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"Learning it the right way, right from the beginning"

Waterworks Aquatics offers the finest swimming lessons in Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles Counties. We have chosen to share our love of swimming with children and believe there is a swimmer in every child. At Waterworks Aquatics, we pride ourselves on teaching the necessary skills needed to become a comfortable, proficient swimmer right from the beginning.


A good swimmer is one who can move through the water in an efficient and almost effortless manner. Our swim school takes each student from one step to the next without skipping crucial skills or giving children a false sense of security in the water. To achieve the strength, endurance, and flawless technique of a true athlete, one must begin with a solid, foundational program that emphasizes buoyancy, breath control, and proper stroke development, coupled with basic water safety skills.


What is Waterworks Aquatics?

Waterworks Aquatics is a premier swim school that teaches children ages 3 months through adult how to swim. We strive to educate and motivate people of all ages to be safer in the water and learn proper swimming technique by challenging our students to reach their full potential in an energetic and caring way. Waterworks Aquatics is a learning organization with a highly qualified team who creates a customized experience in every realm of aquatic programming as we feel swimming is a life-long skill.

With a supportive atmosphere and child-centered approach, our goal as a swim center is to encourage children to have fun in the water while improving their water skills. Our proven teaching methods and caring instructors will allow children to learn and grow within our program. By utilizing a specialized muscle memory technique, we are able to teach stroke technique at a very quick rate.

The service we provide you and your child extends beyond swim lessons. Lasting relationships are built through a "triangle of communication" between every parent, child, and instructor. We carefully match our students to an instructor who can best understand their capabilities and help them reach their full potential. Each lesson is structured yet flexible to meet the needs of each individual, which allows our students to steadily progress and thrive in a safe, comfortable environment.


Our Facilities

Waterworks Aquatics offers 5 premier swim schools throughout Southern California. Our locations include: Irvine, Carlsbad, Huntington Beach, Sierra Madre, and Beverly Hills.

Outdoor Pool Our main aquatic center based in Irvine provides quality swim lessons and aquatic programs to the community of South Orange County. The facility in Irvine provides a state of the art pool filtration system that allows us to maintain a clean and pleasant atmosphere. At more than 32,000 square feet, our Irvine facility is spacious and attractive, accommodating swim classes, wellness programs, and community activities. At this location we currently have three indoor pools that provide warmth and sun protection. One of these three pools utilizes a saline system. We also feature a Junior Olympic-size outdoor pool, heated to 84-86 degrees year round.

Waiting Area Our newest location will be a leased facility at the Sierra Madre Aquatic Center in the city of Sierra Madre. There are 2 heated outdoor pools at this location consisting of one 6 lane 25-meter pool as well as a circular shallow teaching pool. Swim lessons and aquatic programs will be offered in these 2 pools which will be heated up to 88 degrees year round. Our anticipated date for starting these programs will be June 9, 2012.

We will be servicing Sierra Madre and the surrounding cities of Pasadena, Altadena, Arcadia, South Pasadena, Temple City, Duarte, Alhambra, Monrovia, San Marino, El Monte, Baldwin Park, Rosemead, Azusa, San Gabriel and West Covina.

We also offer a location in Huntington Beach at the Hebrew Academy. This location offers 2 pools, which will be enclosed in the future. These 2 heated pools will provide a variety of year round aquatics and wellness programs. We will be servicing Huntington Beach and the surrounding cities of Midway City, Westminster, Garden Grove, Seal Beach, Stanton, Fountain Valley, Los Alamitos, and other areas in North Orange County.

Other facilities include our Carlsbad location at the Bressi Village Center off of Palomar Airport Road. This location includes 2 indoor heated pools, which will provide swim lessons and other aquatics programming year round to the following communities: Carlsbad, Oceanside, Escondido, Encinitas, San Marcos, Rancho Santa Fe, Vista, San Elijo, Cardiff by the Sea, Bressi Ranch, and San Diego.

Our fifth location is a leased single pool located at the JEM Community Center in Beverly Hills designed to serve the Los Angeles County community.