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Welcome to Urban Swim Academy!

Our Urban Swim Academy swim program is interactive, fun and builds confidence and skills in the water. We offer classes for babies, kids, squads and adults.

We operate at various locations around Dubai with both indoor and outdoor pools. Please check  below to see our full program offering. Have questions? Send us a WhatsApp on +971 58 554 8130.

Before booking, please make yourself familiar with our Terms and Conditions, including the make-up lesson policy.

ALL LESSONS

BABY & TODDLERS

PARENT & CHILD GROUP CLASSES  – TERM 2 

Term 2 runs from 21st October to 15th December this is a new shorter term of 8 weeks. We know young families need flexibility so you have the option to book a single class or a term package.  Our program introduces babies and toddlers to the water with a series of fun activities to build confidence, safety and skills in the water from 3 months to 3 years. These classes are based on the child’s developmental stage incorporating their gross and fine motor skills as they develop. Parent & Child Group classes require a parent or guardian to be in the water with baby / toddler at all times.

LITTLE SQUIDS

Invite only independent group class for our confident and competent toddlers who are ready to transition from having a parent or caregiver in the water to swimming independently with an instructor. Class size is small: 3 children to 1 instructor. This is ideal for younger kids under 3 years, who have done a lot of baby swim or who are confident swimmers already but are too young to join our Learn to Swim program..

TODDLER WATER CONFIDENCE PROGRAM

Do you need some specialist assistance for your 2-4 yr old child gaining confidence in the water and submerging? Have they had a negative experience hindering their ability to start group swimming lessons? Our Toddler Water Confidence Program a tailored one-on-one approach designed with your child in mind.
These lessons follow a child lead approach, with a specialist instructor working with you as a family. The aim at the end of this course if for the child to move freely in the water and overcome their fears of the water. Bookings for a minimum of 4 x 15 min one-on-one lessons with a commitment of twice a week.

THE EXECUTIVE TOWERS PROGRAM

TERM 1 – EXCLUSIVE FOR RESIDENTS

Term 1 will run from 26th August to 9th December exclusive for Residents of The Executive Towers. This exclusive residents only program offers the full learn to swim range of classes for both children, youth and adult levels, and is available in the East Heights and West Heights Pools.

PRIVATE TRAINING – EXCLUSIVE FOR RESIDENTS

Book private sessions for babies, kids and adults at The Executive Towers in Business Bay. This is an exclusive residents only program and is available in the East Heights and West Heights Pools.

KIDS GROUP CLASSES

Term 1 runs from  26th August to 9th February. All kids group classes are booked on a term basis.

LEARN TO SWIM (3-10 years)

Our Kids Learn to Swim Program (Foundation) teaches the principles of aquatic safety, water orientation and survival techniques – the core aquatic skills. These are basic skills a swimmer requires to be comfortable in the water. As the children progress with these skills, learn to swim drills and techniques will be added into their lessons.

Children need to complete an assessment in order to find the appropriate level before booking classes.

YOUTH PROGRAM (from 9-14 years)

For pre-teens and teens, our Youth Program offers age appropriate learn to swim lessons for those who are just starting their swimming journey. From Youth Intro to Youth Level 1 and Youth Level 2, our coaches adapt our early years learn to swim to create a comfortable learning environment.

Children need to complete an assessment in order to find the appropriate level before booking classes.

DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE SQUADS (from 8 years)

Development squads aims to help the swimmer learn and perfect certain skills such as, lane etiquette, sink set push starts, streamlining, tumble turns, starts and finishes. The aim for Development Bronze and Silver is to perfect and iron out their Front crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly technique, learning new drills for each stroke and getting up to distances of up to 200m. They will be challenged to learn timings/pacing, speed and endurance sets and the importance of racing, in these levels they will learn competition rules.

Development Gold & Performance swimmers focus on perfecting skills but at the same time preparing them with the challenges of competitive swimming such as stamina, speed, power and getting the swimmers used to well thought out swim sets that will challenge them to push themselves. Sessions are 1.5hrs long with a thorough warm up, intro set, main set and cool down, each session is roughly between 3.5-4kms.

All our squad swimmers are encouraged to attend swim competitions.

HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM (3+ years)

Our home school program is designed for children have flexibility during the school day to do their swim lessons with other children also enrolled in home school programs. We offer a discount for children for this program doing lessons at off peak times. 

ECA Lessons

JEBEL ALI SCHOOL STUDENTS 

Our next Jebel Ali School ECA Program will runs 2nd September to 15th December 2024. ECA classes are for Jebel Ali School students only. Children below Year 3 need to be collected from class by their caregiver and brought to the pool for child safeguarding reasons. ECA classes start at 2:30PM and 2:35PM.

DWIGHT SCHOOL DUBAI STUDENTS 

Our next Dwight School Dubai ECA program will run 26th August to 15th December 2024. ECA Classes are for Dwight School Dubai students only. ECA classes start at 2:15PM and 3:45PM.

Children need to complete an assessment in order to find the appropriate level before booking classes.

GREENFIELD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS 

Our Greenfield International School ECA program will run 2nd September to 15th December 2024. ECA Classes are for Greenfield International School students only. ECA classes start at 2:15PM (PreK and KG1) and 3:15PM (Primary).

Children need to complete an assessment in order to find the appropriate level before booking classes.

ADULTS SWIM PROGRAM

ADULTS SWIM PROGRAM 

Our adult program is designed for every swimmer. From the complete beginner who is just getting comfortable putting their face in the water right through to the performance swimmer training for a triathlon. Our classes are structured so that whatever group you join, you will be paired with swimmers of similar ability.

If you are new to Urban Swim Academy, please book an assessment to check your level before signing up for a class.

GALAS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

KIDS GALAS

LTS1 – Learn to Swim Gala

The next LTS1 gala will be 9th November at Greenfield International School (DIP).

This Learn to swim gala is for our  Level 2 Tadpole, and Level 3 Seahorse Program. This will be an opportunity for children to showcase the skills they have learnt in a fun environment. There will be swimming skills ‘races’ as well as some fun events.

If you are new to Urban Swim Academy, please book an assessment to check your level before signing up for a class or a gala.

LTS2 – Learn to Swim Gala

The next LTS2 gala will be 9th November at Greenfield International School (DIP).

This Learn to swim gala is for our Level 4 Starfish and Level 5 Goldfish Programs, as well as for our Youth Level 1, Youth Level 2 and Youth Level 3 ! This will be an opportunity for children to showcase the skills they have learnt in a fun environment. There will be swimming skills races as well as some fun events.

If you are new to Urban Swim Academy, please book an assessment to check your level before signing up for a class or a gala.

Squad Gala

The next Squad gala will be January 2025 at Jebel Ali School (Damac Hills).

Squad galas are for our Pre-Squad and all Squad Levels up to Performance Program. This is an afternoon of racing in a fun practice learning environment. Recorded race times can be used for entering external galas.

If you are new to Urban Swim Academy, please book an assessment to check your level before signing up for a class or a gala.

ADULT GALAS

Interclub Adults Gala

The next Adult gala will be 24th November 2024. Time to get training!

Do you want to have fun? Do you want to challenge yourself? From beginners to fast and furious swimmers, there are races for you, and lots of cheers and support from all! Join us!

Workshops

MERMAIDS

Do you want to be a mermaid? Classes include underwater swimming, dolphin kicks, flips, tricks, bubble kisses. Bring your own tail or use one of ours. For ages 7+ 

JUNIOR LIFEGUARD CAMP

Next sessions scheduled for December 2024 at LFJM School. Get your next set of badges towards the STA Junior Lifeguard Certificate. For starfish level swimmers ages 8+. This is a survival and rescue training program featuring: lifeguarding skills, first aid, distance, sports skills.