You can learn to swim or improve your strokes in one of our swimming lessons. Due to COVID-19, swimming lessons will look much different than they have before. Only private, semi-private, and low ratio classes will be offered. All preschool and swim kids level 3 and lower will require a parent in the water with their child. Instructors must physical distance in order to keep everyone safe.
For swimming lesson details and schedules, view the:
Red Cross swim preschool levels
If your child is 4 months to 6 years, this is the program for you. Parented classes are based on age (Starfish, Duck, Sea Turtle) and un-parented classes, beginning at age three, are based on skills completed.
Starfish (4-12 months) |
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Babies and their caregivers work on getting wet, floating and moving, front, back position in the water, and shallow water entries and exits. |
Duck (12-24 months) |
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Babies and their caregivers work on rhythmic breathing, moving forward and backward, front and back floats and shallow water entries and exits. |
Sea Turtle (24-36 months) |
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Toddlers and their caregivers work on front and back floats, glides, and jumping into chest-deep water |
Sea Otter (3-5 years) |
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Swimmers work with their instructor on front and back floats, glides, kicking on front, and a 1-metre distance swim. |
Salamander (3-5 years) |
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Swimmers work on front and back floats, glides and jumps into chest-deep water and a 2-metre distance swim on their own. |
Sunfish (3-6 years) |
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Swimmers work on kick and glide on front and back, enter deep water safely, float in deep water, swim with a P.F.D. and complete a 5-metre distance swim. |
Crocodile (3-6 years) |
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Swimmers further develop front and back glides with kick, front and back swims, jumps into deep water, and a 10-metre distance swim. |
Whale (3-6 years) |
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Swimmers increase their distance on front and back glide with kick, front and back swims in deep water, learns sitting dives, and a 15-metre distance swim. |
Red Cross Swim Kids
If your child is 6 years and up, this is the program for them.
Swim Kids 1 |
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No previous swimming experience is required. Children who are 5 years, and have never taken lessons, may begin here. Swimmers learn front and back floats, flutter kick (assisted), shallow water entries and exits, and a 5-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 2 |
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Swimmers learn front and back glides with flutter kick, front swim, deep-water activities (assisted), and a 10-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 3 |
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Swimmers increase their distance on front and back glides with flutter kick, swim with a P.F.D. in deep water, float in deep water (unassisted), and a 15-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 4 |
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Swimmers learn back swim and front crawl (10-metres), flutter kick on back, kneeling dive, sculling, and a 25-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 5 |
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Swimmers further develop front crawl (15-metres), learn back crawl (15-metres), whip kick on back, stride dives, treading water, head-first sculling on back, and a 50-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 6 |
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Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (25-metres), learn elementary backstroke (15-metres), learn dolphin kick, tread water, front dive, and a 75-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 7 |
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Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (50-metres), and elementary backstroke (25-metres), learn front sculling, whip kick on front, stride entries, further develop dolphin kick, and a 150-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 8 |
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Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (75-metres), elementary backstroke (25-metres), learn breaststroke (15-metres), eggbeater kick with treading water, feet-first surface dives, standing shallow dive, and a 300-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 9 |
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Swimmers increase their distance and improve their front and back crawl (100-metres), elementary backstroke (50-metres) and breaststroke (25-metres), learn sidestroke kick, headfirst surface dives, and a 400-metre distance swim. |
Swim Kids 10 |
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Swimmers increase their distance and further improve their front and back crawl (100-metres), elementary backstroke (50-metres) and breaststroke (50-metres), learn sidestroke (25-metres), vertical dolphin kick, headfirst surface dives with an underwater swim, and a 500-metre distance swim. |
Red Cross Swim Teens and Adults
You can register online for swimming lessons for ages 13+. These group lessons are available in two levels; Beginner and Intermediate.
Swim Teens and Adults – Beginner Class |
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This level is for beginners to learn the basics of swimming and to become more comfortable in the water. Red Cross Swim Basics 1 and Swim Basics 2 cover the 7 steps to develop a swimmer (shallow water orientation, submersions, floats, glides, glides with kick, sculling, and deep-water orientation). |
Swim Teens and Adults – Intermediate Class |
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This level is for swimmers wanting to improve their strokes and skills. Swimmers must be comfortable in deep water and be able to tread water for 1-minute and swim 25-metres continuously. |