About Swimming Lessons

About Swimming lessons

Available for all age groups, our swimming lessons takes on a stepping-stone approach: small graded classes and recognition of an individual’s achievements. This ensures students learn with others at a similar level and progress as strokes and skills are completed.

Program at a glance:

• 48 weeks
• $21 per week
• $23 per week for adult classes
• Unlimited access to the pool facilities to practice new skills for child and supervising adult 

Lessons times are: (subject to availability)

• Monday to Friday between 9am - 12.30pm & between 4 - 7pm*
• Saturday between 8am - 12.30pm 
• Sunday between 8.30am - 12.30pm
• Lessons do not run on public holidays
• There are two breaks during the year when swimming lessons are not run - Easter 1 week and Christmas 3 weeks
  *infant lessons not available weekday afternoons

Free assessment

Please come to GESAC for a free swimming level assessment. Bookings are not required for assessments.

• Weekdays: 9am - 1pm & 4pm - 6pm
• Weekends: 9am - 1pm

Assessments are not required for children under 3.

Please note times vary on public holidays.

Swimming Programs

Swimming Lessons for Infants

Conducted with a parent present in the water, these classes encourage children to develop water confidence.

Swimming lessons include:

• games, songs and routines
• water farmiliarisation
• safety skills
• swimming skills.

Swimming Lessons for children (3 years plus)

Our caring and qualified teachers will help guide students through our structured levels at their own pace. Our swim school program is strongly technique based, with distances being kept short until children have mastered the essential skills and techniques.

Swimming lessons include:

• water familiarisation
• water safety skills
• stroke development.

See our class levels page for more details on skills acquired in each level

Swimming Lessons for Adults

It’s never too late to learn new skills — swimming is no different.

Our adult swimming lessons are structured to cater for individual needs and instructors will help you to learn at your own pace.

• $23 per week for adult classes
• Access to pool facilities all week to practice skills

Taking a break / suspending lessons

If you need to take time off from Swimming lessons, you can suspend your memberships.

You can suspend your membership up to 8 weeks each calendar year.

This is made up of: 
4 weeks of voluntary suspension
4 weeks of non-lesson period suspension (Christmas and Easter)

You can suspend your membership in multiples of 7 day blocks.
See terms and conditions for full details.