Presidio Community YMCA Letterman Aquatics Center
1151 Gorgas Ave, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
(415) 447-9680
Rating: 4.4 – Based on 90 Visitor Ratings
Opening Times.
Monday: 5:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 5:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 5:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 5:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday: 5:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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5 responses to “Presidio Community YMCA Letterman Aquatics Center”
This YMCA is blatantly cheating its members. Since June 1, 2025, the pool has been closed every single Friday evening, permanently, for water polo — with zero notification and their website still showing the wrong pool hours to mislead people.
On top of that, the pool is shut down 4:30–7:00 PM every weekday for swim classes, which makes it nearly impossible for working members to ever use the pool they pay for.
We’re paying full membership fees for services that are consistently denied. This is false advertising, disrespectful to members, and a total breach of trust. The YMCA clearly prioritizes private programs and profit over the people who actually fund the place.
Shameful and unacceptable.
I take swim lessons there. I instructors have been great! Kids pool, hot tub. Large seems nice. Lockers are a B. Towels available.
YMCA treats paying members like second-class citizens. Swim teams, swim lessons, and water polo take over the pool with guaranteed access, while the majority of paying members, the very people who keep this place running, are completely shut out during key hours. On Fridays the pool is basically unusable, and this isn’t a temporary issue, it’s been happening for a long time and continues to get worse.
And now they have the audacity to announce yet another membership fee increase starting July 2025. They claim it’s to “expand and improve services,” but the truth is the exact opposite: services are being slashed, pool hours are being stolen, and members are getting nothing in return. It’s dishonest, misleading, and frankly exploitative.
Don’t be fooled by the YMCA’s “community-first” branding. The reality is they prioritize a few programs over the majority of their paying members, all while squeezing more money out of everyone. If you value honesty, fairness, and actual access to what you’re paying for, look elsewhere.
This gym has serious, unresolved problems. The lockers are ancient, broken, and often impossible to lock—a security risk I’ve reported multiple times with zero results.
The pool management is even worse. They prioritize swim classes and master programs, giving them entire lanes for a single person while cramming five or more paying members into a single lane. It’s a complete and utter mess that shows a total disregard for the members.
It is a great pool, large with slow, medium, fast and rec lanes. It is a popular pool and usually sharing lanes. Staff is friendly. It is nothing fancy but it is close to me and I love it’s accessibility. A great place to swim for exercise