We had a very enjoyable experience working with Kate, the owner. She is very patient and positive…read moreand makes learning how to swim fun. I like the one on one class as opposed to group classes. Her pool is always clean and I always felt very comfortable that Kate was in control and my child was safe with her. Her policy is very straightforward and uncomplicated when it comes to cancelling for sickness etc which makes it another big plus for a busy mom.

We found Head Above Water a few years ago and instantly felt that we found a gem of a swim school…read more Both my kids learned how to swim with them and my older daughter now knows four different strokes! I loved that they evolved their instructions with my kids' age. Andrew was very playful and patient and made my kids comfortable in the water when they were younger. And later, Giles taught them to focus on improving their strokes. My kids always looked forward to swim classes.

Good instructors-…read more But the office....bad in returning clients inquiries...heard it from our friends that I recommended them too as well...I thought it was just us. This rating is only for the way the office handles their potential clients. But so far, happy with our instructor last year---let's see this year.

What a great experience! When searching for swim lessons I was hesitant because my little one is so…read moreyoung (9 months). But I was reassured once speaking and meeting with our amazing instructor Matthew. He called before the sessions to go over details, answering any and all questions. He had great positive energy and worked great with the infants. We loved our instructor so much we signed up for another round of sessions!!! Thank you kid swim for getting us your number one man Matthew.

H2O Swim Team has been one of the best investments I've ever made for my child. The coaches are…read morevery professional, friendly, and they teach the kids extremely well. My daughter absolutely loves being there. She even wants to train seven days a week before her swimming lessons start! We tried many other activities before, including ballet, martial arts, and even private swim lessons at the YMCA, but after a couple of months she usually didn't want to continue. With H2O Swim Team, it's completely different. She is excited to go every time, and you can really see her confidence and skills improving. In my opinion, it's one of the best activities for children in Santa Monica. I only wish we had discovered it sooner.

H20 is where my son has learned to love swimming. He's been advancing here over the past year and a…read morehalf from someone who could barely swim a lap of freestyle to now competing in swim meets in every stroke! They offer private classes and small groups for beginners while their more advanced groups are still small to get extra attention.

Anna at Hall Swim Academy is an excellent teacher…read more Two years ago, my son (who was 7 at the time) was going to another swim school and was doing ok but advancing slowly. As part of that school's safety training, they threw him in the water wearing street clothes. He was doing ok for about 30 seconds but then panicked and started to sink so one of the teachers had to jump in and pull him out. (It was partially my fault since I mistakenly had him wear long pants that absorbed water). Anyhow, he freaked out and got very scared. We continued to go to that school for several more weeks but he stagnated with his training and the teacher became frustrated and tried to push him too hard so he had a melt down. Fast forward two years, I started taking him to the Hall Swim Academy west LA location about 2 months ago and he started trying again to learn how to swim with Anna. Anna is extremely kind and patient with kids. She demonstrates what she wants him to do and corrects mistakes in his floating and swim strokes and has him repeat as necessary. She is able to recognize how much to push and when to give him more space and repeats instructions as necessary. He loves going to swim class with Anna and is motivated to learn so he can swim with his friends at summer camp. Yesterday, he had two major breakthroughs. He spent most of the class in the pool without wearing goggles which he previously refused to do. Then, on his own, he decided he wanted to try the swim test. So, he put on street clothes over his swim suit, jumped in the water, floated on his back for 20 seconds and then easily swam to the side of the pool and climbed out on his own. He was so proud of himself for overcoming his fear and is now looking forward to his next class with Anna. I am very grateful to Anna for her kindness, professionalism, excellent teaching skills and being such a good motivator. Thank you!!

Both of our children had such a wonderful experience with Swim Hall Academy! All the teachers are…read moretop-notch and wonderful with children. We can't recommend them enough.

Clean facilities and really friendly staff. This gym also has many different classes and…read moreexperiences to offer.

Parking is ridiclous! How dare they charge you to park in that terrible lot that you can't get in…read moreand out of when it's busy. Staff is rude and dismissive. Lobby smelled as if there was a gas leak for a week when I mentioned it to the annoyed woman at the desk, without looking up at me, she said I don't smell anything got up and walked away.

Swim With Heart is, in all honesty, the best swim program in Santa Monica. It is a swim program…read morededicated to teaching kids with special needs how to swim, and I have seen first hand how it has changed the lives of so many "lil' sharkies' (the team mascot is a shark). I have witness children timidly coming to the pool, and then lighting up with such huge personalities while they are in the water. Coach Mikey and her staff pay such close attention to these swimmers - they make sure that these little sharks learn how to swim with ease, confidence, and perfect form too! I personally swam on the SWH Masters team - I was one of Mikeys first Master Swimmers when she started the program in 2012. I am a seasoned swimmer (have been swimming since age 8) and swimming with SWH Masters is hands down the best and greatest swim team experience. Our swim practices are fun and we are always laughing and enjoying our swim sets (Don't get me wrong, we still worked hard in our sets, but we finished each practice with a smile). Coach Mikey is truly a beautiful person inside and out, she changes lives and empowers children to believe in themselves while also making their bodies stronger through swimming. These kids are always having fun in their lessons, and when they step onto the pool deck they literally jump for joy when they see Coach Mikey. The facility they swim out of, Santa Monica College, has a two beautiful pools - one is olympic sized, and the other is a smaller lap pool, but is heated and so awesome. You will love it!

Anyone who wants/needs TLC to learn how to swim needs to take advantage of this wonderful…read moreorganization.

worse scheduling and terrible communication. would not recommend for swim lessons. Took 4 months to…read morefulfill 10 swim lessons. My child still doesn't know how to swim. waste of money for $70 per class for group sessions.

Amy (the director) is super helpful and she went out of her way to find a time that was working for…read moreus. We had one lesson with Shawn and immediately decided to sign up for 16 more... Shawn is such a great coach. He's engaging, calm and poised. He seamlessly redirect kids to stay on task and find fun and goal-driven activities. He really pushes the limits of what kids can do, while being reassuring and supportive. Just awesome coach and director!

My four and a half year old daughter went from being scared to dunk her head to swimming on her own…read morefor the width of the pool in the matter of a few weeks. We did a couple days of the immersive class with her and after the second day she was laughing and loving every second with teacher Jackie. She loved it so much that after the end of the four day immersive classes (45minute 1:1s) she wanted to keep doing classes. So we signed her up for a few more 1:1s once a week. After a couple more of them, she was jumping off the deep end, floating, swimming back to the ledge and pulling herself out all by herself. The patience and joy teacher Jackie brought was worth every penny!

We love CC Swim Academy! Our older son did months of lessons at another facility and would never…read moreput his head underwater. It was torture going there week after week seeing other kids advance and our guy stay at level 1. We took a big break from lessons until we found CC Swim Academy and Ali in particular, who is a fantastic instructor. Now, with two little ones, 5 and 3, we dove headfirst into lessons and they both progressed so quickly. Ali has taught them the building blocks of swimming and it was amazing to watch. They've now learned so much and Ali has made them really comfortable in the water. They jump in the pool, do flips, go on water slides, etc. All things that take confidence they learned from Ali.