Floaties Swim School

My daughter has been in swimming lessons since she was 3 months old however, has been taking classes at this swimming school for almost a year now (she’s 2 years old). They keep this place clean, perfect temperature so the kids are not cold in and out of the water, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. If a number 2 accident happens in the pool or the temperature is not right all classes are cancelled and they will even give you a call so you don’t waste your time showing up to class. My daughter loves coming to her classes and loves her instructor Trinity.

This place is awesome! Took my babe here for his very first swim lesson with Miss Trinity and it went so well.
I called in and signed up over the phone. When I came in, we finished the registration and then we were off to see the facility.
Checking in your child is easy with their scanner and you just proceed to the dressing room then pool!
I saw so many kids there of all different ages. Every single one enjoying themselves and extremely happy with their instructors. I also noticed the instructors are very patient with their students. Maybe because the parents are watching, eh? JK. Everyone was very friendly and respectable.
Miss Trinity knew all the students there that day. A lot of them have been attending for about a year or more. I guess they keep renewing for more lessons because the kids love it!
The entire place is warm warm warm! You’d think I’m crazy for signing my baby up for swimming lessons in the winter, right? But IT’S THE BEST TIME TO GO! The classes are practically one on one. for now. My babe gets all the attention and hopefully, he’ll be a swimming baby by summer!
Excited to continue coming here. Will update when he is trained!

Like most parents, I was nervous bringing my daughters for swim lessons because I wasn’t sure how they would respond. One my daughters is very easy going and listens intently and my other daughter… well let’s just say she can be a little stubborn… so I know they needed different teaching strategies (varying degrees of positive reinforcement, varying degrees of sternness to help them push their limits and overcome their fear, etc). And my wife are both super pleased that we have Esteban as our instructor because he is excellent at reading each of them and he pushes them just enough to help them reach their potential without pushing them too far that they will shut down. That intricate balance is key to any child’s learning, but even more important in a situation like this where they enter with a natural fear of the unknown. I am proud to say after about 8 lessons my daughters love coming here, the can glide across the entire pool, they are both learning simple strokes and look forward to learning more! We couldn’t ask for anything more.

John is fabulous. Our son is 3 and we had him in another swim school about 1 ½ years ago and saw little to no progression. Yes, he was about a year and a half but the instructor never pushed him beyond periodically going under water. It was really frustrating. I can’t tell you how much our little one has progressed in just 4 months with john. John is very easy going, caring and pushes our son just a little bit beyond his limits. He’s also no nonsense in the best way – he has fun with the kids but knows when they are about to get out of control. He is fantastic and our son us really enjoying his lessons and the water overall!

My daughter learned more in six weeks than she did her 1.5yrs at the YMCA! I’m very impressed and pleased with her progress. I highly recommend this facility and Mr. Erik!

My daughter went in for swimming lessons and her first teacher (sorry, forgot her name) was not into giving these children the lessons that us parents are paying for. She kept looking around for whatever reason and not focusing on my child or the other children she was teaching and kept talking to the other instructors and kept drinking her Starbucks cup in the middle of teaching (so annoying). So I asked for another teacher and we got Jon. Jon is really awesome with kids and he’s very engaging and gives good constructive criticism, kuddos to Jon. However, there was one time when my daughter suddenly got sick and I forgot to call the school to let them know that she would not be coming in for her lesson and they said they wouldn’t give her a make up lesson because I forgot to call beforehand. UGH! Um, aren’t I paying for these lessons beforehand? So to me you’re basically taking my money. Anyways, I guess they’re an okay school, but for the price, the teachers and the staff I’d rather take my money somewhere else. I’m the type of person who likes getting their money’s worth and I wasn’t getting my money’s worth here.

My son has learned so much since he started at 5 months. Both Mrs. Andrea and Mr. John have been very helpful on making the experience great for my son. I would certainly recommend them to anyone thinking of enrolling their infant.

My little one goes to swim class here and I am very pleased with what she is learning. She is barely one, and she has already learned to hold her breath under water, and also to go to the edge of the pool and grab on. Basically she is being trained on what to do in the event that she falls into the pool (hope that never happens). Her instructor Mr. Rocky is really nice and he is very sweet with the kids. She takes class with one other girl and it feels like a private lesson still. My only complaint is that sometimes the water in the pool is not as warm as it is supposed to be. They say that the temperature is always in the 90’s and it is not. We have addressed this issue with management and it is still hit or miss. I just don’t want my daughter to get sick because the water is cold. Overall, very pleased.

My only complaint is that I am not a kid to jump in the pool. Lol. The instructors teach with professionalism to the kids. Front Desk is always happy to answer my questions.
Josh has teach my daughter to be a great swimmer.

I love this place!!! I was putting off lessons. My daughter loves the pool but didn’t know how to swim. She depended a lot on her floatie device. She would jump into the deep and swim around. One day as I was watching her she didn’t have her floatie on and jumped in (she was thinking she would float) and sank like a rock. I reached in and pulled her up! Anyways I took her to floaties and now I’m so happy to see her swimming on her own. She is 6 and can dive for toys and swim in the deep on her own. I’m amazed by how much progress she has made with each class! I will continue taking her because I want her to be a strong swimmer.

My three year old son really enjoys going to swimming lessons with John. The staff is very friendly, everything is always clean, and there is plenty of parking.

It was a struggle at first for my son to find a good instructor. After being passed around to 4 instructors John is a keeper! He got my son to put his face in the water and now he swims like a fish! My daughter is doing well too. John was able to get her to swim out of her crying phase and now she’s enjoying it! Glad that my little ones are in good hands.

Pool is so crammed, kids could barely swim around. My son hasn’t learned anything new since he started there. I want my money back.

I’m going to have to disagree on some of the bad reviews here. I’ve been taking my daughter here for almost 3 months now and I have to say, she and I are enjoying it. I will warn you though, patience is key for the child AND the parent. The instructors work hard in helping the students build confidence and TRUST with the students for themselves and with the teachers first, before actually teaching them how to swim. I thought that was a good thing because say for example your child dives in the pool-​before they dive, they need the confidence and trust in themselves that they can come up to the surface, float, and swim. That is very important in swimming. My only bad thought is that the classes are 30 minutes. For what you pay I think they should be longer, maybe 45 minutes. Other than that, I think they’re great.

We went with our Grandson for our first visit. It seemed very unorganized and the front desk staff seemed too busy to explain how this process works. Pool staff seemed friendly at first but then totally ignored us — another Grandparent next to me pointed out their grandchildren (two girls) sitting alone at the end of pool with no instuctor. We left after 45 minutes with no lesson — they forgot to put our name on the roster. Funny they got our name right when we were paying for the six week class. Lets see if the second lesson goes better — not very confident.

Eastlake location–
Today was our sons first lesson if you can call it that. I am very DISAPPOINTED to say the least. There was a complete lack of communication between the staff amongst themselves and in communicating with us. The front desk personal never explained anything to us on how the program is run. After signing in we were introduced to our instructor Josh and that’s about where our lesson began and ended. After that we went to change our son and get into the pool (which I later found out that children over 2 do not need their parents in the pool again this was NEVER communicated to us by any of the personnel). When we got into the pool it was NEVER communicated to us where we were supposed to meet the instructor. After about 5 min we finally found him on the other side of the pool.
I began to notice about 15 min into our 30 min lesson that my son was being completely IGNORED BY THE INSTRUCTOR even after my husband was trying to engage him in conversation asking what he should be working with our son on. I went to the front desk to express my concerns and frustrations. I was told by their personnel that this was NORMAL and that the next session would be different. FYI When a parent express that their child is being IGNORED IT SHOULD NEVER BE EQUATED TO NORMAL!
A few minutes later after I left the front desk and returned to the pool area the manager of the facility came out and explained to us that because the instructors roster was not update with our sons name and the fact the my husband was in the pool led to the intructor ignoring us the ENTIRE time (again we didn’t know we weren’t supposed to be in the pool with him). The manager also explained that this class would be credited back to us.
This could have all been avoided had there not been a complete lack of communication by the front desk personnel. They should have a script that they run though with each NEW PARENT ENROLLEE explaining procedures to the parents on how the program works and where to meet the instructor in the pool area.
I hope to update this in a few weeks with a better review IF it is deserving, as it seems from other reviews we were the exception to an AWFUL first impression.

Not sure if I am allowed to make a review, considering I worked for this company, but there are a few things I would really love to say.
Floaties was/​is like family to me. I loved all of the employees! Everyone is so sweet and just adores children.
Floaties trains their employees to teach swimming in a different manner than I’m sure most adults where taught growing up, but I can assure you that this is probably the BEST way to learn. Before you go in for your first lesson, know that things are going to be a little different, but your kiddo will be a regular little fish before you know it!
I can’t say for all the employees, but I know that I had such an attatchment to my kids. I was so sad to leave them all.
I just wanted to thank Floaties so much for the opprotunity to work for you guys!

Fantastic, customer service and very efficient staff! Helped our 10 year old swimmer go from good to excellent in knowing all strokes! Worth every dollar!

Floaties, thank you thank you thank you for opening a school in Chula Vista!
My 13 month old daughter started her classes yesterday with Nancy and I am SO impressed with this place so far! I called to pre register for classes before the school had opened — right of the bat the customer service I received was INCREDIBLE! The person I spoke to on the phone took about 20 minutes with me to explain all their policies, make sure that I had class times that worked with my schedule, all in all such a pleasant experience. Their policies are also great! I love the fact that they aren’t on a rigid 6 week schedule with a specific start and end date.
Yesterday, upon arriving at the school, I was greeted by two smiling faces at the front desk. and after signing some docs, and a quick tour we were off to swim! This is not the first time that my daughter has had swimming lessons — unfortunately I was so tired of the other school she was taking lessons at due to lack of customer service, lack of facility cleanliness, and just the distance from my home in Chula Vista, that when I heard that Floaties was opening, I couldn’t wait to try them out. As I mentioned above, my daughter is swimming with Nancy. She was AMAZING with my daughter — extremely positive, full of energy and enthusiasm, this is exactly what we needed in a swim instructor!
Floaties, I’m a fan! I can’t wait until our next class this Saturday!

My son, age 6 and daughter, age 2.5, both started lessons last week. We are THRILLED! I have tried other private lessons in East Chula Vista and I am happy to report that we LOVE Floaties! The staff is amazing. The swim instructors gain rapport with the kids instantly. The water is warm and the pool is indoors. The locker room is nice and roomy and clean. Beautiful facility and tons of parking. The pricing is reasonable. I paid $ 400 for ten 10-​minute lessons for my son in the past, and I am much happier with Floaties product. It is located in Eastlake’s Design District next door to Kid Ventures.