Find & Compare Swim Instructors in Your Area!

Swim instructors teach water safety and swimming to infants, children and adults: parent-and-baby classes, survival-float lessons for toddlers, learn-to-swim levels for kids, stroke development for young competitors, adult beginner classes for people who never learned, and private lessons in a backyard pool. Parents come to this page before summer, after a scare, or because a child is ready for the swim team.

Instructors are not licensed, but recognized certifications exist, so ask whether the instructor holds a current water safety instructor credential, lifeguard training and CPR, and whether a lifeguard is on deck during lessons. Ask about the student-to-instructor ratio, the water temperature and depth for your child’s age, how long a lesson is, how many lessons a typical child needs to reach a given skill, and what happens if the pool closes for weather. For home lessons, ask whether the instructor carries liability insurance. Pricing is per lesson for private work and per session or package for group classes at a pool or club. Swimming sits alongside martial arts schools and gyms in this section for families building a routine.

The instructors on this page wrote their own listings, and a person reviewed each before publication. If you teach swimming, apply to get listed — free, and done in a few minutes.