National Aquatic Centre

As a first‑time swimmer stepping into the National Aquatic Centre at Bukit Jalil, I was immediately struck by the scale—an Olympic‑size 50 × 25 m main pool, a diving well, plus an 8‑lane training pool with a sloping shallow end (1.2 m) rising to 1.8 m—ideal for nervous beginners The pools are covered by a fabric dome, which made me feel sheltered and warmer than expected, and the water felt pleasantly temperate . However, sessions are limited to one hour per entry (RM8‑10), and lifeguards tend to blow the whistle a few minutes early—meaning actual swim time felt squeezed to about 45 minutes On the plus side, the lanes are well‑maintained, and the Cafe and seating area nearby make for comfortable breaks. The changing rooms are functional but can be less than sparkling—showers sometimes leak and floors need better upkeep. Verdict: For a beginner, it's an impressive and encouraging venue—spacious, warm, and structured—with clear lane markings and depth options. But be prepared for brief sessions, early ejections, and less‑than‑pristine changing rooms. For improvement, a longer swim slot and cleaner facilities would make future visits even more inviting.

This swimming pool is cater for good swimmers because there are only lanes length wise. DSA is dominating the pool with signages everywhere that makes me think it is not meant for public swimming. Even the front big reception counter is for the academy and one needs to ask in order to find the public counter which doubles as a pro shop. The reason that I give 4 stars is mainly for a modern and clean environment that is hard to come by in public areas. This review is from the perspective of a person swimming as a public visitor.

This facility is not really for the public. They charge entry prices for public swimmers but only allow them to swim in the shallow pool with swimming lanes. The main olympic swimming pool or the deep pool with the springboards are mostly vacant and off limits entirely for the public and reserved for the occasional course that takes place there. Wanna jump? Wanna go ringdiving? You can't. Such a waste. In typical malaysian fashion, noone in charge of this facility thought to themselves how this facility can be better for and provide more value for people coming here. No. Just close the majority of the facility off and let the public enter the kids pool. Even if there are teams that train at this facility, for which it makes sense to reserve some space, the pools are still mostly vacant most of the time. And the tragic irony is that they can probably be this nonchalant about wasting this facility because they receive government money, our taxes. Furthermore they require male swimmers to wear skin tight swimming shorts. It is prohibited to wear slightly loose swimming trunks. I have never encountered such a rule anywhere in europe where I grew up. What are muslim swimmers supposed to do who don't want to show off their butt in skin tight clothes? This in a country like Malaysia? What is this nonsense?

Great place here. There is a cafe with great food for swimmers to eat after swimming. The pool is kept quite clean although the public pool can be a bit dirty sometimes. Starting blocks aren't allowed to be used during public swimming. There is also swim training here and I definitely recommend to enroll your kids. Overall great place as an aquatic centre and probably is the best one here in KL. Pictures and videos shown here are when I was at the Milo Para swimming Championships.

Every time when I go swimming, I m very afraid to get tanned under hot sun or need to stand with cold water during rain season. Finally found a fully covered place with warm water to swim. Nice! Hopefully our govt can build more center like this to encourage citizen to swim. The downside is you only can swim 1 hour which is not enough. The nearest car park is zone D or you may park right in front of the center if they allow you to drive in.

this is a clean public swimming pool conveniently located about 200m walking distance from Bukit Jalil station. Need to take note of the slot timing in the daily schedule

Survey swimming lesson for my son. Swimming poor is clean and nice. Not sure about the couch.