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Sunfish Swim School · Port Moody

Teens & adults · 13+

It is never too late to learn

Plenty of adults never got the chance to learn — and almost none of them enjoy admitting it. Our evening classes are small, warm, and taught by someone who learned at 27 himself. Fear is expected here, not remarkable.

Instructor in the pool gently supporting an adult student's arms as she practises reaching forward in the water
Adult learn-to-swim · Tuesday 7:45 p.m. · Lane 1

You won't be thrown in

The first fifteen minutes happen standing on the shallow shelf, water at your waist, learning to exhale into the water at your own pace. Nobody is timed. Nobody is watched by a grandstand.

The class is people like you

Four swimmers max, all adults and teens. On any given evening: someone who nearly drowned as a kid, someone who grew up far from water, someone training for a triathlon who can't breathe left. You'll fit.

Progress is measured in calm

The first milestone isn't a stroke — it's floating and standing back up without panic. Everything builds from there, and most students swim a relaxed 25 metres within two to four months.

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Teen & Adult Learn-to-Swim

13+ · 45 min · ratio 4:1 · $158/mo

“I can't really swim, and I'd rather not make it a spectacle.”

For teens and adults starting from zero or near it. No judgment, no audience, no rush.

What you'll work on

  • Water comfort at your pace — many students start unable to put their face in
  • Floats, glides, and recovering to a stand (the fear-killer skill)
  • Freestyle and backstroke built piece by piece
  • Breathing that doesn't feel like drowning practice
  • Deep-water confidence: treading and returning to the wall calmly

Ready when

  • 13 or older — that's it
  • Fear is expected, not a problem. Most of this class arrived afraid.

Where it leads: Most students swim a relaxed 25 metres within two to four months of weekly lessons — then stay to polish, or move to the Stroke Clinic.

Adult Stroke Clinic

16+ · 45 min · ratio 6:1 · $158/mo

“I can get down a lane — it just looks and feels like a struggle.”

You can swim a length — now make it easy. Technique surgery for self-taught strokes.

What you'll work on

  • Freestyle rebuilt: body position, catch, and unhurried bilateral breathing
  • Backstroke and breaststroke tune-ups with video feedback on request
  • Pace work: swim 200 m, then 400 m, without blowing up
  • Open turns and push-offs that stop wasting your energy
  • Triathlon and masters-swim prep on request

Ready when

  • Can swim 25 metres front crawl without stopping (any style, any ugliness)
  • Comfortable in deep water

Where it leads: There isn't one — clinic swimmers stay as long as it's useful. Many move on to masters clubs or their first triathlon.

From the live schedule

Adult class times this week

Evenings and Saturday midday, never overlapping the kids' blocks. Open and full states are the real ones from the weekly grid.

Adult classes this week with day, time, program, instructor, and availability
Day Time Program Instructor Where Spots
Monday 7:00 p.m. Teen & Adult Learn-to-Swim Sam Lane 1 2 spots open
Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Adult Stroke Clinic Nadia Deep Lane · 2.0 m 3 spots open
Tuesday 7:45 p.m. Teen & Adult Learn-to-Swim Sam Lane 1 Full
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Teen & Adult Learn-to-Swim Sam Lane 1 3 spots open
Thursday 7:00 p.m. Adult Stroke Clinic Nadia Deep Lane · 2.0 m Full
Thursday 7:45 p.m. Teen & Adult Learn-to-Swim Sam Lane 1 1 spot open
Saturday 12:00 p.m. Teen & Adult Learn-to-Swim Sam Lane 1 3 spots open

Prefer total privacy while you find your feet? Private lessons are a common first month for anxious swimmers — many move to group once the fear quiets down.

Find your level

Start with two honest minutes.

The level tool asks how you actually feel in water — anxious, rusty, or nearly there — and points you at the right room with the reasoning shown.

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