BMC Swimming Pool Membership in Mumbai: How to Register (2026)

To get a BMC swimming pool membership, register online at the civic portal, pay there, and visit that pool's office within 7 days with your original documents. New members cannot join at the counter, and renewal is online as well. Staff photograph you at the office, and the membership is not activated until the documents and that photograph are in.

Read the homepage before you pay. As of 11 Nov 2026 it carried pool-specific closures next to the general "admissions are open" line. A citywide notice is not a promise that your pool is taking members today.

Each pool's rupee fees sit on that pool's own schedule on the portal. Those schedule pages did not load on 11 November 2026, so this guide does not print a monthly or annual price. Open the schedule for the pool you want, or the Roundhouse page linked below, and confirm the figure before you pay. The one amount copied here is the waiting-list fee, because it is printed in the rules on the portal homepage.

For women's batches at Mumbai pools that are not all BMC, see women-only swimming sessions in Mumbai. The same kind of civic reading for other cities is in DDA swimming pool fees and GHMC swimming pools in Hyderabad.

BMC pool closures and notices

The portal prints short English notes beside the Marathi rules. These are the notes that were on the page as of 11 Nov 2026. Where the page gives no year, this guide does not invent one.

"Open from 16 August" does not name the year. Treat it as the portal's current status line, and still check the pool you actually want. Shahaji can be closed while other pools are selling memberships. Mulund's membership registration was closed on that homepage. Roundhouse has not published a Mulund listing, because the portal address for that pool was not a full street address.

How to register for a BMC swimming pool membership

The portal's own heading is three steps:

1. Fill in personal details: name, contact number, address and the rest of the form.
2. Pay the membership amount for your category, online.
3. Visit the office of the pool you selected so the documents can be checked.

Do those in that order. Paying does not finish the job. The rules say the membership is not activated until the documents are submitted and the office has taken the photograph.

A few rules sit around those steps:

• Membership is offered according to capacity. BMC decides when registration is open.
• You can register from a phone or a computer.
• The name on the form is the member. The membership cannot be transferred to someone else.
• Check the pool name, your name, mobile number, email and category before you pay. The rules say a wrong pool is not simply moved to another pool.
• One membership is for one pool. You may buy a separate membership at a second BMC pool by paying that pool's fee. A membership does not let you swim at every BMC pool.
• A later rule says a person who is already a member of one BMC pool may buy a daily ticket at another BMC pool, if there is space, by paying the fee in force. The homepage does not print that daily price. Ask the pool or read its schedule.

BMC swimming pools in Mumbai

These are municipal pools with a Roundhouse page. Hours and the last checked fee schedule, where one was copied from the portal, live on the listing. This article does not repeat them, because the schedule pages failed to load on the day of this edit. Browse all Mumbai pools at pools in Mumbai.

Olympic-named pools and Shahaji have had different published annual figures from the other BMC pools in earlier portal checks. Do not assume your neighbour's receipt is your price. Open the schedule for the pool in the table.

Club pools, hotel pools and gymkhana pools in Mumbai are not in this membership system. They are separate operators. If a listing is not a BMC page, this registration guide does not apply to it.

Documents needed for BMC pool membership

Take originals. The rules list them. A medical certificate is required in every category below. BMC's appendix says the certificate must state that the person has no skin disease or infectious disease and is fit to swim. That is BMC's requirement for the form. It is not a medical opinion from Roundhouse.

General member

• A government photo identity card.
• A government identity card with your residential address. One card can do both jobs if it has the photo and the address.
• The medical certificate.

School student, if you want the concession rate

• The same photo identity, address proof and medical certificate.
• A bona fide certificate from the school.
• The concession is available until age 15 is completed, or until class 10, whichever is earlier.

Senior citizen

• Photo identity, address proof and the medical certificate.
• Age 60 completed. A senior-citizen certificate, or any government document that records the date of birth.

Divyang citizen

• Photo identity, address proof and the medical certificate.
• A government certificate of disability of 40 percent or more.

BMC employee, retired BMC employee, or a sitting BMC councillor

• Photo identity, address proof and the medical certificate.
• An employment certificate or identity card, plus the current month's salary slip for a serving employee.
• For a retired employee: a copy of the pension book or the retired-employee identity card, and a copy of the pension bank account.
• For a councillor: a document that they hold the post. The concession is for sitting councillors. The rules say dismissed employees and dismissed councillors do not get it, and family members do not get the staff concession.

Sportsperson

• Photo identity, address proof and the medical certificate.
• Whatever further papers the fee schedule for that category asks for. The rules point you to the schedule rather than listing one document for every sport.

Children

• From age 3 (2 years completed) to 6 years: a parent or another responsible person must be a member and must be in the water with the child. That adult has to be at least 18, and must submit the undertaking in BMC's appendix 2. If the child is found swimming without that person, the administration can cancel the membership.
• From age 7 (6 years completed) to 18: a parent submits the undertaking in appendix 3.

If you registered in the wrong category, the rules allow you to pay the difference and complete the papers for the higher category. Do it carefully. If the category change is completed within 30 days of online registration, the rules say the membership is treated as active from the day of that change. If the papers and the difference are submitted after 30 days, they say it is treated as active from the original registration date. Read that twice before you assume a late correction gives you extra time.

The 7-day BMC pool office visit

This applies to annual members and, under a separate clause, to monthly and quarterly members.

Go to the office of the pool you joined, with the originals, within 7 days of the day you took the membership. Staff take the photograph. You do not stick a passport photo on the form and call it done.

What the rules say about timing:

• If you submit the documents within 7 days, the membership is active from the date the documents are verified.
• If you submit them after 7 days, the membership is active from the original registration date.

That second line is easy to misread. It does not say "take as long as you like." It says a late file is counted from the day you registered, so days you already paid for can pass before you are allowed in. Go in the first week.

Monthly and quarterly memberships use the same 7-day office visit and the same document list for your category. The rules add two limits: those shorter memberships are generally offered twice a year, the administration decides when, and they last only for the period BMC offered. If you cancel a monthly or quarterly membership, the rules say the fee is not refunded.

BMC swimming pool waiting list

The rules publish a paid waiting list for annual membership only:

• Pay Rs 590 plus GST if applicable, online, to put your name on the list. The portal writes this as "Rs 590 + GST (if applicable)."
• When a place is offered, pay the rest of the membership within 15 days. If you do not, the name is removed and the amount already paid is kept by BMC.
• Before a place is offered, you can ask online to leave the list. BMC keeps 20 percent as an administrative charge and returns the rest.
• After you have been told a place is available, the rules say you can no longer take your name off for a refund.

A waiting-list payment is not a membership. You still complete documents and the photograph when a full place is offered.

BMC swimming pool membership refund

The refund section is narrower than people expect.

• It applies to annual memberships, not to monthly or quarterly ones.
• More than 90 days must be left on the membership.
• The request has to be made online, from the member login BMC gave you.
• The rules say the admission fee and the renewal fee are not refunded. The refund they describe is the membership fee for the unused period after the surrender date.

If you selected the wrong pool, do not expect the office to rewrite it as a different pool. The rules say it will not be exchanged, and they point a refund to the refund clause. Keep the pool name on the form slow and boring. It is the field that is hardest to undo.

The portal also says the fee schedule is revised yearly under BMC's prevailing policy, and it cites circular CA/FRM/49 dated 7 February 2013 for that policy. It does not, on the page we read, print this year's percentage increase. A news article about a percentage is not a substitute for the schedule on your pool's page.

Questions to ask before you join a BMC pool

1. Is this pool taking new members today, or is the homepage closure about this pool?
2. What is the current fee for your category and duration on this pool's schedule, including any admission fee?
3. Which batch you would actually swim, including any women's hours. Confirm on the pool page. Do not reuse another pool's timetable.
4. Whether monthly or quarterly memberships are on sale right now. The rules say they are not available all year.
5. What the office will accept as the medical certificate, and whether a child needs the parent in the water.

Frequently asked questions

How do I join a BMC swimming pool in Mumbai?

Register on swimmingpool.mcgm.gov.in, pay online, then visit that pool's office within 7 days with the original documents. Staff take the photograph used at the face-recognition gate. Offline joining is closed, and renewal is online too.

Can I use one BMC membership at every municipal pool?

No. One membership is for one pool. You can pay separately for a second pool. A member may also buy a daily ticket at another BMC pool when there is space. The homepage does not print that daily price, so confirm it before you go.

What documents does BMC ask for?

A government photo identity card, proof of address, and a medical certificate that says you have no skin or infectious disease and are fit to swim. Students, seniors, divyang members, BMC staff and children need the extra papers listed for that category.

What does the waiting list cost?

The rules on the portal say Rs 590 plus GST if applicable, for the annual waiting list. Pay the balance within 15 days of being offered a place, or the name is cancelled and the amount paid is not returned. Leaving the list before an offer costs 20 percent as an administrative charge.

Are monthly memberships refundable?

The rules say no. If a monthly or quarterly member cancels, the fee paid is not refunded. Annual refunds have their own conditions, including more than 90 days left on the membership, and they exclude the admission and renewal fees.

Which BMC pools are closed?

On 11 November 2026 the homepage said Shahaji Raje Bhosale Kreeda Sankul bookings were closed for repairs from 2 November, and new membership and renewal at BKLP Mulund were closed for repairs from 23 March. General Arunkumar Vaidya was marked open for booking from 23 September 2026. Recheck the homepage. Those lines move.