Pool Rules

• Swimming is permitted only when a lifeguard is on duty.


• Swimmers must wear a bathing suit. Cut-offs, gym shorts, sport bras, thongs, underwear, compression shorts are not allowed.
  
• Bathers must shower before entering the water.
  
• The UTSA Lifeguards on duty are the only individuals allowed to wear any type of lifeguard apparel.
  
• No diving of flipping into the pool.
  
• The use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco in any form is not allowed in any of the Campus Recreation facilities.
  
• Chewing of gum or consuming food or beverage in the pool is not allowed.
  
• Glass containers are not allowed in any of the Campus Recreation facilities.
  
• Twist top beverages are the only type allowed on the island area.
  
• Inappropriate language is not permitted.
  
• Any conduct determined by the Aquatics Staff to jeopardize the health and safety of pool users is prohibited. The Aquatic Staff has full authority to ask participants to leave the pool area for not following the polices outline for the area.
  
• Rough play, horse play, chicken fights and throwing/pushing people into the pool is not permitted. Do not hang on the lane lines or safety lines.
  
• Do not hang on to the island walls.
  
• No Running.
  
• Enter/Exit the Island from designated locations only.
  
• No splashing of the Lifeguards.
  
• Inner tubes are allowed only in the lazy river unless specified by the aquatics staff.
  
• Water basketballs, volleyballs and water polo balls are only allowed in designated areas. They are not to be used as floatation devices or thrown at patrons. Sand volleyballs and outdoor basketballs are not permitted in the pool.
  
• Spitting in the pool is not prohibited.
  
• No one is allowed on the lifeguard stands except the Aquatics Staff.
  
• Do not talk to the Lifeguard Staff in the stands unless you have an emergency.
  
• Campus Recreation apparel polices apply when entering the Recreation Center prior to and after using the swimming pool area.
  
• Use of pool shall be prohibited during severe weather conditions, i.e. electrical storms, tornadoes, etc.
  
• Persons having or reasonably suspected to have any considerable areas of exposed sub-epidermal tissue, cuts, or know or recognizable contagious or communicable diseases, cough, cold, open sore, blisters, bandaged wound, fever, inflammation of the eyes, nasal or ear discharges, shall not be allowed to enter the pool water.