If your baby is under six months of age, you can still get started with parent-led lessons. We offer a Little Dippers class beginning in May (assuming there’s enough interest), comparable to a “Baby & Me” lesson for ages 2-29 months. These lessons will be available once a week for 30 minutes per lesson with an instructor to help parents/caregivers get the baby comfortable in the water. In this class, parents will be in the water with the baby.

While our number one priority is water safety and teaching children to float on their back to breathe, most children master this skill between 4-5 weeks. This leaves us with the last week or two to have some fun while building confidence. We will teach them how to swim•float•swim across the pool (for our walking students), which is so fun for them! Our second priority is having fun in the water! We do our best to incorporate our slide, games, and toys to ensure that we get some playtime and do not always have to work. Next thing you know, your child will be crying because they have to get out of the pool.

The AAP recommends swim lessons as a layer of protection against drowning that can begin for many children starting at age 1.

The Colt Catalina Foundation works exclusively with Infant Aquatics® instructors to provide scholarships for families in need of tuition assistance. If your child is under four years old and needs tuition assistance, please reach out to the Colt Catalina Foundation or contact us to help get a scholarship for your child. 

We encourage you to plan your vacation around swim lessons. The consistency of regular attendance will set your child up for success. We understand that life is busy and things come up, so missing a lesson here or there is ok. Please know that you are paying for a time slot regardless of attendance. We offer makeup lessons at no additional charge if we have to cancel due to the weather. Please see the weather policy.

The instructor will cancel lessons if lightning is nearby. Please note that the weather can be quite different in your location than ours. We do not cancel lessons because it’s raining. The pool water is between 88 – 90 degrees, so your child will be warm while swimming. If the instructor has to cancel your lesson due to lightning, we will make up that lesson another day. If you choose to cancel your lesson when the instructor is still working, you are forfeiting your lesson for that day. Due to the unpredictable afternoon and evening weather during the monsoon season, we will only offer morning lessons during this time, typically during the session beginning in July.

Our survival swim program is private swim lessons. The instructor’s attention is only on your child, and your child is swimming the whole time. There is a lot involved in this learning process, and your child will be tired in the 10-12-minute window. Once fatigue sets in, the learning process is over. The key to your child’s success is working in short, consistent increments. It’s a short time commitment for lasting results!

Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children 1-4 years old. Getting your child safe in the water is a priority! Our focus is getting your child safe in the water in weeks, not years. Once your child completes our survival swim program, he will know how to respond if he ever encounters an aquatic accident. Once your toddler learns to roll over to float, relax and breathe, he will experience the pleasure of swimming and gain confidence.