La Madrona Athletic Club

We cancelled our annual membership after our son contracted a Planter’s Wart on his foot from the FILTHY shower/​bathroom area. Because he is younger, he was primarily in the women’s locker room with me and once in the men’s area with his dad. This was the only public swim area he was exposed to in 12 months so there is no way he contracted this wart (which had to be surgically removed) anywhere else. My GF’s son also contracted a foot fungus and this is the only club they belong to as well. Despite having him wear his flip fops in the shower area after swimming, the carpets are so gross and smelly, that maybe he contracted the wart from this surface. The women’s locker room smells like dirty socks. GROSS! Also, I could never get the pool smell out of his swim clothes or even out of his hair and off of his skin for DAYS after swimming in their pool. I washed and triple washed his swim wear but never could get that smell out. His hair would smell for days after swimming in their pool. This has not happened at Courtside in LG or Seascape in Aptos. Because I felt that this club was unsanitary, we decided not to renew our membership. I agree with a previous poster: BEWARE of the billing department. After several calls from this club asking us for another annual payment, and repeatedly declining, we found out SIX MONTHS later that they had been charging us their monthly fee. The reason was that you have to cancel your membership IN WRITING… I guess verbally telling them NO wasn’t enough. Despite the fact that we DID NOT use the club during this six months, they refused to refund our money. They denied ever calling us and denied that we asked to cancel our membership. Yes, there is micro fine print in your contract that you have to cancel in writing. It had been a year since I signed our annual membership and this fact was never pointed out to me. Further, during their relentless phone calls soliciting anther annual membership from me, AT NO POINT did their employee (s) mention that I needed to mail in a written cancellation. Would have been a good time to point out the micro fine print in their contract, don’t you think? Instead they stopped calling and switched my annual membership to a monthly charge without my consent or knowledge. SLIMY. The club is SLIMY and so is the management. Avoid. Your pocketbook and health are better off.

We’ve been members for over 10 years. Great family atmosphere. My kids literally grew up here and I love the tennis. The club has changed ownership fairly recently and many great upgrades are in the works.

Our family have been members for 10 years. My kids love the pool, the family hot tub and the snack bar. The staff are all great. My husband and I work out in the fitness room, and they just recently opened the gym up to older children. They also hired another trainer and they offer circuit training and strength training classes included with the membership. My children took swim lessons for years and are good swimmers. We have hosted many birthday parties there, and the facility is open for BBQs (bringing your own alcohol is allowed). This club is well worth the money for our family.

Wonderful facility and staff. It is really a home away from home! They host the top swim and tennis programs in Santa Cruz County!

Clean, beautiful, safe and easy access. Definitely family oriented with top notch tennis pros, courts and lessons. Great pool area; the head swim instructor is incredible, our 5 year made great strides in his «water comfort». We have been members for two years and love it. 10 minutes from West side of Santa Cruz. In my opinion it is very reasonably priced. The employees take pride in the facilities and are very friendly.

I’d agree with a previous review, not the place for a young guy looking for classes and an energetic gym scene. But for a family with kids and for those into swimming & tennis this place is hard to beat. (& reasonably priced too, $ 150.00/ month

Best tennis program in SV. Best family-​friendly club in SC County. Friendly members and employees — most are 10+ year members, many 30+ years. I give it three stars simply because it is *hugely* expensive compared to competitors and for that cost you get very mediocre gym and locker room facilities. If you’ve got a family and can afford it, it’s the best place to go in SC County.
If you’re single and want classes, extensive gym facilities, don’t like kids — or if you want your workout to also be your ‘scene’, Club One, Toadal Fitness, Gold’s (etc) are less than half the cost and a much better fit.

Beautiful location, great facilities — awesome location.