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Safe Swim Academy offers private swim lessons, semi-private swim lessons, group swim lessons, and a Baby Aquatics class. The program also includes swimming, soccer, and multi-sport activities. Lessons take place in a warm-water environment in a pool heated to 87 degrees.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Lesson options are available Monday–Friday with daytime and evening times, and on weekends, with lessons beginning June 8th.
Safe Swim Academy has been teaching swim lessons in the US for over 15 years. The program’s mission is to help young athletes build confidence, develop skills, and stay active in a fun and supportive environment. It was founded by Coach Monica, a former Olympic team swimmer, also known as Monica Barbu, who was part of the Romanian Olympic swimming team and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Instructors include a Certified American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, and the program highlights creative, enthusiastic, and highly professional instructors who use a proven teaching style through games, songs, and imagery characters. Offerings include one-on-one swim instruction, small, focused group classes, and semi-private lessons for siblings or friends of similar age and abilities, with swimmers ranging from 6-month-old babies to adults. Safe Swim Academy provides all year round swim lessons with a focus on water safety and proper swim technique, and lessons are tailored to the uniqueness of each student.
Safe Swim Academy has a partnership with Mt. Carmel High School to offer private and group swim lessons to the Mt. Carmel and Poway communities, and a partnership with San Diego Soccer Academy to bring a Summer Camp 2026.
Parent feedback includes comments that Monica teaches safety first and provides progressive instruction adapted to all students and levels, including refining competitive swimming technique for all strokes. Other parents describe Monica as super friendly, with Olympic swimming skills, and note that their daughters, who are now pre-teens, see her as a role model. One parent reports that after trying soccer and tae kwon do, their child felt comfortable and happy with Miss Monica and now wants lessons to last longer. Another parent shares that Monica has helped a child on a swim team improve in all four strokes and other important swimming skills, and that other instructors at Safe Swim Academy are attentive, positive, and described as wonderful.
Last updated July 8, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Lesson options are available Monday–Friday with daytime and evening times, and on weekends, with lessons beginning June 8th.
Safe Swim Academy has been teaching swim lessons in the US for over 15 years. The program’s mission is to help young athletes build confidence, develop skills, and stay active in a fun and supportive environment. It was founded by Coach Monica, a former Olympic team swimmer, also known as Monica Barbu, who was part of the Romanian Olympic swimming team and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Instructors include a Certified American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, and the program highlights creative, enthusiastic, and highly professional instructors who use a proven teaching style through games, songs, and imagery characters. Offerings include one-on-one swim instruction, small, focused group classes, and semi-private lessons for siblings or friends of similar age and abilities, with swimmers ranging from 6-month-old babies to adults. Safe Swim Academy provides all year round swim lessons with a focus on water safety and proper swim technique, and lessons are tailored to the uniqueness of each student.
Safe Swim Academy has a partnership with Mt. Carmel High School to offer private and group swim lessons to the Mt. Carmel and Poway communities, and a partnership with San Diego Soccer Academy to bring a Summer Camp 2026.
Parent feedback includes comments that Monica teaches safety first and provides progressive instruction adapted to all students and levels, including refining competitive swimming technique for all strokes. Other parents describe Monica as super friendly, with Olympic swimming skills, and note that their daughters, who are now pre-teens, see her as a role model. One parent reports that after trying soccer and tae kwon do, their child felt comfortable and happy with Miss Monica and now wants lessons to last longer. Another parent shares that Monica has helped a child on a swim team improve in all four strokes and other important swimming skills, and that other instructors at Safe Swim Academy are attentive, positive, and described as wonderful.
Last updated July 8, 2026.
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