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Tidewater Swim Academy · Virginia Beach, VA

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Infant survival first. Then strokes, team, and confidence — with instructors who keep the notes, the patience, and the progress on the same clipboard.

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Programs

Everything we teach, from first float to first race.

Five programs under one roof. Start wherever your swimmer is today — we move them along when they are ready, not when the calendar says so.

6 months – 3 years

Infant Survival Lessons

Roll, float, breathe. Gentle one-on-one water-safety skills taught at your baby's own pace, with a parent close by on the deck.

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Ages 3 – 10

Learn-to-Swim

The long middle stretch: first floats, faces in the water, breathing on both sides, and freestyle and backstroke that hold together for a full length.

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Ages 8 and up

Stroke Clinic

Focused technique work for swimmers who already move through the water and want cleaner, stronger, faster strokes.

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Adults

Adult Lessons

It is never too late to feel at home in the water. Private and small-group lessons for adults at any starting point.

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Ages 8 and up

Swim Team Prep

Starts, turns, endurance, and race pace for swimmers getting ready to join a team and hold their own in a lane.

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Lesson blocks Waitlist

This week on the deck

Block schedule
Day & block Program Status
Mon3:30 PM Infant Survival Lessons Open
Tue4:15 PM Learn-to-Swim Open
Wed5:00 PM Stroke Clinic Waitlist
Thu6:00 PM Adult Lessons Open
Sat9:00 AM Swim Team Prep Open
Sat10:30 AM Learn-to-Swim Waitlist

Blocks open and close through the week. Booking confirms your exact slot, and anything marked Waitlist goes straight onto the list below.

The next-up list

Join the waitlist and we will call you the moment a spot opens.

Waitlists only work if somebody keeps them tidy. We do. Names go down in order, instructors are told when a swimmer is waiting, and you hear from us before the spot goes anywhere else.

  • 1Names are taken in the order they arrive — no quiet jumps to the front.
  • 2When a block frees up, we call the first family on the list that day.
  • 3One form covers every program: infant survival, learn-to-swim, stroke clinic, adult lessons, and swim team prep.

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We will get back to you with the next available spot. Prefer to talk it through? Ask for us at the desk and we will call you back.

A coach crouching at the pool edge writing on a clipboard while young swimmers wait on the deck
Notes between blocks, on the deck

How we teach

Safety first. Then strokes, team, and confidence.

Every swimmer on our deck follows the same order of things. It is not a shortcut to racing — it is the reason racing works later.

  1. 01

    Safety before speed

    Breath control, floating, and getting back to the wall. Nothing gets taught ahead of that, whatever the swimmer's age.

  2. 02

    Instructors who know the swimmer

    We keep the deck calm and the groups tight, so every swimmer gets corrected, encouraged, and moved forward in the same lesson.

  3. 03

    Progress you can talk about

    You will hear what your swimmer worked on and what comes next — the same notes we keep on the clipboard.

Booking

Book the slot. We will take it from there.

Pick a lesson block that suits your week, or put your name on the waitlist. Either way, someone on the deck reads it and answers.

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