Swim Lessons at Splash!

Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center offers year-round swim lessons for all ages and ability levels. Morning and evening classes are available to fit your busy schedule.

Not sure which class level is right for you? Click the Guide To Swim Lessons button below.

Guide to Swim Lessons

Swim Lessons

Starbabies & Me

This class introduces infants and toddlers to the water in a fun and loving environment. Adults who accompany participants will be taught safety and drowning prevention. Parents or caregivers are taught the proper techniques to teach their infants and toddlers how to float, submerge, move in water and rollover. Classes incorporate songs and activities to meet the swim skill benchmarks. Safety skill benchmarks are designed to educate parents or caregivers.

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Preschool Starfish

Preschool children will focus on developing a high comfort level in the water and a readiness to swim. Children will be introduced to functional swim skills like trust and submersion, body positions, air recovery, rotary movement, forward movement, direction change and age appropriate safety skills.

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Starfish Swim School

This class allows participants to acquaint themselves with the aquatic environment. Topics covered in this class include, breathing control, floating, prone glide, back float, arm strokes, kicking, and other elementary skills.

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Starfish Pre-Stroke

This class is designed for participants who have developed the elementary skills of swimming. Participants will be able to develop the freestyle stroke and backstroke techniques. In addition, children will be taught safety skills, self-rescue skills, and be introduced to the butterfly stroke. Prerequisite: Starfish Swim School.

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Starfish Stroke

This class will review previous level swimming skills and introduce new swimming strokes. This class is designed to improve stamina and coordination. Participants will learn breaststroke, sidestroke, and safety skills. Prerequisite: Pre-Stroke School

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Pre-Competitive

Participants will improve swimming skills by refining the competitive strokes learned in previous classes. Participants will also be prepared for competitive swimming. Flip turns, competitive starts and dives will also be taught. Prerequisite: Starfish Stroke School. This class may be repeated.

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Adult Swim – Beginning

This class is a basic swim course for adults learning to swim. Participants will be taught floating and basic stroke techniques. This class will introduce front crawl and elementary backstroke skills. No previous skills required.

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Private

This individual class is designed to teach swimming skills depending on the skill level of the participant. Participants will begin with fundamentals and work up to competitive skills.

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Adaptive

This class is designed for students who can function in a 2 to 1 student to instructor ratio. Students who need additional assistance are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult. Private classes are available.

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Please call (562) 902-3191 for additional information on swim lessons.

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General Information

Diapered guests must wear approved reusable plastic swim pants in all pools and attractions.

Swim lesson participants are recommended to bring the following items to class:

• Swim suit

• Towel

• Sunblock

• Change of clothes

Swim lessons will be held rain or shine. The only time we cancel lessons is in severe weather including lightning and/or thunder.