Sea Otter Swim Lessons

My son started swim lessons here when he was 4 months with Teacher Jordan. I was glad to have her as his teacher. He has learnt a lot and his love for the pool and swimming has not diminished since. The school is well maintained with good facilities such as multiple public showers and toilets, however, their teacher turn over rate is very high. If they kept this under control, then I can say it is one of the rare good swim schools around. I didn’t like the teacher changing every few months as it disrupted continuity of learning and rate of progress. We left finally because of this.

We took our older daughter here to learn to swim. We now have returned with our 18 month old daughter. Wonderful, caring staff.

We love our swim teacher! My toddler can float on her back independently, and loves to go underwater, jump in/​dive, and is learning freestyle. I completely trust her to push my daughter, yet still be extremely safe and effective. We have been coming here for 2 years on and off. Our instructor has been teaching forever and is extremely knowledgeable, and clearly loves children and teaching, but that is not the case with all the instructors. Make sure when you sign up to check and see how long your teacher has been teaching and what qualifications (like lifeguard certification, etc) they have. Otherwise I would rate 5 stars.
Additionally, the water is warm enough to go through the winter comfortably. The kids are never cold!

Business showed more concern for money than my child’s safety. I reserved a spot over the phone for my daughter, arrived for the swim lesson and was taken back by what the business wanted me to agree to in order for my child to participate. I encourage patrons to fully read their disclosures and consent form, apparently they feel they have no obligation to provide a safe environment for our children to learn while in their care, and ask that we surrender all legal rights even in the case of negligence (which may be common practice, but I was not aware of this beforehand). In addition, they were so concerned about the money, they would not allow me to think over the terms for two days, and demanded the money for the evening’s lesson along with the following month immediately (even though I suggested I pay for that evening, try the lesson, and think over the contract and respond before the first of the month as to whether or not I wished to continue). It ended with them requiring me to pay for the lesson I had showed up for, even though my child could not participate. I walked away with no swim lesson, a disappointed child, personally frustrated and short $ 25. Poor customer service and business practices overall.

Absolutely the best place in the region for swim lessons! My kids started with Celeste and Andreya a few months ago and week after week they show AMAZING improvement. What I thought would be a few sessions with a Groupon have turned into lessons with no end date. :). Their method of teaching is spot on! The staff is extremely friendly. Andreya is a perfect match for my son. And my daughter loves Celeste. Couldn’t be happier, 5 stars, bravo Sea Otters!

No lap lanes! So my son 6 years old did not like the pool. If your child is advanced or intermediate this is Not the right pool. This might be a better for upto 4 yr olds. I do like Roseville pool much better.

Purchased a groupon for private lessons for my 4 year old son. The lesson lasted only 15min when it was supposed to last 20! The instructor was cold, terse, and distracted and several times during the lesson I feared for my son’s safety, as the instructor wasn’t paying enough attention. She didn’t seem to even try to engage with him beyond curt commands. Instructors: If you don’t like kids, please at least pretend like you do!!! The facilities were dirty and unkept. The parent waiting area is horribly hot with just one small fan in the corner and ineffective misters. My son had lessons during the summer through the city of Roseville at Mike Shellito pool and everything was far superior! I’m going back to Roseville.

Awesome, warm pool, super kept up and clean. For sure beats a public pool any day!!! Lots of fun toys for the loss to play with as well. We took our 10 month old for a monthly parent tot class and loved it!

My son has been with then since 8 months and he is now alnost 14 months. He is enrolled in the parent/​tot class where my husband gets to get in the pool with him. My son absolutely loves this place and so do we! Priceless investment for our little boy!

We took our daughter there for a few months about 4 years ago. Living in Roseville, it was a bit of a drive to go to Loomis. The instruction was ok, but very pricey. We moved her to City of Roseville and could not be happier. Very close to home, and about a ¹⁄₃ of the price. Longer lessons at a lower price. She excelled at a quicker pace through City of Roseville

We’ve completed seven weeks of one-​on-​one classes and I am astonished at my kids’ progress. They have a great time and their new-​found confidence just makes me smile. They’ve gotten ribbons and developed skills in a completely fun, encouraging environment. Lessons are not cheap, but my daughters have made much more progress in these lessons than they did in the city classes of the same level. Could not be happier with our experience.
As other reviewers mention, the classes are non-​refundable. If your child needs to miss a lesson, they offer your family a voucher for a family swim time. If their teachers need to miss, they find a sub. Seems like a reasonable solution to me.

I could not be more pleased. Took my first grandchild several years ago, back again with second grandchild. Love the consistency, no matter what teacher. Very professional. Do a great job keeping him focused but also having a good time. They both love to go to swim class, which is the best review. They offer make up option for a class you need to miss. Facilities are excellent. Now the monthly payment option is much easier on the budget. Quality instructors. Clean and well maintained. Highly recommend.

Sea Otter Swim Lessons has been a great find for my daughter! We started in the Parent Tot class and she loved it! She is now two and is a private lesson. Every member of the staff that I have interacted with has been helpful, friendly and eager to help my shy girl! I love Sea Otter!

Don’t cancel a lesson because your kid came home from school with a fever… your going to get charged full price anyway… so I guess you should take your sick kids there and let then containment everyone else and puke in the pool… this just took the place from a 5 star rating to a 2 star rating

I was very unhappy with our experience here. The teacher was very unenergetic and looked uninterested in being there. She never corrected my boys’ horrible form in freestyle. After moving to another school, I was told that my boys would have to «unlearn» all their bad habits. I must admit that we did not go Sea Otter for a long time because we had to move unexpectedly. However, in the weeks we were there, I saw very little instruction going on. Just a lackluster «that’s good» every time they attempted to swim across the pool. I wanted my boys to learn to swim better… not go there to practice their horrible form and be told they were doing a good job. Basically, after moving to another school, I was told that their arm movement, breathing, kicking, everything was wrong with their freestyle form… but I wonder why I never heard the teacher at Sea Otter mention any of this to my boys!!! No real teaching going on with this one instructor.
I can’t talk about all the teachers there because my boys only had one instructor.
I gave two stars instead of one because I thought the young girl in the front desk was super professional, friendly, and returned phone calls right away.

So far we’ve only done two lessons with our 8 month old and I’m quite happy so far. We are doing the parent-​tot class and there are four other mommies and babies in our class. I chose the parent-​tot because it was more reasonable on the cost plus my baby is quite young– a little too young to fully understand swimming now– but we put her in to get her used to the water. Our instructor is very pleasant. She remembers our daughter’s name and is always cheerful and explains things clearly. I don’t know about how much our daughter will actually learn as far as how to swim, but I think when she gets a little older and understands better I would like to put her in the 1 on 1 class. All in all, it is clean and a nice place. I’d definitely recommend it.

My kids just had their first swim lessons with Sea Otter and I was very impressed! The staff is extremely helpful and confident. There are toys and space to play for the kids waiting to swim. It’s nice and shaded and you get to sit so close to the pool to cheer your little one on! My three year old was hesitant at first, but Mr. Ken was great with him and my son quickly did things in the water I haven’t seen him do! My daughter had Natalie and she was super friendly! Both instructors knew what they were doing. Both of my kids Ended their lesson with a slide into the water! so fun! I’m happy to have my kids taking lessons with a place that also promotes water safety. Yay sea otter!

I am conflicted about this place which is why I chose mid-​range rating. They offer what you can’t find anywhere else in the area, the problem is that they know it. My husband accurately describes Sea Otter personnel as primadonnas. Sea Otter swim lessons offer excellent instructors for kids in a nontoxic salt water pool. But they require YOU to «bend over backwards» for THEM in the area of scheduling and their pool regulations, they will not work with you. Also they charge TOP DOLLAR at $ 112 per month per child.

My daughter was lucky enough to get a spot at Sea Otter Swim School over the fall and winter. I was so impressed with the quality of lessons she received, I couldn’t have been happier.
Our instructor was Paul… he was always patient with my daughter… and believe me, that sometimes is difficult even for my partner and me, Paul took her from knowing little more than knowing how to swim underwater, to learning the basics about strokes, back floats, and breathing techniques. Because of the time she spent with Paul, she is a much more confident swimmer this summer. She enjoyed it so much, she can’t wait for our pool to be too cold to swim in… she wants to go back and swim with Paul.
We would recommend Sea Otter to anyone looking to improve the confidence of children that already can swim, those who just need some help on learning the mechanics of swimming, and those children who have never been in the water and are learning for the first time. For us it was all about our daughter’s safety… something we feel much better about today.

I have not had the opportunity to experience swim lessons withe them, but I had my son’s 5^th birthday party there today and was very impressed. LeAnn worked with me through the whole process and the party was amazing. The kids and parents had a great time. We had a slight delay on the pizza delivery for the kids, not any fault of Sea Otter, and they were very accommodating with that even letting us go over our time limit slightly to accommodate the rest of the party. I would for sure make another party there. The only complaint I have is the time constraint. The parties are held on Saturdays from 3PM to 5PM with a half hour before for set-​up. I wish we could have had an extra hour in order to accommodate everyone without feeling rushed. Two hours is tight when dealing with small children.
I will be starting swimming lessons for my son there very soon. I am sure I will be happy with the services. I have some friends who’s children took swimming lessons with them 13 years ago and loved it then. Many parents I talk to love the staff and the instructors.
As far as a party venue… thumbs up Sea Otter! But look into a little more time for the parties. An hour would be great. But even an extra half hour would make a big difference!