Pool day passes in Dubai: hotel and resort pool access

A day pass gets you a hotel or resort pool, a sunbed and often the beach, without booking a room. In Dubai, where the weekend falls on Saturday and Sunday, it is how many residents spend their days off, and how visitors staying in the city get pool access on Palm Jumeirah, Bluewaters or the Marina.

Each venue builds its pass differently: pool only, pool and beach, or a full resort day with meals included. The listing below shows the passes you can book online, with prices in dirhams (AED).

Swimming pools in Dubai you can access with a day pass

• Resort pools on Palm Jumeirah: Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort opens its temperature-controlled lagoons and infinity pool next to a 400-metre beach, while Rixos The Palm Dubai sells an all-inclusive day pass with breakfast and lunch.
• Pool clubs by the sea: on West Beach and The Shoreline, Kyma Beach and Tagomago combine a pool deck with a restaurant, music and access to the sea.
• Bluewaters Island: at La Cantine Beach, a family pool and an adults-only pool sit side by side, next to the beach and pool sunbeds of Delano Dubai.
• Dubai Marina, JBR and Dubai Harbour: Be Beach Dubai sells pool sunbeds in first and second row, Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort combines beach and pool access, and Mare by Bussola at The Westin adds an evening swim pass.
• Ajman, north of Dubai: Al Zorah Beach Resort has an 85-metre temperature-controlled pool, dedicated pools for younger guests and a kids' club, set beside protected mangroves.

How much is a pool day pass in Dubai?

Prices start at 86 AED per person at Cabana on the Beach, on The Shoreline. Most passes cost between 100 and 250 AED, at venues such as Be Beach Dubai, Aloft Palm Jumeirah, Tagomago, La Cantine Beach and Kyma Beach. Resorts sit higher: from 250 AED at Delano Dubai and Al Zorah, 300 AED at Anantara and 599 AED for the all-inclusive pass at Rixos The Palm.

Many passes turn part of the price into credit for food and drinks: the full amount for sunbeds at Cabana on the Beach and Kyma Beach, 80% on one of Riva Beach Club's packages, 60% at Al Zorah and 50% at Delano Dubai. Others work as an entry fee, or include meals, as at Rixos. Weekends and cabanas cost more than a weekday sunbed.

Pool day pass or beach club?

Most passes on this page include both pool and beach, so the deciding point is the setting: resort calm, family facilities or a music-led pool deck. If the sea matters more than the pool, the page on beach clubs in Dubai compares venues stretch by stretch along the coast.

Adults-only pools and family pools

• Adults only: the pool at Tagomago is open to guests aged 21 and over, Bla Bla Beach in JBR is a 21+ venue, and La Cantine Beach and Mare by Bussola keep adults-only areas.
• Families: kids' clubs or children's facilities at Al Zorah, Delano Dubai, Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort and Rixos The Palm, and a family pool at La Cantine Beach.

When to book a pool day pass in Dubai

From October to April, weekends and public holidays fill first, at resorts as much as at beach clubs. In summer the heat changes priorities: temperature-controlled pools, shade and indoor restaurants matter more than the beach. Booking ahead fixes the price and the seating instead of relying on what is left at the door.

What to check before booking

• Pool, beach or both: the pass name lists the areas included.
• Seating: pool sunbed, bed or cabana, first or second row.
• Credit or meals: the share of the price you spend on site.
• Time slot: some venues sell half-day or evening passes.
• Restaurant booking: a table alone does not include pool access.

Compare the passes below by pool, price and atmosphere, then book online. For every other way to book a sunbed in Dubai, by beach, pool or resort, see the Dubai page.