About
The Camarillo & Ventura YMCA Swim Team includes competitive swimming, swim conditioning, and tryouts for the swim team. Trained swim coaches work with every child to improve swim skills for this competitive program, including strokes, starts, turns, and finishes. All new swimmers are required to try out for the swim team before registration.
• Ages: 6–16 years old
• Schedule: Monthly Barracuda Swim Team Bronze and Silver sessions in Camarillo run March–June 2026, Monday–Thursday, with 45-minute practices in the late afternoon; Barracuda tryouts in Camarillo are offered on select Mondays from March–May 2026 in 30-minute blocks; Dolphin’s Swim Conditioning in Ventura runs June 16–August 6, 2026 on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 60 minutes in the early evening, with no class on Thursday, July 4 and a make-up on Friday, July 5 at the regular practice time.
• Price: Barracuda Swim Team Bronze and Silver sessions are $120.00 for members and $165.00 for non-members per session; Barracuda Swim Team Tryouts are free for both members and non-members; Dolphin’s Swim Conditioning is $90.00 for member priority and open member registration and $180.00 for non-members.
For Barracuda Swim Team tryouts, swimmers must be able to swim front stroke (freestyle) 50–100 yards, backstroke 50–100 yards, breaststroke 25–50 yards, and tread water for 1 minute. Bronze Team tryout requirements are 100 yards freestyle, 25 yards backstroke, 25 yards breaststroke, 25 yards butterfly (optional but each participant is asked to attempt it), and 1 minute of treading water. Silver Team tryout requirements are 200 yards freestyle, a 100-yard individual medley (one length each of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle), and a timed 100-yard freestyle in less than 2:00. For Dolphin’s Swim Conditioning, swimmers must be at least a “Stage 6” swimmer and/or capable of swimming 100 yards continuously for the beginner level. Recommended and required equipment includes goggles, a swim cap (recommended), and swim fins (recommended).
The mission of the swim team program states that joining the Swim Team at the YMCA helps kids build endurance, speed, and drill techniques, with teamwork and sportsmanship. The program description states that YMCA swim teams are designed to help team members improve and refine strokes, starts, turns, and finishes, and that the Camarillo Family YMCA Swim Team provides youth with positive experiences through competitive swimming. The program description also states that swimmers participate as a team while learning the core values of the Y, that the competitive swim teams are programs for children and teens of all ability levels, and that coaches maintain a positive and challenging environment where swimmers train together as a team with encouragement, individual discipline, and pride in everyone’s achievements. The description further states that the program offers a supportive and progressively challenging environment for swimmers ranging from novice swimmers still building endurance to elite swimmers training for national competitions.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
• Ages: 6–16 years old
• Schedule: Monthly Barracuda Swim Team Bronze and Silver sessions in Camarillo run March–June 2026, Monday–Thursday, with 45-minute practices in the late afternoon; Barracuda tryouts in Camarillo are offered on select Mondays from March–May 2026 in 30-minute blocks; Dolphin’s Swim Conditioning in Ventura runs June 16–August 6, 2026 on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 60 minutes in the early evening, with no class on Thursday, July 4 and a make-up on Friday, July 5 at the regular practice time.
• Price: Barracuda Swim Team Bronze and Silver sessions are $120.00 for members and $165.00 for non-members per session; Barracuda Swim Team Tryouts are free for both members and non-members; Dolphin’s Swim Conditioning is $90.00 for member priority and open member registration and $180.00 for non-members.
For Barracuda Swim Team tryouts, swimmers must be able to swim front stroke (freestyle) 50–100 yards, backstroke 50–100 yards, breaststroke 25–50 yards, and tread water for 1 minute. Bronze Team tryout requirements are 100 yards freestyle, 25 yards backstroke, 25 yards breaststroke, 25 yards butterfly (optional but each participant is asked to attempt it), and 1 minute of treading water. Silver Team tryout requirements are 200 yards freestyle, a 100-yard individual medley (one length each of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle), and a timed 100-yard freestyle in less than 2:00. For Dolphin’s Swim Conditioning, swimmers must be at least a “Stage 6” swimmer and/or capable of swimming 100 yards continuously for the beginner level. Recommended and required equipment includes goggles, a swim cap (recommended), and swim fins (recommended).
The mission of the swim team program states that joining the Swim Team at the YMCA helps kids build endurance, speed, and drill techniques, with teamwork and sportsmanship. The program description states that YMCA swim teams are designed to help team members improve and refine strokes, starts, turns, and finishes, and that the Camarillo Family YMCA Swim Team provides youth with positive experiences through competitive swimming. The program description also states that swimmers participate as a team while learning the core values of the Y, that the competitive swim teams are programs for children and teens of all ability levels, and that coaches maintain a positive and challenging environment where swimmers train together as a team with encouragement, individual discipline, and pride in everyone’s achievements. The description further states that the program offers a supportive and progressively challenging environment for swimmers ranging from novice swimmers still building endurance to elite swimmers training for national competitions.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
Is this your business? There is no cost, but you will be asked to sign up or log in.