Aquatics
Current Indoor Pool Hours (click here for hours):
- Family Nights are Fridays from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM.
- On Family Nights, SIUE alumni with SFC memberships and all current SIUE students, faculty, staff, and retirees with an SIUE ID are permitted to bring their immediate family members (spouse/partner and children) to use the pool at no charge.
- Lanes will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.
Our Indoor Pool has six 25-yard lanes, a one-meter spring diving board, and adjacent men's and women's locker rooms.
A chair lift is available to assist patrons with pool access and offers a variety of water fitness activities.
For Rules and Regulations for the Indoor Pool, Click here.
For information on the different aquatics programs we offer, Click here.
Rules & Regulations
Swimming Pool Regulations
The following rules are necessary to support the safety and health of all users and to preserve the facility.
- Swim only when a lifeguard is on duty.
- Please follow the lifeguards’ instructions at all times.
- Proper ID must be presented to the lifeguard before using the pool.
- SIUE alumni with SFC memberships and all current SIUE students, faculty, staff, and retirees with an SIUE ID are permitted to use the pool. A signed waiver may be required annually.
- No running is permitted on deck.
- Diving is not permitted in the shallow end.
- Please do not use the pool if suffering from any skin or communicable diseases or open wounds.
- Gum is not allowed.
- Food and drinks, other than water in a non-breakable container are not permitted unless it is approved for a special event and can only be in the spectator area.
- An approved swimsuit is required. Synthetic material (rashguard) shirts are also permitted over a swimsuit.
- No hazardous activity or inappropriate behavior is allowed. Examples include, but are not limited to, dunking other participants underwater, and prolonged breath-holding or jumping/diving into an area where another participant is swimming.
- Street shoes are not permitted on the pool deck.
- Only one person is allowed on the diving board at a time, and multiple bounces are not permitted.
- All back dives are prohibited.
- Use of scuba equipment is prohibited during lap and recreational swims.
- Individuals who are unable to swim the width of the pool may not dive or enter the deep end.
- Swimmers who are not able to demonstrate appropriate swimming ability may be restricted to the shallow end and/or required to wear a life vest.
Youth/Family Swim Regulations
- A parent or guardian must accompany and directly supervise children under the age of 16.
- Children are allowed to use only United States Coast Guard (USCG) approved personal flotation devices.
- Children are not permitted to run or bounce on the diving board.
- Family swim periods allow those with pool access to bring immediate family members (spouse and children only) for free. All other guests would need to purchase a guest pass.
