301 Doucet Road, Lafayette, LA (337) 984-7738
Facility

Swimming Pools

Five pools, a lazy river, a big slide and two plunges. Swim laps before sunrise, or spend a summer afternoon on the slide.

Hours

When you can swim

Adults can swim whenever the club is open. Children under 14 are permitted to swim during children’s hours only.

Children under 9 must be with an adult, with or without lifeguards. Children under 14 must be with an adult when no lifeguard is on duty.

Indoor and outdoor pools
Days Adults Children under 14
Monday–Thursday 3am–10pm 9am–8pm
Friday 3am–8pm 9am–7:30pm
Saturday–Sunday 4am–7pm 9am–6:30pm
Pool Rules

Safe and easy for everyone

The short version: children under 9, and anyone who can’t swim, need an adult with them at all times. No diving in any pool.

Children
  • Children under 14 swim only during children’s hours.
  • Children under 14 need an adult with them whenever no lifeguard is on duty.
  • Children under 9, and anyone who can’t swim, need an adult with them at all times.
  • Children in floaties or rings need an adult with them.
  • Children under 14 use the children’s locker rooms by the poolside snack bar, not the main locker rooms.
In and around the water
  • No diving in any pool.
  • No running, shoving, shouting or throwing things.
  • No glass and no gum around the pools.
  • Music on headphones only.
  • No sitting or hanging on the lane ropes. No dive sticks or shark torpedoes.
  • Rafts and large rings are not allowed at busy times.
  • Wear full-coverage swimwear. No thongs.
  • Please stay out of the water with an open sore or rash, and tell a lifeguard about any medical condition.
  • Adults swim at their own risk when no lifeguard is on duty.
Indoor and outdoor pools
  • The indoor pools are for exercise: lap swimming and aqua jogging.
  • The small indoor pool is closed to other swimmers during Wave classes.
  • Children may play in the small indoor pool when the family pool is closed for weather, and during children’s hours in winter.
  • Outdoors, everyone leaves the water and the deck during storms. The pools reopen 15 minutes after the last lightning.
  • Wear a shirt and shoes inside the building, and no wet swimsuits indoors.
How far is a mile?
Pool Lengths Laps
25 yards (indoor pools, summer lap pool) 70 35
25 meters (lap pool outside summer) 64 32
  • Brenna Suter

    Brenna Suter

    Aquatic Director Since 2001

    Leads the aquatics team at the club’s five pools.

A pool for every kind of swim

Lap swimmers get three pools with proper lanes. Families get a zero-entry pool with a lazy river, a mushroom waterfall and a big water slide. The smallest swimmers get a splash park of their own.

Two of the pools are indoors and heated, so you can swim all year whatever the weather. After a hard session, the cold plunge is the club’s favorite way to recover.

All of it comes with your membership.

The large indoor pool at Red Lerille's, with lane ropes and red and white flags overhead
IndoorsThe large indoor pool
The family pool at Red Lerille's, with the yellow mushroom waterfall in front and the water slide behind
OutdoorsThe family pool and slide
The Pools

Five pools and two plunges

The outdoor lap pool at Red Lerille's, with lane lines, red umbrellas and the indoor pool building behind
Outdoor · 6 lanes

Lap pool

An L-shaped pool for adult lap swimming: 25 yards in summer and 25 meters the rest of the year. The deep side, 7 feet, is made for aqua jogging. Heated to about 80° in winter.

The family pool from above: the curling water slide, the lazy river and the mushroom waterfall
Outdoor

Family pool

Zero entry, a lazy river, the mushroom waterfall and a huge water slide. The slide is open while lifeguards are on duty. Tubes are not provided.

An aqua fitness class in the small indoor pool at Red Lerille's
Indoor · 2 pools

Indoor pools

The large pool has 6 lanes at about 80° for lap swimming. The small pool has 1 lane at about 88° for Wave, aqua jogging, laps and swim lessons. Both are 25 yards.

Outdoor · for little ones

Splash park and wading pool

Fountains, sprinklers and a very shallow wading pool for the youngest children.

Indoor · age 14 and up

Cold plunge

About 60°, and one of the most popular things in the club. Members use it to ease soreness after a workout. It is co-ed.

Cold plunge
Indoor · age 14 and up

Hot plunge

Hot water like a whirlpool, without the jets, at about 104°. Next to the cold plunge in the indoor pool building, and co-ed.

Hot tubs
Swim Lessons

Swim lessons for ages 3 to adult

Private lessons all year with our aquatics team. We suggest half-hour lessons for children under 10.

Private swim lessons, for members
Half hour $22
One hour $44

Swim lessons are for members only.