Update: After…read moreposting this review, we did finally receive a voicemail from management apologizing for the experience and acknowledging the communication breakdown. While I appreciate the outreach, it came after more than five weeks of repeated requests made both in person and by phone. During that time, we were consistently told that someone would contact us, yet no one ever did. Unfortunately, by the time management reached out, we had already made the decision to cancel our membership and move on. We have since found a private certified swim instructor who is able to provide one-on-one instruction at half the cost of what we were planning on paying with Big Blue . More importantly, the communication was immediate, straightforward, and responsive. This review was never about whether private lessons were available. It was about customer service, follow-through, and communication. Had someone simply returned one of our many requests with an honest update, we likely would have remained customers. I genuinely appreciate the instructors who worked with our son over the past two+ years and wish them the best. However, the lack of responsiveness from management ultimately led us to take our business elsewhere.

Highly recommend Big Blue swim school! The swim school is professional from the office to the…read moreinstructors. We were looking to build on swimming skills for our 10-year-old son and we couldn't be any happier with the results. Instructors, Derek and Michelle are fantastic. They knew how to work with our son to teach him proper form, swim speed and confidence in the pool. Thank you, Big Blue Swim School!

My kids have been in Splashball (beginner water polo) for a few seasons and it has been an…read moreincredible experience for our family. As long as your child can swim independently and are familiar with a few different swim strokes, they are allowed to join. I have found these classes to be a great way to strengthen their swimming skills and getting them used to drills in the water. Beginner classes are 1 hour long on T/Th from 5-6pm and your kid will get a great workout! They also learn how to move their legs to swim in place, how to swim holding the ball, pass the ball, score and block. When they have enough skill they can move on to the next level, which is M/T/Th from 5-6:30pm. My son has loved this year-round team; even in the winter he is excited to show up. From my observations, these swim sports help children develop some serious grit; rain or shine, they go in the water ready to practice. The coaches have been great too (shout out to coach Jake! And the others too, I just haven't learned their names). They RARELY cancel practice, unless there are thunderstorms. And the absolute best part of this club: canceling/starting a subscription is SUPER easy. As long as you give them notice in a timely manner, they just pause/restart your subscription without penalties or tricks like a lot of other places do. I highly recommend!

Our granddaughter, 10yrs. old, has attended O. C. Riptide Aquatic's, located at Oceanview High…read moreSchool in Huntington Beach, speciality swim programs for the past 2 years. This years coach, Mark Johnson, coached the Junior Life Guard Preparation (our granddaughter attended 3 months, and successfully glided through Huntington Beach State Junior Guard assessment testing) and Summer Swim Team Introduction program. Both programs were coached exceptionally by Coach Mark! Coach Mark is an outstanding swim instructor with a longstanding, exceptional background in instructional aquatics, both in the pool and the ocean. His interpersonal skills and teaching methodology with kids was outstanding. Our family highly recommends O.C. Riptide Aquatics and Coach Mark Johnson.

I almost don't want to write this review, because I want to keep the gem of an instructor, Isabella…read moreK., at this location a secret. Six months seems like a good time to really attest to the quality of swim lessons my sister has with Isabella, her swim instructor. We went in hoping with all our might that my sister would be paired with a good instructor who has experience with individuals with special needs. At the beginning, I tried to find reviews on specific instructors and times that worked best, and ultimately, with sheer dumb luck, we chose Isabella. That decision has been a very fortunate luck of the draw for my sister to have Isabella for her instructor. We had very low expectations for my sister's goal in learning to swim. However, with Isabella's guidance, care, compassion, and immense patience, my sister's progress has exceeded our expectations. Isabella is a wonderful instructor who embodies warmth, positivity, and is firm even when she brings on new challenges for growth, which is perfect for my sister. With her compassion and kindness, Isabella has managed to make major progress with my sister to allow swimming goggles to be placed over her eyes. For nearly all her life, my sister has hated being submerged under water, goggles over her eyes, or anything over her face, but Isabella has been able to change that and help my sister grow in less than a year. Isabella is efficient and effective as a swim instructor. Isabella offers a safe and welcoming space for her students, including and especially those with special needs. Waterworks Aquatics is lucky to have such a great instructor as Isabella K., whose technical skills are just as wonderful as her care and empathetic nature to her students and the family she works with. She deserves to be recognized for her work, kindness, and patience. I do want to mention, this location is a heated pool facility, with a separate play look, is kept clean overall, and the bathrooms are decent in cleanliness. Parking also usually isn't an issue. My only complaint, and this is regarding the application/portal, is that often from my use, it has glitched where I can't always find the specific instructor. I've had to screen cap and send this over so the company can work with IT but it has happened a few times now. This is more of a technical critique and not related at all to the instructor nor facility.

It was just a waste of time just to ask for a tour and more information about a swimming class at…read morethis location. The first day I called in as I was in front of the gate just to see if there was any possibility that we can talk with any staff here for a swimming class. The representative on the phone said there was no one work at that time, so I requested a tour at noon the next day. She confirmed that there will have a front desk staff working at that time and she will let the staff know. She did not ask for my name. The next day, before we came, i called again just to make sure there was somebody that can walk us around, the rep on the phone said just go there and the front desk staff will take you for a tour. We came, called again, the staff at this location said she could not take us for a tour as she will need to go for lunch at 12:00 by law. We said that we will come back at 2pm and she was ok that she will help us at that time. We came at 2pm, called back and the response is she cannot take me for a tour if it is no schedule. So we know that we should never come back here again

I am so happy I found these guys. My 7yr old wants to do Jr Lifeguards. I really believe they will…read moreget him where he needs to be for the next tryout, I noticed a huge difference after the 1st day he went. He loves coming here. My 7yr old also surfs and my mind is a bit more at ease knowing he has strong fundamentals from Splash Aquatics.

My son just joined the team 1 month ago. He makes a big…read moreprogress already in four strokes and becomes a bit stronger. Thank you all the coaches!!

Our 5 year old son had previous swimming lessons last summer, and although the lessons got him…read moreadjusted to the water, the skills didn't translate to going swimming with the family and feeling confident in the water. This summer we found Jump Start and had Chloe as his instructor. He only completed 6 lessons - but she helped him so much! He went from being scared in a pool to going to Palm Springs this past weekend and being able to jump in the water alone, swim to safety, and play for hours on end in the water. It was absolutely INCREDIBLE to watch as his mom. Thank you so much, Chloe!! It's always hard to tell if the lessons will translate into the real world, and they truly did... we will be back next summer!

This is our 5th summer with Jump Start Swimming and we are definitely coming back next year! We…read morehave spent the last three summers taking lessons with Ms. Madison who has been very effective in helping my three children become more confident swimmers. My 10 year old and 8 year old were in semi-private lessons together and Ms. Maddie handled them well. My youngest, now 6 years old, can sometimes be a little stubborn but she complied during private lessons with Ms. Madison Le and Ms. Sofia Fex. Thank you both for making swim lessons fun for my children =) I'd also like to mention that Jump Start Swimming offers lessons to individuals with special needs. Overall, I recommend this business to anyone looking for affordable, 30 minute swim lessons during the summer months. See you next year!

We have had a few lessons with Sophie now and my son is really showing progress! At under 2 years…read moreold I was unsure how fast he would catch on, but he is doing great and Sophie has a wonderful method to teach at the pace the child needs. Highly recommend!

Our 4-year old daughter has now had 7 lessons with teacher Jake, and she is making incredible…read moreprogress. During her last lesson, she jumped in the deep end and swam the entire length of the pool by herself. We were so proud of her!!! She loves teacher Jake and he does a great job encouraging her, and also correcting/challenging her when needed. Private lessons in Orange County are expensive, but with MerMade and teacher Jake, you will definitely get your money's worth!

My 9 year old was terrified of trying to swim. She didn't like putting her face inside the water…read moreand would just depend on the wall a lot. She started on June 16 2025, she is now confident & thanks to all the teachers, she is comfortable with swimming. You guys are the best! Thank you soooo much. Very affordable and schedules are very convenient. I recommend GWC if you are looking for good, friendly staff that have patience with kids, this is the place to take your kids.

Before finding GWC SWIM in the middle of last summer, we went to a local popular swim school. It…read morewas much more expensive and my 4 year old daughter was not getting adequate instruction to progress in her swimming. Thank goodness we found swim lessons at GWC! The pricing is reasonable, especially since it's thirty minute sessions versus only 20 mins at other spots. When my daughter transitioned from the other spot, we just wanted her to enjoy swimming and being in the water. The teacher she had last year (Daniella) gave her the confidence she lost during at the other school. This year, I signed her up for all four sessions as soon as I was able to! During our first session, at the minnow level, we met Dannie, who was amazing!! She is kind and patient, and very encouraging. I took my daughter to wild rivers after the first week/session and it was great seeing how confident my daughter was in the water, and seeing her apply what she learned. My daughter is now in her second session and has expressed she wants to request for Dannie in her third session starting next week! As a testament to GWC and Dannie, I posted videos of my daughter on my social media page each day of that first session with Dannie. Because of the visual evidence of my daughter's growth in just one week with Dannie, three families we know have signed up with GWC for the remaining sessions! I highly recommend trying GWC SWIM this summer!!

My daughter took swimming classes here and learned how to swim thanks to the amazing instructors…read more She always enjoyed coming here, and I'm very happy with our experience. The instructors and staff are friendly, supportive, and professional. She also joined volleyball classes and really enjoyed them too. We're very thankful for this place!

Aquatone fitness classes are just the best! I attend Monday and Wednesday at 8:15am. Dawnette…read morepushes us with each class and continues to keep it hard and fresh each class. She is just the best!