Pool Rules

To help us provide a safe and healthy experience for everyone at Boise’s municipal pools, we ask that you comply with the following policies:

1. All pools have a maximum capacity of swimmers (each pool is different). Admission is based on a first come, first served basis with no exceptions. Season pass holders are not guaranteed admittance when the pool is at capacity.
2. All individuals entering a pool facility will be required to pay the daily admission fee during open swim hours (this includes Adult & Child Preschool Swim).
3. Children under the age of nine (9) years of age must be supervised at all times by an adult / guardian who is at least 16 years of age.
4. Children under three (3) years of age must be in an adult’s arms in water deeper than the child’s chest and within arm’s reach of an adult at all other times.
5. Wading pools are limited to children six (6) years and under, accompanied by an adult. Adults must remain within arm’s reach of the child at all times.
6. Individuals who are not potty-trained must wear swim diapers.
7. All swimmers must shower before entering the water.
8. If your child has had a stomach illness, please wait two weeks before allowing your child to swim. Anyone with open sores or an infectious disease is not permitted in the pool.
9. Spitting, spouting water or blowing your nose in the water is not permitted.
10. Lifeguards may require swimmers to demonstrate their swimming ability before entering deep water and life jackets may not be worn while participating in the swim test.
11. Diving is only allowed in designated areas. When jumping into the pool, you must jump straight off the edge. Front and backflips, back dives and twirls from the pool edge are not permitted.
12. For the safety of all individuals, pool inflatables, including floaties, inflatable loungers, rafts, tubes, beach balls, toys (including any flying object) are not allowed. At facilities with basketball hoops only, facility provided sports balls are allowed.
13. Food and drink may be consumed only in designated eating areas including the grassy areas around the pool. Please, no glass containers.
14. Alcoholic beverages, tobacco products (including vape pens), and chewing gum are NOT allowed.
15. Proper swim wear is required to use the facility. No denim shorts, jeans or cut-offs. Revealing swimwear is not allowed — please dress respectfully.
16. Any unsafe act reported to or observed by pool staff is subject to disciplinary action.
17. Rough play, abusive language and excessive noise are not allowed at pool facilities. No pushing, shoving or throwing people from the pool deck.
18. Running is not allowed anywhere in the facility.
19. Boise Parks and Recreation is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
20. Masks, over-the-nose goggles, and snorkels are only allowed during adult lap swim hours.

Flotation Devices

• Young or inexperienced swimmers may use properly fitted coast guard approved life jackets while under direct supervision. Direct supervision is defined as an adult within arm’s length of the child or non-swimmer. No outside inflatables such as arm bands, baby floats, etc. are allowed. Examples of approved life jackets and floatation devices are pictured below.
• Participants in life jackets may not be in water greater than five feet deep.
• Lifejackets may not be worn on the Ivywild Pool tower slide, diving boards or while demonstrating skills for the swim test.