Pool season is upon us! It’s that time of year when it’s just too hot to play outside unless water is involved- and I can’t tell you how valuable the peace of mind is to know my children are strong, avid swimmers. Annual swimming lessons, every summer, are part of my core summer memories from childhood. I’ve always loved the water, and I found knowing how to navigate it empowering; back then, as a child, and now as a mother to my own two little fish.
If you’re wondering whether your child could use a refresher on their swimming skills, or if swimming lessons can help your child finally ditch their Puddle Jumper this summer, start here! This guide to swim lessons in Houston includes swim schools that offer lessons of all kinds for all ages, all year round, in all areas of Houston and surrounding suburbs.
British Swim School
British Swim School is the premier learn-to-swim provider for people of all ages, offering programs for children ages 3-months through adults. They use gentle teaching methods and a survival-first approach to help people of all experience levels become safer, stronger swimmers. Their safe, fun, and effective instructional program has made it the preferred choice for parents and students for over 40 years! Don’t spend another summer stressed out and anxious about your child’s safety in the pool. With multiple locations all over the Greater Houston area, you’re sure to find a British Swim School near you. Check out their website to learn more and sign up for lessons today!
Texas Swim Academy
Texas Swim Academy is an award winning learn-to-swim facility that has been serving the Katy community for 20 years. Texas Swim specializes in rapid, but gentle, learning of lifesaving swim and float skills for infants and children ages 6 months and up. Your child can learn lifesaving swim skills in weeks, not years!
Early swim lessons set a positive foundation towards a lifetime of participation in a variety of water sports and aquatic adventures. The goal at Texas Swim Academy is to provide the families in Katy and the greater Houston area access to a result-oriented swimming program. They advance students from water safety to confident water enjoyment.
With five 12 x 12 indoor pools, Texas Swim Academy is a year-round facility that offers both private and group swim lessons. The pools are heated to keep students comfortable. A passion for water safety is the driving force in all they do. They have Certified Infant Survival Swim specialists and TSA trained stroke development instructors. Their methods are effective due to consistency and repetitive teachings they provide.
Find Texas Swim Academy on Facebook, Instagram, or by phone at 832-437-6186.
Memorial Athletic Club
The Learn to Swim program at Memorial Athletic Club has been an authorized Red Cross Swim Lesson Provider since 1989. They have taught tens of thousands of west Houston kids and adults. The program utilizes the Red Cross curriculum and all instructors are Water Safety Instructors, the highest level of accreditation available. Class options begin with Parent and Child and move all the way up to their Youth AquaFit conditioning program for competitive swimmers’ training.
Most of the Learn to Swim classes are semi-private, with private sessions available upon request. Each child is carefully placed in appropriate levels to maximize their time in the water and successes. Primary registration dates are August 1st, December 1st, and April 1st. However, various time slots are available for registration throughout the year. Lessons are conducted year-round in our indoor pool. The water temperature is continuously 86-87 degrees.
You can find Memorial Athletic Club on Facebook and Instagram. Please email inquires to [email protected].
More Swim Schools in the Greater Houston area:
With locations all over town including Cypress, Katy, League City, Pearland, Sharpstown, and Sugarland, Houston Swim Club is one of the gold star standards for swimming lessons in the Houston area. Personally, we loved the one-way mirrors from the observation deck at the Katy location; we can see our children swimming but they can’t see us through the mirrored glass! Genius!
Emler Swim School is Texas-raised but is expanding nationally. In our area they have locations in Meyerland, Clear Lake, Vintage Park, Spring-Klein, and Katy. They provide semester-based, year round classes beginning at 2 months old, and they offer 20 different curriculums which enables them to customize the classes to each student’s needs and skill level. Emler even offers a 100% guarantee that they can teach your child to swim.
This nationwide chain has locations in Houston, Katy, and Sugarland. They provide swimming instruction from age 4 months and up, offering year round, once weekly swimming lessons, as well as “jump start” clinics which are a week of daily swimming lessons for a more intensified learning experience.
Located in Tomball, Start Swimming Now is an indoor facility serving all ages, because “It’s never too late to learn and it’s also never too early!” They offer year round swimming lessons, homeschool PE programs, as well as water safety talks and presentations.
Pengu Swim School has several locations in our area including Cypress, Houston, Katy, and Sugarland. Their school was born from a mission of creating safety and fun around swimming. Choose custom lessons and flexible times, as well as private swimming lessons. Look for a weeklong intensive “headstart” clinic, offered year round, or a 1-2 week long summer clinic to boost your little swimmer’s ability quickly.
This swim school in Humble believes “swimming is a life skill” and that consistency leads to greater competency- they offer lessons and clinics for every age and ability, including swim camps for beginners and swimmers looking to gain skills and stroke clinics for more seasoned swimmers.
Aqua-Tots touts itself as “the world wide leader in swim instruction” and aims to get your child swimming with safety and confidence. They have locations in Cypress, Humble, Katy, Missouri City, Pearland, Pasadena, and Spring Klein. Aqua-Tots offers clubs, teams, and lessons from parent and baby classes all the way through advanced levels.
Harris County Aquatics Center offers swimming instruction on a first come, first serve basis for children aged 6-18, so apply early for their programs. Classes are offered year-round in three different sessions. Swimming lessons are offered in four week sessions with class twice a week: Spring (February through April), Summer (June through July) and Fall (September through December).
Saint Street Swim in River Oaks is family owned and every instructor is a certified lifeguard. They use a gentle approach and specialize in working with beginners. Class sizes are small with a 3-1 student-to-instructor ratio, and are offered for ages six months and up.
Housed within Divetech in Memorial, Power Packed Swimming offers group or private lessons for all skill levels. Their indoor pool has an adjustable depth for different abilities, too. Though there are a variety of different lessons to choose from, Power Packed Swimming offers Summer Everyday Classes from 9-11 am which might easily fit into your summer schedule!
Swim Houston Aquatics Center in Houston offers lessons in their indoor facility, but also boasts a state-of-the-art outdoor competition pool with lots of different length course lanes. You can choose private or group lessons, which are offered every half hour from 9 am until 7 pm.
For over 160 years, the Y has offered communities programs to uplift and empower, and swimming lessons are based in building safety techniques for young swimmers. They have multiple locations all throughout the Greater Houston area and use a swim-float-swim approach aimed at drowning prevention and offer group classes, private lessons, and stroke clinics from preschool ages and up.
- Check Your Local School District
Many area school districts offer swimming lessons on weekends or over the summer in the district aquatic center or natatorium. Check out your local school district’s webpage for information!
Here’s to a summer full of safe, fun swimming!
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Wolfies Swim School!
Awesome suggestions! Thanks 😊
Memorial Athletic Club and Aquatic Center!
START Swimming in Tomball! Best of the Best!!! Family owned!
Playtime Swim School
Elyson-Katy
Wolfie’s Swim School in Bellaire or their new location in Spring Branch 281-844-4481
FINS swim school offers private 1:1 lessons. We have 7 indoor locations in the Greater Houston Area. We are also locally family owed and operated. Please check us out at http://www.swimatfins.com.
Fast Track Swimming’s new location at 18003 Shaw Rd on the boarder of Tomball and Cypress is amazing. They are locally owned and teach from 6 months and up. 281-547-7604.