“With regard to children, a parent is obligated to teach them how to swim.”
—Babylonian Talmud
The LJCC Aquatics Program provides great opportunities for all swimmers. Our 25-yard heated indoor pool has six lanes and is open year-round for all your aquatics needs. Our gorgeous 300,000-gallon outdoor pool is open from mid-May to September.
We offer lap swim, family swim, group swim lessons, private swim lessons, masters swim, and water exercise classes year-round. Children can also participate in the year-round swim team or summer swim and dive teams. Interested in becoming a lifeguard? We also offer lifeguard training classes.
Outdoor pool
The outdoor pool is closed for the season. See you back in the water in summer 2025!
Indoor pool
Our heated indoor pool is open during regular building hours. Note that the family locker rooms that adjoin the pool deck are for families with young children only.
View our fall schedule (PDF)
Lap swimmers
Even though the pool can get quite busy during the day, lap swimmers will have at least one lane open:
- All day Mondays-Thursdays except for 4-6 p.m.
- All day Fridays-Sundays
Pool rules
- All children who are not fully potty trained are required to wear reusable i play-brand swim diapers (available for purchase at the Welcome Desk). In addition, the families of individuals who are responsible for fecal contamination of a pool will be fined $500.
- Alabama state law requires that all participants shower with soap before entering a pool, sauna, or steam room.
- Participants with open wounds or infectious diseases are prohibited from using the pools.
- All pools will temporarily closed whenever lightning strikes within 10 miles of the LJCC.
- A pool will be closed for 24 hours in cases of fecal contamination.
- Appropriate swimming attire must be worn (gym shorts, cutoff shorts, sports bras, thongs, etc. are not allowed).
- Chewing gum and glass containers are prohibited in or around the pool.
- Spitting, spouting water, and blowing your nose in the water are prohibited.
- Diving, running on the deck, and horseplay in or around the pools is prohibited.
- Individuals 15 years of age and younger must be directly supervised by a guardian who is at least 18 years old and who must be present on the pool deck or in the water.
- Extended underwater breath holding is prohibited.
- Only U.S. Coast Guard-approved floatation devices are allowed in the pool.
- Lap lanes are utilized on a first-come-first-served basis. During peak usage, however, it may become necessary to share lanes and circle-swim with others.
- Do not grasp, sit on, or otherwise disturb lane lines.
- Diving blocks may only be used by the swim team with a coach present.
- Diving is not permitted from the sides of the pool.
- The use of “mermaid” tails or mono-fins is prohibited.
- Kickboards, pull buoys, dumbbells, wet belts, etc. are for exercise only. These items are not to be used as floatation devices for children.
- No running or jumping backwards off diving boards.
- Flotation devices are not allowed on the diving boards.
Pool closings
All children who are not fully potty trained are required to wear reusable iPlay-brand swim diapers (available for purchase at the Welcome Desk). In addition, the families of individuals who are responsible for fecal contamination of a pool will be fined $500.
The indoor and outdoor pools can unexpectedly close due to weather (even the indoor pool will close due to nearby lightning strikes), power outages that disrupt pool machinery, and biological accidents (see preceding paragraph). We will do our best to keep you informed via email, text messages, app notifications, and homepage alert banners.
The pools will also close due to Barracuda Swim and Dive Club meets (during which times the indoor pool will be available for lap swimmers and scheduled lessons only).
