Melbourne Public Swimming Pools — Melbourne, Florida

The City of Melbourne runs three public pools, each set inside a city park and each managed by the Parks, Recreation and Golf Department. According to the city pools page, Sherwood Pool is at 2479 Post Road, Fee Pool is at 114 E. Fee Avenue, and the Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Pool is at 3400 Monroe Street. The three sites are spread across the city, from the north side near Post Road to the Fee Avenue and Babcock Street corridor south of downtown Melbourne.

Only one of the three operates through the cooler months. On October 8, 2026, the city listed Fee Pool and the Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Pool with the notice that each pool is closed for the season, while Sherwood Pool kept weekend public swim, Saturday lap swim and a fall swim lesson schedule. Sherwood is also the pool the city lists for a heated pool period beginning November 1, 2026, which explains why fall and winter lessons in Melbourne are taught there.

One rule applies at every site: the city states that all children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Each pool has its own phone line (321-608-7479 for Sherwood, 321-608-7444 for Fee and 321-608-7459 for Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr.), while reservations and general questions go to the Melbourne aquatics office at 321-608-7400 or [email protected].

Admission in Melbourne is priced by age and residency and is paid in cash at the gate. The city pools page lists public open swim and lap swim at $2 for residents and $2.50 for non-residents aged 17 and under, and $3 for residents and $3.50 for non-residents aged 18 and older. The same schedule appears for Sherwood Pool and Fee Pool, so the price does not change with the location.

Regular swimmers can buy a seasonal pass instead. Melbourne's seasonal pool passes are valid at all three City of Melbourne pools, Sherwood, Fee and Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr., and the city states the next passes go on sale in May 2027. A single adult pass costs $70 for residents and $84 for non-residents, a single youth pass $50 and $60, and a family pass covering two adults and three children $115 and $138. Passes are sold Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in person at the Eau Gallie Civic Center or by phone at 321-608-7400.

The difference between resident and non-resident prices runs about 20 percent on passes and lessons in Melbourne, and 50 cents on a single swim. Residency here means the City of Melbourne itself, not the wider Brevard County area, so swimmers from unincorporated neighborhoods west of the city or from Palm Bay pay the non-resident rate at Sherwood, Fee and Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. pools.

Sherwood Pool is the year-round anchor of the Melbourne system. The city lists public open swim on Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and adult lap swim on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Two lap lanes are available during public open swim hours, so lap swimmers are not limited to the Saturday morning block.

The pool is part of Sherwood Park at 2479 Post Road, which the city describes as a community park with a swimming pool, sports fields, picnic areas, a pavilion and a playground. The park's facility snapshot also lists picnic tables, a grill and baseball and softball fields, and the park itself is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. A Sherwood Park pavilion can be rented for $63 for residents and $76 for non-residents through the city at 321-608-7400.

Sherwood is also where Melbourne concentrates off-season activity. The city lists a heated pool period beginning November 1, 2026, and notes limited pool rental space at Sherwood from October 1, 2026 to June 1, 2027, while the fall swim lesson session runs there on Saturdays. For swimmers in the 32935 ZIP code on the Eau Gallie side of Melbourne, Sherwood is the nearest city pool.

Melbourne sells swim lessons by the session. The city lists fees of $50 for residents and $60 for non-residents for a 30-minute class, and states that registration began on September 18, 2026 for classes starting October 24, 2026. Sign-up is online at any time or in person, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Eau Gallie Civic Center, 1551 Highland Avenue, the city recreation building that also houses two reception rooms of up to 8,000 square feet and a gymnasium.

The fall 2026 session at Sherwood Pool meets on Saturdays from October 24 to December 19, 2026, with no class on November 28, 2026. Classes run in three back-to-back blocks: Parent and Child plus Preschool Levels 1 and 2 at 10 a.m., Adult and Preschool Level 3 at 10:40 a.m., and Learn-To-Swim Levels 1 to 3 at 11:20 a.m. The city notes that classes depend on registration and may be adjusted.

The levels follow a ladder. Parent and Child serves ages 6 to 36 months and, in the city's words, prepares children for the American Red Cross preschool courses. Preschool Levels 1 to 3 cover ages 3 to 5. Learn-To-Swim covers ages 6 to 12 in Beginner (Levels 1 and 2), Intermediate (Levels 3 and 4) and Advanced (Levels 5 and 6) stages, and adult classes serve ages 13 and up. Students are tested on the first day and placed in a level. Melbourne also offers financial assistance worth $40 off each participant per session, applied for through a form sent to [email protected].

All City of Melbourne pools can be rented for parties outside holidays during the summer window, which the city listed as June 6 to August 30, 2026. Reservations are taken Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., by phone or email. The minimum rental is two hours and certified lifeguards are provided. At Sherwood Pool, a party of 1 to 50 patrons costs $115 per hour for residents and $138 per hour for non-residents, with Saturday evening slots from 5:30 p.m. and a Sunday morning slot from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The summer pool season in Melbourne also carries a city swim team. The Melbourne Mako Sharks are the City of Melbourne's summer recreational swim team for ages 6 to 17, with a fee of $100 for residents and $120 for non-residents plus extra fees for swim meets and team shirts. Swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards freestyle without stopping and tread water for 30 seconds, and are tested on the first day of practice. The city calls it a developmental team rather than swimming lessons, and a novice league in which USS registered swimmers are not permitted. Registration for the next Mako Sharks season begins in spring 2027 at the Eau Gallie Civic Center or online.

Fee Pool sits in Fee Avenue Park, which the city locates on the corner of Fee Avenue and Babcock Street, with a park address of 1609 Babcock Street. The park lists picnic tables, a playground, a swimming pool, a pavilion, a tennis court, a grill and baseball and softball fields, and is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. A small pavilion there rents for $20 for residents and $24 for non-residents. Next door, the Fee Avenue Tennis Complex shares the 114 Fee Avenue address and is a 15-court facility with 11 hard courts and four clay courts, which makes the Fee Avenue block one of the city's busiest recreation corners.

The Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Pool is part of the Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Community Complex at 3420 Monroe Street, which the city describes as having a swimming pool, playground, picnic areas and sports fields. Its facility snapshot adds a basketball court, a pavilion, baseball and softball fields and a football field, and the complex is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The pool's own address on the city pools page is 3400 Monroe Street, within the same complex.

Melbourne has other pools that are not city facilities. Florida Tech's Panther Aquatic Center, between the Clemente Center and the Panther Dining Hall on the university campus, opened in June 2011 to Florida Tech alumni, faculty, staff and students, with a competition pool of nine 25-yard lanes. Because it serves the university community, the three city pools remain the public swimming options run by the City of Melbourne.