Rio Rancho Aquatic Center

Love this place. Great place for lap swimming and an even better place to tire out the little creatures. So glad places this are out there.

My grandkids just love this place, especially on a winters Saturday afternoon. What's better than racing down the red slide or yellow slide to make it into the warm pool below? Lot's of families here today with the same idea. I wish they opened the place, like maybe on Wednesday afternoons when the kids have minimum days. It costs $3 for children and Seniors. $4 for adults. It is a fun way to enjoy a long holiday weekend, away from school. The place is clean, incl the licker rooms, and well policed by attentive lifeguards. There is a lap pool for those that want it. More importantly a small frog slide, a red bucket water dump, and a spraying wheel combo to entertain the little ones. This place is a wonderful community asset.

Yea it has everything. Water, chlorine, locker rooms, slides. I love it. Everything about it.

The pool itself is excellent, the staff are polite and pay attention to safety, but the hours for kids absolutely bite. With how sparse community pools are, 6 hours one day a week for kid swim means the the pool is absolutely packed. On that single day they also have scuba classes and lifeguard training taking place, so one of the pools was closed to swimmers when we went last weekend. I'd give it 5 stars if they would open up hours to relieve some of the crush on kid swim times. This place has potential, but the city isn't addressing the issue.

We have been taking my kids to the Rio Rancho Aquatic Center for the past few years. If you have never been here, this center is quite big and offers a big variety of aquatic sport activities from swim lessons, yoga, to a full fledged swim team. Check out the attached schedule I pulled from their website: https://rrnm.gov/3887/Spring-2019-Brochure. Entering the center, you immediately arrive at the front desk, where a staff member is always available to help with questions you might have. The men's and women's locker rooms are separated nicely for privacy. From what I have seen of the men's locker room, there are many lockers to choose from, you'll just need your own lock. The room appears to be cleaned regularly. Sorry, I don't have insight into the ladies lockers, but my wife and daughter have used them and have never said anything negative. They also have family restrooms if needed. To get to the pool area, you can go from the main lobby or the locker room areas. There are technically two very large pools. The one to the left is usually used by beginning swimmers, but has lanes for lap swimming too. The one on the right is primarily used for competitions by the swim team but has lanes for laps too. The water is always quite clear and you can tell the water filtration system works consistently well. The temperature inside usually feels quite balmy. The life guards are excellent. They have one at each pool and rotate quite frequently. They are always looking out for the guests, never on their phone or chatting with each other. This is definitely a great place for those that enjoy water activities or want to learn how to swim. Come check it out!

I don't understand the bad reviews below. Honestly, this pool is a great place in the suburbs and is by far the best indoor pool in the state. I have never dealt with anyone rude that works there and my family goes all the time. In fact, I think they are all super nice. It has a nice size open swim area that is great for kids of all ages. It has a little frog slide and various spray water and bucket water droppings. It is also very shallow, in the back of the pool it is like tops 5 feet deep but you can easily keep your young ones out of that part. There is also a separate area with two large slides which is great for older children. They also have another separate pool that has deeper water and a diving board, again great for older children.They always have a ton of life guards on duty, by far the most I have ever seen in this state and beyond. FYI kids cannot wear life vests or floating devices! The idea is that parents become too confident if their kid is wearing them and as such don't watch their children as diligently. I think it is fine though, it just means you have to go into the water with your child and interact with them which is what you should be doing anyway...During the off season (ie not summer) their open swim hours are only Fri-Sunday which I understand, but it would definitely be nice to be able to take my young child that is not yet in school there during the week when it would be less crowded. But overall this pool is great. So happy to have a nice place to take the kids even in the winter.

I am stunned! I watched my daughter and nephew swim and play from 1-4 today. You know who else watched? About 8 of the most vigilant lifeguards I've ever seen. They did not chat with each other. They did not look at their phones. They quickly rotated their location when it was time to without ever taking their eyes off those in the water. They also appear to keep the pool and locker rooms spotless. Kudos to today's lifeguards- awesome job!

Here's what I like, and what I don't about RRAC.PRO 1) They have 2 water slides, and, as opposed to some pools I've seen, instead being afraid you'll slide down and land on top of an unsuspecting swimmer who made the mistake of getting too close to the slides, at RRAC you come out into a smaller pool that is completely separate from the recreational pool. This area is strictly dedicated to the slides, and that combined with the staff member that is always at the head of the slides monitoring the flow of slide traffic makes for a much safer, and more enjoyable experience for swimmers, and sliders alike.PRO 2) As I mentioned in my tip, you can buy a punch card for $30. Each card gets you 15 admissions to any open swim session, and is good for 90 days from the date of purchase. This card is totally shareable, meaning it can be used by the same, or multiple people, and offers a substantial savings over the regular open swim entry fee. If you're having a party, have multiple kids, or just plan to be at the pool a lot, the punch card provides an excellent value for the $$.PRO 3) Separate lap, and recreation pools. The lap pool is deeper, includes a diving board and 6 or 7 pedestals to jump from if you prefer that to the board. The recreational pool is about the same size as the lap pool, but while the lap pool is square, the recreational pool is not. While it is still one big pool, its shape lends itself to a division of sections, allowing it to serve a variety of purposes, depending on your interest. The recreational pool ranges in depth, from a few inches, up to approx 4 feet. For the very small kids there's a slide in the shape of a frog located in the section that's probably not more than a foot deep, and a few feet over from that is an upright pole holding 5 buckets that fill with water, and tip over onto the delighted swimmers below. On the deeper end is a basket that sits on the edge of the pool and is usually used by older kids, teenagers and/or adults for playing basketball. The recreational pool is even big enough that they have 3 lap lanes sectioned off from the rest of the pool. This is good for those who want to swim laps, but may not be comfortable in the lap pool.CON 1) The water in both pools is COLD, with the lap pool being around 79 degrees (F), and considerably colder than the recreational pool. And while that's not uncommon for public pools, it can make a big impact on the pleasure one derives from playing in an indoor pool. We've been going to the RRAC for several years, and my now 10 year daughter has come out with blue lips pretty much every time we've been there.CON 2) The curtains used to ensure privacy for the 4 changing stalls, and the 1/2 dozen or so individual showers are falling apart. Some have broken rings, others have tears in the curtains themselves where they're supposed to attach to the rings. The showers themselves run on short timers (approx 1 minute before having to restart the water again), and the water temp can range from too cold, to far too hot (even for an adult), depending on the day, and even on the particular stall. They're not always the cleanest locker rooms either, there's often hair accumulated on the floor, and around the drains, and with only 1 trash can (not counting the canisters mounted in the toilet stalls), there is occasionally trash on the floor as well. This gives the locker rooms a feeling of disrepair, and the impression that the city doesn't really care enough about the facility to make sure it's run properly. Considering that this is the condition of the women's locker room, I'd hate to see what the men's looks like.CON 3) The pool area smells VERY strongly of chlorine. It has been like that every time we've been there, so I don't think it's a fluke, or one time mismeasurement, it's just the way the pool is. I don't really have experience with other indoor pools, so I don't know if this is just what happens when you put a pool this size in an enclosed space, or if it's specific to this pool, but I find my eyes are usually irritated, and my nose bothered by the time we leave.CON 4) This place gets super busy on the weekends, and you can run into a situation where you may have to wait to get in. Be aware of that when making plans, and consider calling ahead to see what the capacity is like. I don't think you can do a call ahead and put your name on the list sort of thing, but at least you'll know what you're getting into before you go.Overall the RRAC is a fun place to spend a few hours. It's reasonably inexpensive as entertainment goes, and the water slides can bring out the kid inside you that you probably forgot existed. If you're in the RR area, and you're looking for a good way to cool off and kill some time, I recommend giving them a shot, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

This is a fun swimming place and there are water slides and it is just so much fun I love swimming there you can have birthday parties there and it is so much fun

I've been attending Aqua Zumba fitness regularly. I enjoy the classes, HOWEVER, the women showers in the center are extremely horrific! They are inconsistent in water pressure and temperature. I have reported these to the front desk several times as have others and NOTHING has done to address these. We do pay for the use of the facility and would appreciate it if maintenance would address these issues. Specifically, stall #1 pressure is EXTREMELY strong - will knock down if you're petite; #2 water shoots out for 2 seconds, then we have to keep pressing - not GOOD; #3 water is EXTREMELY hot as is #4. I have not used #5 or #6, BUT PLEASE, can someone address these issues.THank you