Swimming Lessons
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2025 Spring Swimming Lessons
Registration starts February 1, 2025 at noon for all Spring classes. Online or in person
Not sure what class to sign up for? These questions can help you decide what would work best for your children:
Swim Lesson Selection Assistant: English
Swim Lesson Selection Assistant: Spanish
Sign up
Sign up is online only.
- Go to play.cabq.gov
- Sign up for a household (or sign in if you have visited a City of Albuquerque pool)
- Find the lesson you are interested in
- Add to cart
- Proceed to checkout
- Bring your receipt to the first day of lessons
Metro Swim, Dive, & Water Polo
Child Lesson Pod Levels
Classes are divided into pods by age up to 6 years. Students 5+ are divided into pods based on skill level. When students master the skills in each pod, they will earn a certificate and move to the next pod.
- Parent Tot 1 Guppy: 6 to 18 months
- Familiarization with basic water safety swim skills – child and parent will be introduced to floating, breath control, and other safety skills.
- Parent Tot 2 Minnow: 18 months to 2 years
- Building up to independent water exploration- using games, songs, and acclimation skills to allow the child to develop a fun, comfortable, and healthy relationship with the water.
- Preschool 1 Jellyfish: 3 to 4-1/2 years
- Independent water acclimation - child will begin to receive familiarization with fundamental swim skills needed to learn how to swim without assistance through playful skills and songs.
- Preschool 2 Starfish: 4 to 5 years
- Transition from water exploration to independent floats- child will be introduced to safety float, front float, back float, superhero glides and other safety skills that will set the foundation for future swimming technique and development of strokes.
- Pod 1-Sea Horse: 6 to 14 years
- Water Acclamation/Floating-Focus on being comfortable in the main pool, 3 feet deep or shallowest end of the pool, and work on the basics of floating and kicking.
- Pod 2-Alligator: 6 to 14 years
- Freestyle-Fundamentals of freestyle and treading water. After completing this course, students should be able to swim 10 to 15 yards of coordinated freestyle.
- Pod 3-Otter: 6 to 14 years
- Backstroke-Become comfortable back and coordinated backstroke. After completing this course, students should be able to swim 10 to 15 yards of coordinated backstroke and 15+ yards of freestyle.
- Pod 4-Octopus: 6 to 14 years
- Breaststroke/Butterfly-Coordinated breaststroke, butterfly and diving. After completing this course, students should be able to swim 10 to 15 yards of coordinated breaststroke, swim 10 to 15 yards of coordinated butterfly, 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke, and treading for 1 minute.
- Adult: 14+
Cost
$40 per student, per session.
Class Instruction Breakdown
8 Day Sessions:
- 8 classes total
- 30-minute classes
- 5 students per class
- 48 total minutes with instructor
4 Day Sessions:
- 4 classes total
- 45-minute classes
- 3 students per class
- 60 minutes total with instructor
2025 Spring Schedule
Betsy Patterson Pool at Sandia High School 505-767-5448
| Sessions | Start Date | End Date | Times |
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Session One Sunday Mornings |
February 9 | March 30 |
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Los Altos Pool 505-768-4901
| Sessions | Start Date | End Date | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
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Session One Saturday Afternoons |
March 8 | March 29 |
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Valley Pool 505-761-4086
| Sessions | Start Date | End Date | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
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Session One Monday and Wednesday Evenings |
March 3 | March 26 |
5:30 - 6:00 p.m. |
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Session Two Monday and Wednesday Evenings |
April 7th | April 30 |
5:30 - 6:00 p.m. |
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Junior Lifeguard Class Monday - Friday |
March 17 | March 21 |
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
West Mesa Aquatic Center 505-836-8718
| Sessions | Start Date | End Date | Morning Times |
|---|---|---|---|
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Session One Tuesday and Thursday Evenings |
March 11 | April 3 | 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. |
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Session Two Tuesday and Thursday Evenings |
April 8 | May 1 |
5:15 - 5:45 p.m. |