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Callan Swim School offers swim lessons through a structured 8-step swim program, as well as swim parties and adult swim classes. The program uses the Murray Callan Soft-Touch, No Fear Technique and focuses on a warm, relaxed aquatic environment for infants and young children. Families are asked to bring a swimsuit, a towel, and something to keep long hair contained.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
For the last 6 decades, 3 generations of the Callan family have been teaching San Diegans to swim, and over 285,000 families have entrusted Callan programs with their children's swim education. The program is family owned and operated, with leadership that includes Murray Callan, Glenn Callan, Brett Callan, and Joan Standley. Certified and experienced instructors teach the lessons, and the school states that it has the most experienced staff in San Diego County.
Callan Swim School maintains a 93° pool temperature year round in a custom facility that was designed and built for teaching infants and young children to swim. The mission of Callan Swim School is to teach kids to swim in a nurturing and fun environment, easing parents’ worries about their child's safety around water, and to teach proper swimming skills using a relaxed, efficient upper body. Its philosophy and methodology emphasize early and natural exposure to warm water for infants in a warm, patient, and relaxing environment so that children are at one with the water and learn a life-saving skill. The program describes a simple three-step plan for families: Enroll, Watch, Enjoy.
Murray Callan was inducted into the inaugural class of the United States Swim School Hall of Fame, and the United States Swim School Association’s annual Teacher of the Year award is named in his honor. Community involvement includes helping the San Diego community by enabling thousands of children to begin to learn to swim over several decades.
Parent testimonials describe children progressing through all 8 levels and learning all 4 swim strokes, as well as children becoming more comfortable in the water after starting lessons at Callan Swim School. Parents mention specific instructors, including Allie, Ms. Kiran, Ms. Alyssa, Silvia, Larissa, and Ms. Brianna, and describe the staff and office as flexible, helpful, reasonable, and kind. Several parents state that their children talk about their instructors daily, that they plan to return with younger siblings, and that they are fans of the program.
Last updated June 14, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
For the last 6 decades, 3 generations of the Callan family have been teaching San Diegans to swim, and over 285,000 families have entrusted Callan programs with their children's swim education. The program is family owned and operated, with leadership that includes Murray Callan, Glenn Callan, Brett Callan, and Joan Standley. Certified and experienced instructors teach the lessons, and the school states that it has the most experienced staff in San Diego County.
Callan Swim School maintains a 93° pool temperature year round in a custom facility that was designed and built for teaching infants and young children to swim. The mission of Callan Swim School is to teach kids to swim in a nurturing and fun environment, easing parents’ worries about their child's safety around water, and to teach proper swimming skills using a relaxed, efficient upper body. Its philosophy and methodology emphasize early and natural exposure to warm water for infants in a warm, patient, and relaxing environment so that children are at one with the water and learn a life-saving skill. The program describes a simple three-step plan for families: Enroll, Watch, Enjoy.
Murray Callan was inducted into the inaugural class of the United States Swim School Hall of Fame, and the United States Swim School Association’s annual Teacher of the Year award is named in his honor. Community involvement includes helping the San Diego community by enabling thousands of children to begin to learn to swim over several decades.
Parent testimonials describe children progressing through all 8 levels and learning all 4 swim strokes, as well as children becoming more comfortable in the water after starting lessons at Callan Swim School. Parents mention specific instructors, including Allie, Ms. Kiran, Ms. Alyssa, Silvia, Larissa, and Ms. Brianna, and describe the staff and office as flexible, helpful, reasonable, and kind. Several parents state that their children talk about their instructors daily, that they plan to return with younger siblings, and that they are fans of the program.
Last updated June 14, 2026.
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