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Aquatics

Our outdoor Aquatics programs are unsurpassed (unsursplashed?), featuring Aquatics Group Ex classes or Lap Swim throughout the week. In the summer months, members enjoy one of the tallest water slides in the Triangle, diving board, two fully accessible pools, a spacious pool deck with lounge chairs, tables, and snack bar, easy access to bathrooms and locker rooms, and highly trained lifeguards who are notorious sticklers for safety rules. Scroll down and float through all the ways you can make waves at the J.

recreation pool

A heated five-lane, 25-yard recreational pool with a diving board and accessible zero-entry ramp. This pool is used throughout the year for Group Ex classes like Water Aerobics, Aqua Bootcamp, and Aqua Zumba. During certain parts of the summer days, a separate, wider lane hosts swim lessons for all ages and Lap Swim slots for older teens and adults. It is in our Rec Pool that our Water Dragons Swim Team takes center stage for practices and meets May through July.

FAMILY POOL

With a gently-sloped beach entry and a depth no deeper than three feet, this pool is perfect for families with young kids, who can sit comfortably and splash in inches-high water or wade around to play in all the spray features. As each younger splasher needs their adult nearby, we’ve made lounging by the Family Pool comfortable with an enormous umbrella shade and the closest access to the snack bar, locker rooms, and changing tables.

AQUATICS SCHEDULES:

Our Group Ex classes include…

• Aqua Boot Camp

• Aqua Zumba®

• Water Aerobics

• Aqua HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)

• Lap Swimming

Sometimes other Group Ex classes, including Pilates and yoga, happen on the pool deck, but not in any of the pools. Who doesn’t love fresh air to breathe deep and serene sounds of gently splashing water to listen to? Learn more about our Group Ex offerings, including class descriptions, HERE.

STAY TUNED FOR INFO ABOUT NEXT YEAR’S SWIM LESSON OFFERINGS!

STAY TUNED FOR INFO ABOUT NEXT YEAR’S PRIVATE SWIM LESSON OFFERING!

STAY TUNED FOR INFO ABOUT NEXT SUMMER’S FAMILY AQUATICS PROGRAMS!

What’ll it be? Want a little friendly competition with a splash? Unique games and snacks? Themed costumes and music? Or the exact opposite in a quiet, super chill, sensory-friendly poolside hangout? The Sunday Special is different every Sunday evening but is sure to be exactly what you ordered.

These programs are for members only and take place on Sundays from 6-7:30pm.

November 10, 12-4pm: Turkey Day Family Swim / REGISTER HERE!
Celebrate Thanksgiving with swimming and turkey day crafts for the kids!

December 15, 10am-12pm: Hanukkah Plunge Family Swim / REGISTER HERE!
Race down the slide into icy water, then warm up with some hot chocolate.

Check our calendar for more dates and to register early, as spaces for these special family programs are limited.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES ON REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025 WATER DRAGONS SEASON!

In the summer months, our poolside snack bar serves up cold sodas, juice, sparkling water, ice cream and Locopops, chips, candy, delicious hot snacks like pizza and hot dogs, and an occasional scratch-made J Café special like honeysuckle sorbet and scuppernong or pomegranate popsicles! Open May-August.

• Main Season (June 10 – August 24)
  Monday through Friday 1-7pm
  Saturday and Sunday 11am-7pm 

• Late Season (August 25 through Labor Day)
  Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm

Click here to view our Aquatics policies. Please note that each membership unit has 5 guest passes automatically applied to their account.

Contact us!

Shannon McCabe,
Aquatics and Recreation Manager
Email: smccabe@jewishforgood.org
Direct: 919-354-4939
Welcome Desk: 919-354-4936