Coach Aaron taught my 6-year-old son for a total of about 4 weeks every weekday for 30 minutes each…read morelesson during the summer. My son went from not being able to swim at all (or even take a breath) to swimming a whole lap by himself without taking a break. In fact, on the very last lesson of the summer, my son managed to swim a total of 9 laps. Coach Aaron enabled my son to make this much progress, which far exceeded my expectations for the summer. My son also worked on and improved his freestyle and breaststroke under Coach Aaron's guidance. To quote my son, "Coach Aaron is nice and patient and listens to me." (Sometimes my son would say he wants to do a dunk or try to reach the bottom of the pool with his toes, and Coach Aaron would let him do that for a bit before going back to swimming. I thought that was a great strategy on Coach Aaron's part for developing rapport with my son.) I would love to have Coach Aaron continue teaching my son next summer, and my son is genuinely excited about that.

We met Aaron in early 2024, and since then my kids have made great progress in swimming. He is very…read morepatient and truly excellent at what he does. Here's one of the videos showing how he works with them.

Absolutely Great! Privateers has been teaching our 4yr old Grand Daughter for 2 years. We're so…read morepleased with Alec (the instructor)...he is engaging, dependable, fun & has taught our little one how to safely swim, get out of the pool and enjoy the water...we highly recommend and plan to continue...thank you. Chris A.

I reached out to Privateers for private swimming lessons for my daughter, and they paired us with…read moreBethany for our classes. We are so happy that we got paired with her. My daughter is very shy around new people, and Bethany had her comfortable and in the water incredibly quickly. She made a tremendous amount of progress over the course of the summer and loves the pool now! My mom decided to try swimming lessons too after seeing how wonderful Bethany was with my daughter, and she loved her classes with Bethany too. We're so glad we tried this out and will definitely be doing more classes next summer!

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS! do NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM THEY ARE LIARS!…read more When I decided to sign up to I was told we could do either a make up class or if we let them know early enough we could not be charged for the class. They people couldn't figure out how to charge me so that was a whole debacle , and I went to pay they charged me a whole month. Come to find out they lied and you can't let them know in advance and not be charged. Now I still appreciated the make up classes so I decided to sign up. Now when I called to say hey I put in the website we were out but we didn't receive anything saying we got a make up class they said oh you only get 2 a month and only for 30 days. I have now canceled my membership. Onto the experience itself. The instructor is nice but he didn't know any songs to help calm my daughter who was getting used to classes again. There is no way other than jumping in and using your arms to get out. I beg and plead find someplace else.

ZERO customer service. No one to reach out to - managers have quit. No rescheduling / pausing for…read morecustomer issues available on website. They put 4 kids in 30 minutes slot. Your child gets max 10 minute lesson for $50+ Try others.

Coach Karan is the reason we've stayed. She has a real gift for keeping my son engaged and focused,…read moreand he adores her. She knows exactly when to push gently so he hits his potential without shutting down. She's so good we're now waitlisted for private lessons with her at British Swim School Sunnyvale. Highly recommend her.

Our daughter has been taking swim lessons here for three summers in a row. At the end of this…read moresummer (at her final lesson), we found them to be ineffective in assessing and communicating back to us our daughter's skill level. We don't know what skills she mastered, and what skills are remaining to pass to the next level. This program seems to provide weekly swim practice (because the teachers are very nice), but not weekly swim *learning*, because the feedback & awareness of skills mastery is missing. Swim lessons are an investment, and our expectation was to have some degree of feedback and skills awareness at the end. UPDATE: Staff texted thorough comments in response to our request for skills feedback. We appreciated that they took time and care to do this. --- Overall, the program was good for getting our then 4-year old comfortable in the water, and being able to back float and swim to the wall. However, at her current more evolved stage (now 7, learning how to breath from the side and stroke consistently), we yearn for teachers that themselves demonstrate and model HOW in the water, and provide targeted feedback for practice. Our daughter had no idea what the techniques ideally look like, what motions to imitate. After ~10 weekly lessons this summer, our daughter wasn't able to advance effectively to the next level. Sadly, for her "advanced beginner" stage, progress wasn't compelling enough for us to continue.

My daughter has been learning to swim for almost 3 years at DACA Swim School(Cupertino)…read more The indoor pool is great for escaping California's strong sunshine in summer. Also, the pool water is a little bit warm in winter, which makes kids feel more comfortable when they have to swim during cold days. Besides, the staff and instructors are friendly. Some of the coaches are really patient and professional, like Edward, Sonia, Amanda and so on. However, sometimes the new coaches will be assigned to students. It takes time for both new coaches and students to get used to each other. In general, this is a great place to learn to swim, especially for people who live nearby.

Good place for kids to learn to swim who aren't fearful. Staff was very helpful and the facility is…read moreclean. They wanted to "push" the little kids to have to jump in when they weren't ready, when the kids were scared, which only teaches them that they don't have control over their own bodies. Not ideal.

Both my children learned to swim at DACA swim school, and love to swim now. Most of the instructors…read moreare engaged and effective, though we've also had a few less engaged ones. The pool is also less crowded than other swim schools we've tried. We have one child now in the pre-competitive program, which is held at various locations. We're at the De Anza College pool, which is outdoors and beautiful. At his time slot, he's either been the only student, or one of two, and we've seen his progression. I just wish they had a make-up classes, especially during the summer: there is no rescheduling of missed classes. For the Swim School, you can buy a drop-in class "splash class" for a $20 discount but that must be booked the day of, which makes it hard to plan for.

DACA's competitive program has provided my son a great summer training environment. Training load…read moreis moderately high but with some flexibility. Environment is good, coach Christian is excellent and the other kids are nice.

Absolutely 5 stars and highly recommended. Coach Audrey has the patience, skill and plan to teach…read moreyoung kids swimming in the right approach. Best of all, she also makes the whole experience fun. Our kid looks forward to the lesson every week, and we can see concrete steady improvements after every lesson.

Thank you Audrey for being such an AMAZING swim teacher and swim coach! You have such wisdom and…read morecompassion for new swimmers!

This swim and tennis club has been around for many years. I took swim lessons here as a child and…read morewas thrilled to be able to bring my own daughter back to learn how to swim. It's a nice sized, clean, heated pool. Lots of areas to sit or layout, including a whole section beneath the shade of a large oak tree. The instructors are young, but Well-versed and of course, very nice. There are outdoor showers. And a nice tennis court. Swim lessons are decently priced and sessions can be purchased via their website during the Summer. No need to be a club member. My daughter took swim lessons the entire summer, and we really loved the smaller atmosphere of this private club as opposed to going to the YMCA, which had much larger class sizes and I was looking for more one on one experiences which I was able to get at Fairbrae.

For any inquiry you have to go their website and fill out a form. Voicemails arent checked daily,…read moreits a real pain to get i fo Def wouldnt want to be a part of this club now

I recently signed my child up for SafeSplash Swimming School because of their bonus promotion…read moreoffering 4 extra classes for new customers. After a great trial class, I decided to go for it. So far had a couple of classes at this location and my child loves the instructor and is enjoying it. Would definitely recommend this location.

Very happy with the private lesson my child is enrolled in. The instructor builds a good rapport…read moreand makes it a fun experience.