the case last year, the pool is not ready for primetime after its yearly maintenance month. What on earth do they do to it that it can't be ready after a month? Par for the course. Maybe they can fix the heater, which is terrible. I am seeing older people using wetsuits for crissakes, and this is an indoor pool! The staff offer up all sorts of excuses for why the water must be this cold. I was thinking of taking my grandkids there for summer lessons but they hated it because of the cold temp, so I had to cancel the classes. The locker rooms are shitty, but the main problem is the cold temp and the apparent lack of decent maintenance.

Pros: inexpensive, young children are free Cons: not made for the family as it starts at 3 1/2 ft, staff just doesn't care and I found them rude, there are too many rules which were never explained but I got yelled at for bringing my towels in a backpack (apparently backpacks are not allowed but strollers are, what?), some of the staff doesn't speak English but tries to tell people what to do which is very ineffective, not a happy place as it is old dark and dingy in the pool area. Honestly we left after five minutes and decided to go to another public pool. You get what you pay for, I suppose. Didn't mind walking out for $2 as the place looked dirty. My son did like the playground which I will review under that part of the park. My favorite was the counter guy telling my son that vending machine iced tea is healthy. Um yeah sure, high fructose corn syrup is real healthy. And you work at a community center. Please stay far away from my family.

Great Pool for laps extremely cost effective. Always call first, they seem to rent out to team practice a lot and you need to verify their schedule

For some reason, you have to sign up for 2 classes at a time. Can't understand why. Extremely disorganized management.

Pool Review: I'm never going back here! Terrible service- the people that work here don't care about their paying customers. I go early in the morning to swim and I've just had a terrible experience with the people that it makes going not worth it. The pool itself is fine, but that's the only positive aspect. The locker room is disgusting at 7am, I can't imagine how it is later in the day. All I have to say is, make sure you have exact change you will be turned away! We are in 2014 people, and this pool is stuck in the 80s. How hard is it to get a machine to pay with credit cards? I'm sorry, but the terrible service is not worth it.

On a business trip from the UK and hoping to swim lanes: The Beverly Hills Hotel's facility is beautiful but for swimming, it's a pool-shaped toy. So I checked out the Westwood and it's exactly what I was looking for. A big airy building for a large pool with generous lane sizes (although I had the entire lane to myself at 1pm on a Sunday - where *is* everyone?). The shower and change is basic and a bit old school. It's not a spa... so keep your expectations modest and you won't be disappointed.

Can I give - 5 star? With the new rules, for the 2014 summer Sepulveda pool's schedule just think twice before you are paying for enrolling in any program. It looks like a big scam. The new rules are complete antipublic or anti swimming. What a shame!. Don't waste your money: extremely expensive for what are they offer. Same review for Stoner swimming poll: expensive, crowded, cold water, showers with cold water, no shade, no places to sit. Unfriendly staff and a ridiculous expensive admission fee!!!

it's pleasant and there isn't a fuggy chlorine smell bc they open the doors sometimes for ventilation. not always clean. they have closed for emptying and cleaning the pool now, dec 2015, and will reopen jan 2 with sparkling clean everything

A "little" older crowd since seniors get in free but it's perfect for laps. 25 meters with a decent locker room for a public pool. 2.50/entry or $2 with a library card.