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UC Davis Aquatics UC Davis Aquatics offers recreational and lap swim opportunities for swimmers of all abilities.

Whether you want to improve your fitness or relax in the sun, Campus Recreation has a pool for you. Swimming can provide a full-body, cardiovascular workout, while also improving endurance, posture and muscle strength. From the fitness novice to the performance athlete, swimming is an excellent low-impact exercise option for any individual. If you would rather lounge by the pool, our facilities also offer a relaxing, easy-going environment to escape those stressful days. Whatever your preference, Campus Recreation offers outstanding opportunities at Hickey Pool and Recreation Pool.

10/07/2026

How it feels to leave for the next rotation



A vertical video at the UC Davis Recreation Pool shows a lifeguard wearing a blue Aquatics uniform, sunglasses, whistle, and red rescue tube walking out of the guard office and onto the pool deck. Large text on screen reads, “How it feels to leave for the next rotation.” She walks confidently past the camera carrying her rescue tube, dramatically treating the short walk to her next guard rotation like a grand departure.

10/03/2026

We love to lifeguard and watch over our patrons but who doesn’t love to go off the dive board?



Image Description: A vertical video filmed at the UC Davis Recreation Pool shows a lifeguard sitting in a guard chair before getting up and taking off running along the pool deck. The camera follows as he runs around the outdoor pool, eventually jumping into the water and swimming instead. The video takes place around sunset, with the pool, lifeguard equipment, trees, and evening sky visible in the background.

Fall hours just dropped 🍂🏊New quarter, new schedule! Save this post so you know when to come get your laps in, float aro...
09/30/2026

Fall hours just dropped 🍂🏊

New quarter, new schedule! Save this post so you know when to come get your laps in, float around, or convince yourself that swimming definitely counts as studying.

Image Description: A 10-slide Instagram carousel shares the UC Davis Recreation Pool’s updated Fall 2026 operating schedule from September 21 through January 3. The graphics use a sunset photo of the outdoor pool as the background with schedule information displayed on cream-colored hanging-sign graphics.

Monday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–8:45 AM and 12:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Tuesday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–11:00 AM, 12:00–2:45 PM, and 5:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Wednesday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–8:45 AM and 12:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Thursday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–11:00 AM, 12:00–2:45 PM, and 5:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Friday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–8:45 AM and 12:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Saturday and Sunday: Lap and leisure swim from 8:00–11:00 AM and 12:00–3:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Adjusted hours are 4:00–7:00 PM on October 10 for staff training, November 11 for Veterans Day, and November 14 for staff training.

The pool is closed November 25–29 for Thanksgiving Break and December 12–January 3 for Winter Break.

09/30/2026

I feel like you’re just here for the diving board.

Video filmed at the UC Davis Recreation Pool on a sunny day. A staff member in a blue UC Davis Campus Recreation polo stands in front of palm trees before the video transitions to the pool’s diving area. A person enters the water near the diving boards, creating a large splash, and is then shown swimming underwater in the clear blue pool.

September Training! 🛟Before welcoming everyone back to campus, our Aquatics staff spent some time on the pool deck brush...
09/26/2026

September Training! 🛟

Before welcoming everyone back to campus, our Aquatics staff spent some time on the pool deck brushing up on rescue skills, recertifying some of our lifeguards, and getting ready for another year of keeping our patrons safe!

Here’s to a great year ahead. Go Ags! 🐴

09/22/2026

Someone had to hold it down in Davis all summer

Video Description: A short video filmed at the UC Davis Recreation Pool on a sunny day. A lifeguard runs toward the pool, jumps into the air, and does a jump before landing in the water with a large splash. Another lifeguard is seated in a guard chair nearby. On-screen text reads: “Not everyone can spend their summer in L.A. Someone had to hold it down at the UC Davis Rec Pool.”

09/18/2026

POV: you are one minute late to rotation

Video Description: A vertical video at the UC Davis Recreation Pool shows a lifeguard standing on the pool deck in a blue UC Davis Aquatics shirt, sunglasses, whistle, and red rescue tube. The camera slowly moves closer as he looks toward the person filming. Text across the top of the video reads, “POV: you are one minute late to rotation.” The lifeguard’s increasingly unimpressed reaction plays into the joke about being late to relieve another guard from their position.

Fall hours just dropped! 🍂🏊‍♂️New quarter, new schedule! Save this post so you know when to come get your laps in, float...
09/16/2026

Fall hours just dropped! 🍂🏊‍♂️

New quarter, new schedule! Save this post so you know when to come get your laps in, float around, or convince yourself that swimming definitely counts as studying.

Image Description: A 10-slide Instagram carousel shares the UC Davis Recreation Pool’s Fall 2026 operating schedule from September 21 through December 11. The graphics use a sunset photo of the outdoor pool with a rainbow in the background and a hanging-sign design displaying the hours.

Monday and Friday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–8:45 AM and 12:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Tuesday and Thursday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–8:45 AM and 12:00–2:45 PM. Lap-only swim is available from 8:45–11:00 AM and 5:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Wednesday: Lap and leisure swim from 6:30–8:45 AM and 12:00–5:00 PM. Lap-only swim is available from 8:45–11:00 AM and 5:00–7:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Saturday and Sunday: Lap and leisure swim from 8:00–11:00 AM and 12:00–3:00 PM. The dive well and diving board are closed.

Adjusted hours are 4:00–7:00 PM on October 10 for staff training, November 11 for Veterans Day, and November 14 for staff training. The pool is closed November 25–29 for Thanksgiving Break and December 12–January 3 for Winter Break.

09/15/2026

Get it right or get dropped!
Nothing like a little Aquatics trivia with some very refreshing consequences for a wrong answer.

Video Description: A video filmed on a sunny outdoor pool deck shows lifeguards playing a water-drop trivia game. Two lifeguards stand at the edge of the pool facing two other staff members, who hold their hands as questions are asked. Different pairs rotate through the game, with incorrect answers resulting in participants being dropped backward into the pool. On-screen text includes aquatics and lifeguarding trivia questions, including, “How many people does it take to properly use a BVM? (Bag Valve Mask).” The video captures the group laughing, answering questions, and splashing into the water throughout the game.

Aquatics has had so much fun working alongside Youth Programs and all of the amazing camps this summer! We couldn’t thi...
09/06/2026

Aquatics has had so much fun working alongside Youth Programs and all of the amazing camps this summer! We couldn’t think of a better way to wrap up the season than with an end-of-summer party and a very competitive game of inner tube water polo!

Spoiler alert: Aquatics took the win 🏆 (but who’s keeping score?)

Thanks for such a fun summer, Youth Programs! Until next year!

Image Description
Image 1: People swim and float on colorful inner tubes in an outdoor pool at sunset, beneath a sky filled with glowing orange clouds and surrounded by trees and palm trees.
Image 2: Six lifeguards play together on blue inner tubes in an outdoor pool at sunset. Five remain seated in their tubes while the sixth lifeguard begins to lose their balance and fall forward through the center tube, splashing the water.
Image 3:The same six lifeguards continue floating together as the sixth lifeguard falls farther through the center inner tube. Their body slips into the water while the surrounding lifeguards laugh and react to the fall.
Image 4:The sequence ends with the sixth lifeguard nearly submerged after falling through the center inner tube, creating a large splash as the other five lifeguards remain in their tubes around them.
Image 5:Six smiling people relax together on blue inner tubes in an outdoor swimming pool, with one person holding a red rescue tube labeled “GUARD.”
Image 6:A large group gathers for a photo at an outdoor swimming pool in the evening, with several people floating on colorful inner tubes in the illuminated pool and others sitting along the pool deck behind them.

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Davis, CA
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