For Graduates
Now that you’ve completed the Essentials ‘Starter’ courses, you’re ready to continue your journey with Miracle Swimming. View our next-level courses below.
- ESSENTIALS 2
- DEEP WATER PLAY
- OCEAN 101
- JUMP OFF THE BOAT
- OCEAN 202
- SNORKELING
- SCUBA DIVING
- FREESTYLE & TURNS
Essentials 2
The goal of this course is to finish what you began in Essentials 1: mastering shallow water and becoming calm in water over your head. When you’ve mastered this course, you can rest and play in deep water without getting tired for 10 or 15 minutes. You’ll say, “I can swim.”
PREREQUISITES: Miracle Swimming Essentials 1 or Essentials 1 SloMo course. You can float and unfloat, roll over, and do reversals in shallow water peacefully. You’ve learned to use the 5 Circles.
DURATION: 24 hours/5 days
LOCATION(S):
Atlanta, GA Sarasota, FL
Deep Water Play
Become proficient in the deep end! Learn to use the water to pick up the keys you dropped in the deep, find a nose clip, play games, swim along the bottom, do tricks. This solidifies your confidence to say, “I can swim.”
PREREQUISITES: You can rest and bob and swim around the deep end peacefully for at least 5 minutes away from the wall when you arrive for Deep Water Play. Essentials 2 course is recommended until you can do that.
DURATION:
36 hours/9 days
LOCATION(S):
Sarasota, FL
Ocean 101
This class takes place at the Lido and Siesta Beaches. Learn how to enter the ocean by navigating waves and breakers. Learn how your pool skills transfer to the ocean and how to take care of yourself in beach water conditions, rip currents, critters, and salt water.
PREREQUISITES: you must be an Essentials 1 or Essentials 1 SloMo graduate able to float, unfloat, do reversals, and roll over peacefully.
DURATION: 12 hours/3 days
LOCATION(S):
Jump Off the Boat
There are times when you want to be at ease jumping off a boat. In this course, we start by jumping into a deep pool. We end up jumping off a boat out in the open waters of the beautiful Gulf of Mexico!
PREREQUISITES: You have completed our Essentials 2 course. Ocean 101 is also recommended, but not required.
DURATION: 9 hours/2 days
LOCATION(S): Sarasota, FL
Advanced Courses
Advanced courses are offered for our graduates who have overcome their fear. They now have attention to spare for things other than survival. This includes:
*Ocean 202:
- Kayaking
- Paddleboarding (SUP)
- Boogie Boarding
- Snorkeling introduction
2 Strokes (Back & Breast, Breast & Fly, and turns)
Courses without links: unscheduled at this time or, if you see dates, the registration page is coming