Pools with diving boards and platforms
21 public pools where you can keep working on height when the rivers are too cold or too high — springboards, towers, and the handful of 10 meter platforms in the region. Each one lists the board heights in feet, the water depth, what the public can actually use, and what it costs.
The tall towers
Only 3 of these have a platform at 30 ft or higher — the 10 meter equivalent: Lava Hot Springs Olympic Swimming Complex, Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (Federal Way). Public access to the top platform varies — some need a waiver, some are club-only.
Washington
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3 ftColman Pool (Seattle)
Training pool3 ft King CountyA heated outdoor saltwater pool on the beach at Lincoln Park in West Seattle, filled from Puget Sound and open all summer, with a diving board over the deep end and a corkscrew slide. The only board in the state where you jump with ferries going by behind you.
10 ftHelene Madison Pool (Seattle)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft King CountySeattle Parks' north-end indoor pool with a 1 meter and a 3 meter springboard over the deep end, open year-round. One of three city pools with a 3 m board, and the easiest one to get board time at in winter.
10 ftMeadowbrook Pool (Seattle)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft King CountyIndoor Seattle Parks pool in the Meadowbrook neighborhood with 1 meter and 3 meter springboards, open all year. Sits next to Nathan Hale High School, whose dive team trains here, so the boards are well kept.
10 ftQueen Anne Pool (Seattle)
Training pool3 ft · 8 ft · 10 ft King CountySeattle's landmark 1978 indoor pool on top of Queen Anne hill, with 1 meter and 3 meter boards and a rope swing over the 12-foot deep end. The rope swing makes it the most fun public pool in the city when it is open.
10 ftSouthwest Pool (Seattle)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft King CountyWest Seattle's indoor 25-yard pool in the Roxhill neighborhood, with high and low diving boards over the deep end plus a spa and sauna. Year-round and rarely crowded on the boards.
10 ftTenino Quarry Pool
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Thurston CountyA flooded sandstone quarry in Tenino City Park, run as a public pool since 1950: spring-fed, unchlorinated, and 35 to 80 feet deep, with a low dive and a high dive mounted on the rock wall plus a waterfall. The closest thing to a cliff jump you can do with a lifeguard watching.
10 ftVeterans Memorial Pool (Walla Walla)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Walla Walla CountyWalla Walla's outdoor 50-meter competition pool with a 1 meter and a 3 meter springboard, next to a leisure pool with geysers and a play structure. The only 3 m board in the southeast corner of the state.
10 ftWenatchee City Pool
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Chelan CountyWenatchee's outdoor 10-lane, 50-meter L-shaped pool with one 3 meter and two 1 meter springboards over the diving leg, open mid-June through August. The best public 3 m board in central Washington, and the city runs diving classes on it.
33 ftWeyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (Federal Way)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft · 16 ft · 25 ft · 33 ft King CountyThe Northwest's Olympic-trials venue: a separate 17-foot diving well with 1, 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 meter platforms and 1 and 3 meter springboards, indoors and open year-round in Federal Way south of Seattle. Public platform time is limited and club-driven, but it is the tallest tower between Beaverton and Canada.
3 ftWitter Aquatic Center (Spokane)
Training pool3 ft · 3 ft Spokane CountySpokane's outdoor 50-meter competition pool in Mission Park on the Spokane River, with two springboards at the deep end and a separate recreation pool with a slide. The city's main summer board for the east side.
3 ftHarward Recreation Center (Nampa)
Training pool3 ft Canyon CountyNampa's big city rec center has five indoor pools, including a separate diving pool about 10 feet deep with a springboard, kept at 82 degrees and open year-round. The off-season board for the west side of the Treasure Valley.
33 ftLava Hot Springs Olympic Swimming Complex
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft · 16 ft · 23 ft · 33 ft Bannock CountyThe best public diving tower in the region: 5, 7 and 10 meter platforms plus 1 and 3 meter springboards over a 17-foot-deep, heated outdoor Olympic pool in Lava Hot Springs, southeast Idaho. Unlike most club towers, the 10 m here is open to anyone who signs the waiver.
10 ftMeridian Pool
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Ada CountyMeridian's outdoor 25-yard community pool with a low board and a 3 meter high board over the deep end, plus three slides. The tallest public board in the Treasure Valley in summer, and the cheapest.
3 ftNatatorium Pool and Hydrotube (Boise)
Training pool3 ft Ada CountyBoise's outdoor pool on Warm Springs Avenue, on the site of the original 1892 Natatorium, with two 1 meter springboards over a 12-foot deep end and the Hydrotube water slide. The city's deepest public pool and its most popular summer board.
8 ftTwin Falls City Pool
Training pool3 ft · 8 ft Twin Falls CountyA 50-meter by 25-yard pool under a dome, open year-round, with two 1 meter springboards in the eight-lane deep end, two slides, and an inflatable climbing tower on Sundays. Ten minutes from Dierkes Lake, so it is the winter fallback for Magic Valley jumpers.
10 ftWes Deist Aquatic Center (Idaho Falls)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Bonneville CountyIdaho Falls' indoor Olympic-size pool downtown, open since 1986, with springboards over the deep end and public swim six days a week all year. The only year-round board in eastern Idaho north of Lava Hot Springs.
10 ftWest Boise YMCA / Boise City Aquatic Center
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Ada CountyThe Treasure Valley's indoor diving pool: 1 meter and 3 meter springboards over a dedicated diving well at the West Boise YMCA, jointly run with the City of Boise and open year-round. Home of the Y's competitive diving program and the only 3 m board in the Boise area you can use in January.
Oregon
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16 ftAmazon Pool (Eugene)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft · 16 ft Lane CountyEugene's outdoor 50-meter pool in Amazon Park, with a 5 meter diving tower, a 3 meter board, two 1 meter boards and a drop slide over a 13-foot diving area. Open to the public all summer; the 5 m tower is the tallest public jump in the southern Willamette Valley.
10 ftOsborn Aquatic Center (Corvallis)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft · 10 ft Benton CountyCorvallis's 50-meter pool with 1 and 3 meter diving boards and two climbing walls that drop into a 13-foot deep end, plus an indoor pool for winter. A good mid-valley spot for board work once it reopens.
33 ftTualatin Hills Aquatic Center
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft · 16 ft · 25 ft · 33 ft Washington CountyThe only full diving tower in Oregon: 5, 7.5 and 10 meter platforms plus 1 and 3 meter springboards over a 17-foot well, indoors and open year-round at THPRD's Howard M. Terpenning complex in Beaverton. The 3 m board and the 5 and 7.5 m platforms open to the public during posted recreational diving hours; the 10 m is reserved for the Tualatin Hills Dive Club and staff. The best off-season height practice in the state.
10 ftWillamalane Park Swim Center (Springfield)
Training pool3 ft · 10 ft Lane CountySpringfield's indoor pool with a separate deep-water dive tank fitted with 1 and 3 meter boards, open year-round. Not tall, but it is the closest place to Eugene to work on entries and form in January.
Board heights, in plain numbers
Pools talk in meters and jumpers talk in feet, so everything here is converted: a 1 meter springboard is about 3 ft, a 3 meter board is 10 ft, a 5 meter platform is 16 ft, 7.5 meters is 25 ft, and a 10 meter tower is 33 ft. A 10 meter platform is taller than most of the cliffs on this map, which is why it is the best off-season training there is.
Public hours for platforms are narrow and change by season. Call before you drive — the listings say which boards open to drop-in swimmers and which belong to a dive club.