Shore Acres Pool

St. Pete pools are great and this one is no exception. There’s a good playground here and a waterside. The attached rec center offers a nice variety of classes for different ages. If you want to swim laps though you’ll need to go down to North Shore pool.

This is a community swimming pool that is part of the city’s Parks and Recreation department. It is adjacent to the Shore Acres Civic Center, which hosts many city programs. The pool is also adjacent to a covered playground with astro-​turf.
The pool has two low diving boards and a large twisty sliding tube complex. There is also a very large baby pool. The swimming pool is a 25 yard pool, but during public swim hours there is no lane swimming as the pool is converted to a general swim area, sliding tube landing area, and diving well. The pool has men’s and women’s locker room areas with showers.
This swimming pool is an older pool, and does not have a zero-​depth entry option for disabled people. This year they just installed a wench-​contraption (sorry, don’t know what it is called) to help accommodate disabled persons.
Public swimming hours are very limited, only being from 1 – 4 p.m. daily. The other hours are devoted to swimming lessons, masters swimming, and youth swim team. The pool is generally staffed by teenagers with summer jobs, and they are not always the most polite or friendly people, but I guess that is to be expected of teenagers. I enjoy having this pool in my neighborhood, and my kids take advantage of the swim team, but given the option we usually drive to Fossil Park pool because my kids love the high-​dive there, or we drive to North Shore Pool so that I can swim laps while they play in the rest of the pool or in the kiddy splash pool area.