Click on the levels below to see what classes are offered. To enroll, create an account here and find the classes that work for you and your family.
Please sign your child up for their appropriate skill level. If you are unsure which level is appropriate, please visit FAQ page . Please arrive 5 minutes early to ensure an on time start. Time will not be made up for students who arrive late.
Starfish (Water safety Level 1):
Students will learn the following skills with support:
- Hold breath for 3-5 seconds
- Starfish float for 5-10 seconds
- 3 pizza arms (Breaststroke)
- 4 ice cream scoopers (Freestyle)
- Elementary backstroke with support
Starfish 1: 3 -5 years old
Starfish 2: 5 – 7 years old
Pufferfish (Water safety Level 2):
Students will learn the following skills with minimal support:
- 3 pizzas underwater
- 4 ice cream scoopers underwater
- Starfish float for 10 seconds
- Elementary backstroke with minimal support
Pufferfish 1: 3 -5 years old
Pufferfish 2: 5 – 8 years old
Turtles (Water safety Level 3):
Students will learn the following skills independently:
- 3 pizzas underwater
- 4 ice cream scoopers underwater
- Starfish float for 10 seconds
- Combine 3 pizzas and float (swim and float method)
- Pass the water safety test by performing these skills independently:
-Jump into the deep end and swim safely back to the wall
-Do 3 sets of elementary backstroke
-Tread water for 30 seconds
-Understand healthy boundaries of water. Know what to do if stuck in a
current, and how to wear a lifejacket.
Snappers (Stroke Development Level 4):
Students will learn the following skills independently:
- Freestyle with side breathing 15 yards
- Backstroke 15 yards
- Complete a sitting dive
Leatherbacks (Stroke Development Level 5):
Students will learn the following skills independently:
- Breaststroke for 15 yards
- Butterfly for 15 yards
- Complete kneeling and standing dives
- Summersault underwater (flip turn)
Terrapins (Stroke Development Level 6)
(No classes currently offered, please request!)
Students will learn the following skills independently:
- Freestyle 25 yards with flip turn
- Backstroke 25 yards with flip turn
- Breaststroke 25 yards with open turn
- Butterfly 25 yards with open turn
- Standing and racing dives
Private Lessons: These classes are for individual students with one-on-one instruction with a coach. Additional siblings or friend of similar level and abilities may be added for a fee of $10/lesson. Lessons with Coach Lu are at a premium rate of $90/30 min.
If your child is under 3, you can sign up for a private class and we can do a “Parent and Me” class with a grown up in the water with the child and Coach.
Private lessons will be $50 per lesson. If you are signing up siblings of similar age and skill level in the same semi-private class, please contact us and we will add them manually. There will be a $10/lesson charge for additional siblings. (All children under the age of 3, we recommend starting with either private lessons or water babies, parent and me classes).
Group lessons will be $25 per lesson with no more than 3 students per class for levels 1 – 3 and no more than 4 students per class for level 4 – 6.
Pool Locations:
OCP = Oregon City Pool (Indoor)
1211 Jackson St.
Oregon City, OR 97045
NCA = North Clackamas Aquatic Center (Indoor)
7300 SE Harmony Rd.
Milwaukie, OR 97222
WVP = Westview Pool (Outdoor)
18785 Westview Drive
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
HSP = Hidden Springs Pool (Outdoor)
6200 Clubhouse Circle
West Linn, OR 97068
SBP = Sweetbriar Pool (Outdoor)
19707 S. Sweetbriar Rd.
West Linn, OR 97068
Visit our FAQ page for more information.
We serve students from West Linn, Oregon City, Lake Oswego, Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Wilsonville, Canby and beyond!
