Aquatics

Our Pools

Our facility is comprised of an eight-lane, 25-yard pool with an adjacent diving well and a separate wading pool. The main pool is heated year-round with a target temperature range of 80-82 degrees. The wading pool temperature corresponds closely to the outside conditions. 

Instruction is available for all ages and abilities. UC Sharks, our summer league juniors' swim team, is an exciting experience for our member families. Year-round junior teams, recreational hours, and Masters swim make the pool an active place.

Lap & Recreational Swimming

Lap swimming availability year-round is generally wide open during the morning hours as well as early afternoons during the off-season. A swim lane online reservation system is convenient for members who prefer to schedule their workout. From late May to early September the afternoon pool setup accommodates both family recreational swim and swim team. 

Swim Lessons

We offer year-round swim lessons and swim team programs for children and adults, as well as aquatic fitness classes. During peak season we have additional programs such as water polo, diving, scuba, and Tadpoles/Intro to swim team.

  • Meet Head Swim Coach Peter Fishler

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      Peter Fishler
      Head Swim Coach
      Phone:  (650) 493-2375
      [email protected]

      Passionate, dedicated and caring, Peter is Head Swim Coach at the University Club of Palo Alto.   Peter coaches both the UC Sharks (the summer swim team) and University Club Swimmers (the year-round, competitive swim team).  Peter also offers private swim lessons.  

      Peter has more than twelve years of experience as a competitive swim coach.  Before he came to the University Club, Peter coached swim teams at Westside Aquatics and Palisades Charter High School in Southern California.  His Westside Aquatics athletes competed at the highest levels of Southern California Swimming and beyond, turning in record-setting performances at the SCS Club Championships in 2014, as well as qualifying for Sectionals, Futures, Junior Nationals and the U.S. Open.  As the coach of Palisades Charter High School, his women’s teams won 51 swimming events, broke two CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) City Section records, and were undefeated at the CIF City Section Championships.  His men’s teams won 51 events, broke 15 CIF City Section records, and won seven City Section Championships.  Before his time with Westside Aquatics and Palisades Charter High School, Peter coached at Trident Swim Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where two of his swimmers qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championship Finals.   

      As a collegiate swimmer, Peter competed for Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania between 2006 and 2009.  He was a 12-time Centennial Conference Champion swimmer and a 15-time All Centennial Conference swimmer. 


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