At JustSwim, we teach swimming every week, and we keep an eye on good independent swim schools around the world. When real schools in the same field point to each other, it helps families find all of us.
Here are some of the independent swim schools whose work we admire, in no particular order.
D Swim Academy
D Swim Academy offers swimming lessons for babies, children, and adults across multiple locations in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, and Penang. Programs range from parent-and-baby water awareness classes to squad training, artistic swimming, and water polo.
Harry Wright International
Harry Wright International has offered structured swimming lessons in Hong Kong since 1975, with programmes for infants, children, adults, and competitive swimmers. Classes run at several venues including South China Athletic Association in Causeway Bay, Kellett School in Kowloon Bay, Club Siena in Discovery Bay, and Aberdeen Marina Club.
Subang Swim Academy
Subang Swim Academy offers swimming lessons and coaching programs for children and adults in Subang, Malaysia. Their coaches provide private lessons, group clinics, and structured courses for swimmers at all levels.
Swim Life Academy
Swim Life Academy offers private and group swimming lessons for kids and adults across Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, including locations like Mont Kiara, Bangsar, and Bukit Jalil. Instructors can come to your condo or bungalow, and the program covers both swimming technique and water survival skills.
Luv2Swim
Luv2Swim runs a private swimming studio in Carrowbrowne, about 5km from Galway City, offering one-to-one lessons for children and adults alongside stroke analysis and aqua fit sessions. Their heated endless pool uses a adjustable current system to suit everyone from first-time swimmers to triathletes.
Duck & Dive Swim School
Duck and Dive is a family run swim school in Sydney offering structured water safety and swimming lessons for babies, toddlers, and children up to age 8 across inner west, north shore, and St George locations.
AquaGym
AquaGym is a swim school in Christchurch, New Zealand, offering lessons for babies, children, and adults seven days a week.
Family Aquatics
Family Aquatics runs a private swim school for families in Brendale, Queensland.
Mairangi Swim School
Mairangi Swim School has offered learn to swim classes for babies, toddlers, children, and adults on Auckland’s North Shore since 1984, with small class sizes and flexible schedules at their family friendly facility in Mairangi Bay.
Des Johns Swimming
Des Johns Swim is a family-owned swim school in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast offering lessons for infants through to adults in a purpose-built pool facility.
Frankie Frog Swim School
Frankie Frog Swim School offers learn-to-swim lessons for children in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Dolphinz Swim School
Dolphinz Swim School has been offering children’s swimming lessons for ages three months and up in a warm saltwater pool at 130 Ohaupo Road in Melville, Hamilton, since 1997.
aquabuddies.com.au
AquaBuddies Swim School offers swimming lessons for children at locations in Coogee and Bondi in Sydney, Australia.
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