Kiama Leisure Centre
Information about Kiama Leisure Centre
Opening hours
- sunday: 9h-17:30
- monday: 5:30-21h
- tuesday: 5:30-21h
- wednesday: 5:30-21h
- thursday: 5:30-21h
- friday: 5:30-19h
- saturday: 7h-17:30
Discover our online portal! Book group fitness classes, memberships, passes, and easily track swim school, squads, and gym course progress.
Please note our online payments portal (rates and invoice payments) is offline over the Christmas break. Payments can be made using the BPAY option on the bottom of your invoice or rates notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Some of Council's facilities will be closed or have different opening times over the summer holiday period, including our administration building which will close at 3pm on 24 December and reopen at 8.45am on 2 January.
Note: if you're already a member, pass holder or enrolled in our Swim School, Squads or Gymnastics, you need to use the same email address you have registered with us to log in or create your account.
Kiama Municipal Council acknowledges the Wodi Wodi people on Dharawal country as the traditional custodians of the land on which our Municipality is located. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We are committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to our community.
Our comment from FitFit Australia about Kiama Leisure Centre:
Kiama Leisure Centre is a vibrant hub for families and individuals looking to engage in sports and fitness activities. This center boasts excellent amenities, including a spacious indoor swimming pool, a toddler's pool, a sauna, and a spa. Visitors appreciate the friendly staff and the overall cleanliness of the facility, which offers the perfect environment for relaxation and exercise.
Highlights include:
- Sauna and spa facilities
- A well-maintained swimming pool, typically less crowded during weekdays
- Great fitness classes, including group lessons
- Accessible amenities, including wheelchair access
- Affordable pricing for families
- Good parking options available
However, some users have reported challenges, particularly with staff availability leading to canceled swimming lessons, and occasional rude interactions at the counter, which could be improved. Overall, Kiama Leisure Centre is highly recommended for young families and sports enthusiasts alike, with a variety of activities available to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Kiama Leisure Centre: Opinions
Negative experience: I got the worst case of foot tinia ever from the shower.
Positive experience: Sauna and spa. Swimming pool not busy during the week.
Fantastic experience: Excellent pool for all to swim in a well as sporting facilities
Positive experience: The pool and amenities are great but some of staff particularly behind counter can come across as rude . Very hard for some to crack a smile.
Fantastic experience: Best spot for a rainy day!!! Friendly staff and such a cheap option to take the family. Very clean and amenities are flawless
Fantastic experience: Fabulous group fitness classes
Negative experience: We’ve booked our daughter in for swimming lessons. We are 2 months in and already had 3 lessons cancelled due to staff shortages. I understand that our instructor isn’t well and doesn’t seem to have been the entire 2 month period (which is unfortunate and I’m not blaming her). But surely Kiama council need to either cancel the series so we can better plan/look elsewhere, or have better contingency plans and staffing in place. It’s unacceptable.
Fantastic experience: Great place for kids sporting complex from swimming pool to football field.
Positive experience: Great pool and my favourite sauna in the Illawarra, I'd give it 5 stars if it had a cold plunge. Besides that, staff are always friendly, the place is clean and it's easy to book and pay online.
Fantastic experience: Good place to have a nice swim
Negative experience: My partner and I drove all the way from Albion Park to attend the HEATED POOL for hydrotherapy for myself and for him to swim some laps at the same time. I usually go to Warilla heated pool 3 times a week but it was closed for holidays. I had phoned Kiama the day before to check if it was HEATED and was told definitely heated. This was not the case on 4/1 the water was freezing and when I complained on way out I was told it was because the doors were open and fobbed off which wasn’t true. Didn’t say she would inform the Manager. They must think I’m stupid, it was just like an outside Olympic pool. Definitely don’t go if you are looking for a heated pool for hydrotherapy, I’ve attended the best at Warilla and haven’t found anything that comes close to it, Summer, Winter, Spring or Autumn with the doors open and closed always 22-28 degrees. Other amenities were ok. Very disappointed. We paid money for petrol and entrance in what a joke. There are people who need a definite heated pool for physical therapy NOT FREEZING WATER which hampers movement.
Fantastic experience: Really fun day out. Great for toddlers. Staff were very friendly.
Fantastic experience: Great place to take the little ones with a little pool and 25 metre pool, both heated and fully protected from the weather. Toilets and showers were clean and kept, wheelchair accessible all round with a ramp in the littlies pool i didnt notice in the big one, plenty of parking out the front, canteen and swimwear shop also. Affordable for the family
Fantastic experience: Great staff, excellent facilities, can pay as you go or join with various memberships available depending on which facilities you wish to use. Easy to find location with ample parking both disabled and normal parking
Fantastic experience: Great pool. Clean and good temperature and not too crowded. Not cheap though.
Fantastic experience: Swimming lesson for my grandkids. Great atmosphere, well laid out.clean..highly recommended..
Fantastic experience: Great indoor pool
Fantastic experience: Great Leisure Centre to have in Kiama - without it Kiama would be boring - multiple things to do a a member in order to have a healthy lifestyle
Fantastic experience: This is nice family public pool with a children's pool as well, all under cover, which is a bonus for us fair skinned gal's.. no sunscreen, no sun..so no slip, slop, slap or hat.worth a visit.
Fantastic experience: well run with great staff
Fantastic experience: Good facilities and good customer service , I visited the pool with kids 2 days ago in the afternoon and the girl at the desk was very helpful
Fantastic experience: Well organised activities for the whole community.
Fantastic experience: Really nice place. Heated pools. Just the tuckshop doesn't have substantial food.
Negative experience: I go there for the gym with my son who is 13. As soon as he turns 14 and can go to fitness 247 we will be switching. I have nothing positive to say. It's obvious it's run by local government not by someone who cares.
Positive experience: Great facilities and staff are helpful. Maybe a little overpriced but great experiences so far (haven't been going there for long).
Positive experience: Pretty competent fitness venue. Would visit again.
Fantastic experience: Great facilities but disapointed on price not including the sauna
Fantastic experience: Great place for swimming. Family orientated.
Fantastic experience: Great pool for a swim
Fantastic experience: Thanks to Jeanene and her staff for assistance with my logging-in issues! Nothing was too much trouble, and I really appreciate their help!
Positive experience: Nice indoor 25m pool for doing a few laps. A kids pool too. Good shower facilities as well. All in a beautiful part of the world.
Fantastic experience: Loved it!! Great
Negative experience: I was here with my Son(7 y/o) and family with multiple kids, this place is over priced for a pool indoors considering you have to pay extra for the inflatable pool tool, and that they offer no discount or concession for Defence or Veteran for myself. I was watched the whole time and told not to do multiple things you would normally do at a pool, they are hugely regulated and are scared to let people have there own degree of risk. There life guards are rude and are always patrolling I assume they are micro managed by there general manager which I was threatened with after I argued a point. Thank you and don't swim here, I won't be.
Fantastic experience: Staff helpful and friendly plenty of parking
Fantastic experience: As I'm an incomplete paraplegic the staff are absolutely fantastic. They have all the equipment for me to get in and out of the pool when I do my Hydro with my Physio. I cannot speak highly enough of the staff thank you all for your assistance and support.
Fantastic experience: Great Pilates class with Sylvia Earl
Fantastic experience: The staff at Leisure Centre are helpful and friendly.
Fantastic experience: Great body balance and Barre classes
Fantastic experience: Fantastic Leisure Centre,with heated Pool, Spa Sauna, Gym,Yoga & Pilates Groups & Kids Swimming Pool.A must for the Sporty Person
Fantastic experience: A big thank you to Dan who went over and beyond to help find a lost phone. You were wonderful!
Fantastic experience: Great facility. We went to watch netball on the inside courts. Seating up high. Great place to watch from.
Fantastic experience: I live at this place on my days off
Fantastic experience: Great place for all ages. The Kids love it and can spend hours here!
Positive experience: Lots of facilities and great staff but when it gets crowed after school when swim lessons are on it gets quite noisy and there isn't a lot of room to swim either after school. Overall great place with hot showers in the change rooms.
Fantastic experience: Great place for all ages.
Positive experience: The grandkids loved it
Fantastic experience: It was fun and nice cause it was a hot day
Positive experience: Great place for young families and they have a good range of clean facilities
Positive experience: Took my grandson here for his swimming lessons. Great spot. Disabled access. Helpful staff. I'm asthmatic and didn't find it a problem.
Positive experience: It's the only option for indoor swimming in the area. Kiama Leisure has a good setup.
Fantastic experience: Great place to exercise and swim.
Positive experience: Down watching my granddaughter in her swimming class ...very nice facility
Fantastic experience: Lovely staff
Positive experience: Perfectly decent 25m pool and a smaller kids’ pool but also fairly basic. No lifeguards and a lot of kids running around doing whatever they liked as a result. Very good value for a swim.
Fantastic experience: Best place on earth
Fantastic experience: Enjoy the centre much, good value, friendly staff, lots of different activities.
Fantastic experience: I have been using the facilities for about 2 mths now, I have to say I am quite pleased with what they have to offer. I do the gold membership and have great access to all the activities on offer, I would highly recommend using this place for your activities etc.... friendly staff, easy parking no waiting to use the gym etc....
Fantastic experience: Good sized swimming pools
Fantastic experience: Nice gym, great toddler pool and takes fitness passport which is a plus.
Fantastic experience: Good value for families. Good facility
Fantastic experience: Lovely facilities, lovely staff
Fantastic experience: Friendly and clean staff really nice
Fantastic experience: Awesome my kids swim there ,I enjoyed the spa
Fantastic experience: It's a hub for family fun and productivity. We have been going for years and love it!
Fantastic experience: The centre is well equipped and reasonably priced. The friendly and helpful staff made our stay a very pleasant experience.
Positive experience: Nice pool but cant say it is clean. I have honestly fished out 4 bandaids in the last 3 months that have been floating at the bottom of the pool. I used to just watch them drift from lane to lane but have decided that if no one else was going to remove them then at least I was. Also showers have an automatic off timer after I think less than 30s, and are not particularly strong and often cold, that is a bit of a downer but the overall pool is great
Fantastic experience: Thicc pools did enjoy
Fantastic experience: Old fashioned, affordable family swim gym centre..but needs TLC
Fantastic experience: Love the kids pool it's perfect for my 2 and five-year-old to play in the winter
Positive experience: looks a little tired facilities great spa needs a decent clean out unfortunately...
Fantastic experience: Kindagym is fantastic and so it's the kids pool.
Fantastic experience:
Fantastic experience: Staff are all so friendly, whether you're a beginner or a national swimmer there are facilities for you. In particular the elite coach Victor who leads along with Corina the successful kiama swim team
Positive experience: I have been using the Kiama Heated pool for rehabilitation for a few weeks . The facility is great with reasonable entry fees. The change rooms are spacious and clean. They offer a great range of classes for the pool and the gym. This seems to be their main focus. The only thing that I can complain about is that they don't have a Walking and gentle exercise lane. This is something I think they need to add for the people who come with injuries. While trying to exercise the kids using the pool were playing and diving around me. I'm unsteady on my feet so would love there to be a lane for exercise only. A fantastic centre to use wish there were more in the Shellharbour area.
Positive experience: Good place for swimming and kids birthday pool parties.
Fantastic experience: The best place to go enjoy my swimming and love take my son there
Fantastic experience: Went for antique show never been before great centre..
Positive experience: Very well equipped, very friendly, reasonable prices.
Positive experience: My son had swimming lessons there very nice centre
Fantastic experience: great pool.
Positive experience: Good pool. Go for lap swimming when there are at least four available lanes. No lockers. Nowhere to dry hair.
Fantastic experience: Excellent pool good spa, kids had a wonderful time.
Negative experience: They dont leave a lane open for public lap swimmers when there are swimming lessons on, so you have to try and lap swim with kids playing in the same lane as you. Very poor planning and shows they dont care about individual patrons, only the groups. And now they have reduced the amount of lanes available during the day too. Basically means of you want to lap swim you have to go after 7pm (their sign says lanes are back open at 630 but experience has shown that lessons tend to go overtime and the kids don't leave until 7) Even though the pool doesn't close til 9 I was made to feel unwelcome when I stayed past 8pm. They were cleaning around the pool with a hose and splashing me. They also put the pool covers out as a hint that they wanted me to leave. Water is way too cold. Buying a swim pass gives you 10 swims for $46. Buying them per visit costs $5. So buying the pass doesnt even give you one free swim. Basically unless you're a kid don't bother.
Positive experience: Basic, but a good range of classes and equipment. Excellent instructors- best Body Balance class I've ever done! Pool is a good temp, plus outdoor and kids facilities. Worth a trip.
Fantastic experience: Swimming lessons here are fantastic! Teachers and Admin working together provides the best outcomes for the learner. Keep talking and listening.
Positive experience: Lovely place for carnivals. Great times had there. Love going back each time.
Positive experience: Lovely pool, great facilities... Very good swim instructors as well
Positive experience: Bit cold for me....
Positive experience: Big pool and toddler pool, gym, spa, birthday party, creche and so much more. The place is clean and quite bright/welcoming. Only negative is customer service has been pretty bad over the years
Positive experience: This place is good to go too swim as it has a heated lap pool. Basketball court out the back and a gym that you can sign up for
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good fun
Positive experience: Great place for a swim but choose your times if want some peace and space in the pool.
Fantastic experience: Fun place for the kids
Fantastic experience: The pool & facilities are really clean & well maintained. The main pool is a bit cold for me, but that is purely personal & wouldn't stop me swimming.
Fantastic experience: Great for swimming and gym.
Positive experience: Great water temp, good value for money. Would love to see more fun activities for the kids
Fantastic experience: Great gym facilities
Fantastic experience: Clean and well maintained.
Fantastic experience: It was fun had plenty of parking and was quite empty
Fantastic experience: Very friendly nice place to go
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