Adult Lessons
It’s never too late to learn how to swim! FSS offers private, semi-private, and group lessons for adults of any background or skill level.
Types of Adult Lessons
- Open-enrollment Group Classes are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays at our SW Portland location.
- Private and Semi-private lessons can be scheduled with any of our instructors qualified to teach adults (see About Our Staff for info) and happen at both locations.
- Drop-ins can be scheduled as Private lessons or Group classes.
Group Classes
- Open-enrollment groups of 3 students aged 18 years and older
- Recurring weekly lessons: same day, same time, same teacher
- Split loosely into Beginner- and Intermediate-level classes
- 30 minutes of customized lesson content
- No pre-set sessions: you start when you want and stop when you want.
- Price: $28 per class per student
Are you a Beginner or Intermediate?
For the purposes of these classes, we define an Intermediate swimmer as anyone who can comfortably fully submerge in the water and manage to swim across a pool unassisted, even if the swimming is slow or lacking technique. A swimmer not capable of this would be in the Beginner class. Many of our Beginner students start with absolutely no water skills whatsoever, but some just need to get comfortable underwater!
Beginner Groups:
Tuesdays 6:00pm w/ Teacher Sydney
Thursdays 2:00pm w/ Teacher Salma
Thursdays 6:00pm w/ Teacher Sydney
Intermediate Groups:
Tuesdays 1:30pm w/ Teacher Sydney
Tuesdays 6:30pm w/ Teacher Sydney
Thursdays 6:30pm w/ Teacher Sydney
Private Lessons
- Available all days, all times FSS are open. Subject to wait-list.
- Must be with instructor specifically trained to teach adults (noted on Staff page).
- Available for adults of any background, experience, or skill level
- Can be for a single student (Private), or for 2 students who decide to swim together (Semi-private).
- Recurring weekly lessons: same day, same time, same teacher
- 30 minutes of customized lesson content
- No pre-set sessions: start when you want and stop when you want.
- Private price: $56 per lesson
- Semi-private price: $72 per lesson ($36 per student)
- More details here.
Drop-in Lessons
- Take advantage of gaps in our schedule: sign up for a one-time lesson and just pay as you go
- Must be with an instructor specifically trained to teach adults (on the schedule, look for teacher names in a blue font.)
- Available for adults of any background, experience, or skill level
- Can be for a single student (Private), or for 2 students who decide to swim together (Semi-private).
- 30 minutes of customized lesson content
- Private price: $36-46 per lesson
- Semi-private price: $52-62 per lesson
- More details here.
NEW Adult Open Swim
We have a new Adult Open Swim at our PDX Location! Come swim laps, practice techniques or just hang out in the pool to build water confidence. (No lifeguard on deck during swim time.)
- Mondays & Wednesdays from 12:30-3:30pm
- Drop-in only, no reservation needed
- Limit 10 swimmers at a time
- Teaching equipment available for use
- Price: $10/swimmer
Register
Register
Click here if you would like to be added to our wait-list for swim lessons. We’ll contact you as soon as we have an opening that matches your request. Wait times can vary greatly depending on your needs and availability; our typical baby participant waits one to three months for a spot (or longer for a weekends). Once you sign up for a lesson spot, it’s yours until you tell us otherwise (or until your child ages out). If you decide to discontinue lessons part-way through a month you’ve already paid for, you will be refunded according to the amount of notice given. See below for a list of current baby class days, times, & locations.
If you want to start right away or think recurring weekly lessons won’t work for you, try our drop-in lessons!
Trying Us Out
If you’ve already been offered a regular weekly spot, you have the option to make your first lesson a “Trial,” meaning you pay in advance for a single lesson and then have 48 hours afterward to decide whether to keep the lesson slot going forward. If you decide to keep it, we’ll put you on the calendar going forward and send you an invoice for the rest of the month. Please note that Trial lessons must be paid for in advance and are nonrefundable once purchased.