Complejo Deportivo «Ciudad de Cádiz»

Great 50m pool! The best time for lane swimming is between 08:00 and 14:00. The afternoon session (15:30 onwards) gets busy with various swim clubs that reduce the number of lanes available to the public.

You have to buy a card from the office and then either load it up with a month’s pass, or buy daily swim tickets. The staff are friendly and will help you find the cheapest option. Pool toys can be used. Having a little Spanish will also go along way here too.

This is an extremely well-used facility. The nine-lane, 50m pool is about 78ºF (26ºC), and the six-lane, 25m pool a bit warmer, 80ºF (27ºC) or so. The pools are quite clean, the shower/changing areas so-so. At 4:30 PM on a Tuesday, both pools were packed with teams, lessons, and lap swimmers. No lanes were designated in any way, so determining where to swim required observation and trial-and-error. [I was (nicely) kicked out of my first 25m lane by a club, ending up (surprisingly) with my own 25m lane.] At 10:30 AM on a Thursday, things were calmer. Most of the 50m pool was free for lap swimming; the 25m pool was taken over by a senior program. I had a 50m lane to myself for most of my 40-minute swim. Lanes are not speed segregated, and lane etiquette seems spotty, at best. Pull buoys and kickboards are available poolside. The lockers secure with a refunded €1 coin. Swim caps are required. The main facility entrance is poorly marked. You can follow up your lap swimming with a dip in the ocean, one block away.