Everyone knows summer in San Francisco is more about sweaters than swimming pools. But there's no need to fret. Intensive research has shown there are enough pools in San Francisco and the surrounding areas, bearing the promise of a dip, some al fresco food, and a strangely blissful Bay Area version of "summer." For the thrill seekers: there are the pools-as-cold-as-lakes. For those miserably rainy cold August days: there are spas with pools. And for the traditionalists: there’s the token hotel pool that's actually open to the public on occasion. Here, a mix of all of these and more to get you into swim gear at some point in the coming months.