Verdugo Recreation Center

Although the locker rooms never really recovered after the COVID shutdown, and the showers are usually just lukewarm, the rest of the facility is very nice. The staff are very professional and friendly; other pools should learn from this place.

For anyone with a strong dolphin kick (backstroke or free/butterfly) watch-out for the 4-foot depth lanes, they're too shallow for a deep kick without hitting the pool bottom. Beyond the pool depth, this is a nice facility.

This is a nice, deep pool, with one shallow end and then a great swim to the other side. Eight lanes, teams usually have four in the morning. There is a kids' pool with a water slide, as well.

The showers and lockers are clean, but the lockers are small, ? of full size, and require a quarter. Strangely, the showers are set at about 5' 10" so, if you're over six feet, you need to bend down to wash. Oh well, nothing is perfect! The bathroom was not very clean but no worse than other LA public pools. It's a good option if The Plunge is closed and you're on the east side.