Dan Oden Swim Complex

I’ve only been here in the summer, so I can only say what I know.
I’ve been swimming here since I was literally a year old and since then I’ve had a great experience. They have showers, locker rooms, tables, etc. The locker rooms can be a bit dirty, but other than that, it’s just fine! The desk clerks can be a bit useless at points though. However, I can give the instructors 5 stars; they are very patient, they know what they’re doing and they actually care! The swim lessons and rec swim are great! The pool can be cleaner, but I can definitely say that they are clean enough to swim in!

This is the pool I swam in all 4 years in high school. How could I not give it 5 stars?! I’ve made some of the best memories here and will forever cherish them all!
Every February-​June, James Logan High School’s swim team swims here. During the summer, it’s open to everyone (there’s a fee though haha) for swim lessons, lap swimming, etc.
The flags up top are for swimming backstroke, indicating when you can flip over to do a flip turn.
I’m not sure if it’s still there but during practice, I chewed gum and would stick it onto the gutter wall. I was able to spell mine and two of my best swimming friends’ names by the end of one season.
TIP: Don’t sit on or hook your arms onto the lane lines! They will wear over time.
TIP#2: Wear sunblock!
TIP#3: Don’t run. Either you will get yelled at by a lifeguard or you’ll trip and scrape your skin like I did when I was rushing to start a race I forgot about.
TIP#4: From one end to the other end of the pool is 25 meters.
2 laps = 50 meters
4 laps = 100 meters
8 laps = 200 meters
20 laps = 500 meters

Great staff, well maintained pool, clean and modern facilities. My niece took swim lessons here for the first time this summer. I can say we will be back. The variety of aquatics here is nice too.
We attended summers last pool party last night. Lots of fun and kudo’s to the staff for working so hard. My only suggestion: needed some adult activities too like a margarita or two.

Good teachers. Mostly young college students I think. I’ve taken adult lessons and lessons for my 4 year old. Definitely cheaper than say a Swim Academy (which I have also used for my son) and I think the teachers are just as good. The pool is definitely not as warm as one of those private indoor pools, but in the summer it’s really not that bad. Plus there are often lanes available for lapswim and I’ve seen it nearly empty on some mornings.

Nice little neighborhood swimming pool and complex. They set the temperature at a comfortable 70 degrees.
Most Saturday AMs when I go, the pool is fairly underutilized. So I end up taking my pick of lanes based on depth.
Altogether a pretty decent pool for anyone who lives in Fremont or Union City. The $ 3 price, without having to share lanes, cannot be beat. Will be coming back again and again.

Locker rooms are disgusting — do NOT go in them without footwear. Pool is alright, water is clean and not too much chlorine, a little on the cool side. The gum all over the inside of the pool filters is not pleasant to look at.
Still, this place beats the Plunge. Not nearly as crowded, cheaper, outdoors, and a full 25 meters. The hours aren’t great, in the fall they’re only offering lap swim on Saturday morning from 9:30 — 1:00. Weak.
I really wish that Union City would have spent the 3.5 million from Measure WW on the new pool at the Sports Center. Instead they decided to put that money towards small park projects and a teen center. Really, a teen center?

Great small swimming place for all swimmers from kids to adults. The pool is clean and life guards on duty all the time. They have done a good job here. I don’t understand why they don’t let kids wear life jackets here. I thought it will make the life guards job a lot easier. Other places they want your kids wear the life jackets.
If they open Sunday for swimming in Summer I would give 5 Stars.