Ocaquatics Swim School

Ocaquatics Swim School offers baby classes, parent-and-child classes, toddler classes, and preschool and school-age lessons. Children work on water adjustment, safety skills, breath holding, submerging, floating, kicking, swimming longer distances, back floating, rollover breathing, crawl arm stroke, freestyle with rollover breaths, backstroke, dolphin kicks, side breathing, and endurance.

Programs

• Baby Groups / Parent and Me Baby — 6-36 months · Beginners aged 6 to 15 months; focus on water adjustment and safety skills. A parent or adult family member accompanies the child in the pool for the first 4 baby levels.
• Parent and Me Tot — 13-36 months · Beginners aged 13 to 36 months; work on water adjustment and safety skills.
• Parent and Me Plus — 15-36 months · Swimmers already comfortable swimming 3 feet on their own; work on swimming longer distances and independent breathing.
• Parent and Me Super — 20-36 months · Swimmers already comfortable swimming 3 feet on their own; work on separation from parents and independent breathing.
• Super Baby — 24-30 months · Graduates of the Parent and Me program who can already swim 3 feet on their own and are ready to swim without a parent in class.
• Toddler Groups / Water Bugs — 30 months-4 years · For children 30 months to 4 years old without a parent in the pool; beginners work on water adjustment and safety skills.
• Advanced Water Bugs — 30 months-4 years · Child swims 3 feet independently and works on swimming longer distances, back floating and rollover breathing.
• Super Water Bugs — 30 months-4 years · Child swims 10 feet with an unassisted breath and works on swimming longer distances and beginning strokes.
• Extreme Water Bugs — 30 months-4 years · Child swims 18 feet of basic freestyle and works on rollover breathing, side breathing, longer distances, and endurance.
• Preschool & School-Age Level 1 — 4+ · Beginners work on water adjustment and safety skills: breath holding, submerging, floating and kicking.
• Preschool & School-Age Level 2 — 4+ · Child swims 3 feet independently and works on swimming longer distances, back floating, rollover breathing, and crawl arm stroke.
• Preschool & School-Age Level 3 — 4+ · Child swims 15 feet with an unassisted breath and learns freestyle with rollover breaths, backstroke, and dolphin kicks.

At a glance

• Ages: 0–18 years old
• General schedule: Classes are 28 minutes long. The source recommends swimming at least twice per week. Tuition is processed on the 20th for the following month ahead.

About the provider

Since 1994, Ocaquatics has taught children to swim in Miami, and the site says it has been trusted by thousands of Miami families for over 30 years. It says its mission is to create safer swimmers while having fun and fostering a lifelong love of the water. It also states that it has more than 5,000 Google reviews with a 4.98 rating and was awarded GOLD for Best Swim School - Miami Herald 2025. Through Swim4Impact, Ocaquatics is raising funds to support Ripples of Impact's 100 Kids in 100 Days initiative, and Ocaquatics is donating $22,500 to support that initiative.

If a child has no previous swimming experience, create an account and enroll by age in the listed level. Children with previous swimming experience need a free 10-15 minute evaluation. Parents must supervise children before and after class. Students should arrive 5 minutes early. Lessons end at their scheduled time even for late arrivals. Substitute teachers of equal qualifications are provided when needed. If not satisfied, contact the Location Manager immediately after class for a replacement class.

Last updated October 16, 2026.