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Two notes for pool swimmers: 1. As you swim you will want to adjust your stroke to bring your head out of the water to look around. Known as “sighting,” this will let you navigate without pool lanes or lane lines. 2. If you are wearing electronics, such as a watch, have it set to open water.
I got a day pass at the Dolphin Club for the first time on New Year's Day. I swim at Aquatic Park every week, but I always have someone on shore to watch my stuff. Not so on New Year's Day, I needed a secure place to put my clothes.
I suggest reading about the Dolphin Club online before you arrive, once you are in the door its DIY. There are waiver forms, envelopes and a drop box at the door. Dressing rooms and lockers are up a flight of stairs. It's DIY, but with lots of friendly faces and helpful suggestions.
Even though it is on solid ground, the Dolphin Club feels less like a gym and more like a sea-going vessel. Maritime personality with lots of history. I didn't take the opportunity to use the sauna or showers.
The swim is a once in a lifetime experience. As you enter the water from the Dolphin Club you have the 1886 Balclutha tall ship and other historic vessels moored to your right, and the Aquatic Park bleachers and Maritime Museum to your left.
As mentioned in facility notes, there are several buoys in a row running roughly parallel to the beach. The last buoy, about a 1/4 mile from the start, has a flag and is the turning point if you are doing pool-like laps.
Instead of laps, on New Year's Day we swam clockwise around the inside of Aquatic Park. Halfway through there is a buoy where you can pause and view the Golden Gate Bridge. After completing this swim, I did a lap on the buoys. Total yardage was a little over 2,500.
I got a day pass at the Dolphin Club for the first time on New Year's Day. I swim at Aquatic Park every week, but I always have someone on shore to watch my stuff. Not so on New Year's Day, I needed a secure place to put my clothes.
I suggest reading about the Dolphin Club online before you arrive, once you are in the door its DIY. There are waiver forms, envelopes and a drop box at the door. Dressing rooms and lockers are up a flight of stairs. It's DIY, but with lots of friendly faces and helpful suggestions.
Even though it is on solid ground, the Dolphin Club feels less like a gym and more like a sea-going vessel. Maritime personality with lots of history. I didn't take the opportunity to use the sauna or showers.
The swim is a once in a lifetime experience. As you enter the water from the Dolphin Club you have the 1886 Balclutha tall ship and other historic vessels moored to your right, and the Aquatic Park bleachers and Maritime Museum to your left.
As mentioned in facility notes, there are several buoys in a row running roughly parallel to the beach. The last buoy, about a 1/4 mile from the start, has a flag and is the turning point if you are doing pool-like laps.
Instead of laps, on New Year's Day we swam clockwise around the inside of Aquatic Park. Halfway through there is a buoy where you can pause and view the Golden Gate Bridge. After completing this swim, I did a lap on the buoys. Total yardage was a little over 2,500.