West Wave Aquatic & Recreation Centre

Having grown up in central Auckland, I never spent much time out West so didn’t have the privilege of being able to swim and play with friends at West Wave.
Housing both lap pools available for training and lessons and a great wave pool perfect for entertaining your kids for hours, West Wave have their bases well covered.
Not only does the complex offer good clean pools, but a brilliant gym is also part of West Wave. Many of my friends who live out West belong to the West Wave gym, and I’ve heard many times how great their classes are. The Body Balance class sounds particularly good to me — it’s a class that mixes Yoga and Pilates to focus on breathing, core strength and de-​stressing — it makes me think about changing gyms! Classes like pump, cycling, combat and aqua aerobics are also offered daily.
Over my high school years one of my closest friends was a competitive swimmer, and many of her meets were held at West Wave. Some of the country’s finest and fastest swimmers met there. Needless to say us girls used to get a kick out of watching the boys race!
Bonus: As well as offering swim lessons, a wave pool and a good cheap gym, West Wave also have a dive pool. If you’re an aspiring diver, this could be where you learn!

West Wave is the perfect gym for those who just want to get fit and stay in shape. It’s not the most hard out gym and I’m sure crazy fitness experts wouldn’t rate the gym or staff that highly, but for me it’s a nice, friendly gym that has heaps of equipment, it’s affordable and and local. Your membership gets you access to personal trainers, the fitness centre, a whole bunch of Les Mills classes as well as the pools, which is great. I love Body Combat and Body Pump, and they have heaps of other classes like RPM and Yoga. They have aqua classes too that my mum goes to, and they have a spa, sauna and steam room.