Swim with Heart

Excellent coaching. Really good people — both those that work here, and those that are in the pool. Absolutely recommend this team. It’s a great community and my swimming and strength has improved tremendously since joining.

My daughter had to get her time up for the Junior Guards and it was too late to sign up for community swim classes. I had a nightmare with swim coaches with my son so I was worried I met Michael with Swim with Heart and she jumped right in with my daughter. It was amazing how much she has progressed. Michael teaches in such a great way that my daughter can’t wait for the next class! Wow! I recommend everyone to Swim with Heart!

Swim With Heart is, in all honesty, the best swim program in Santa Monica. It is a swim program dedicated to teaching kids with special needs how to swim, and I have seen first hand how it has changed the lives of so many «lil’ sharkies’ (the team mascot is a shark). I have witness children timidly coming to the pool, and then lighting up with such huge personalities while they are in the water. Coach Mikey and her staff pay such close attention to these swimmers — they make sure that these little sharks learn how to swim with ease, confidence, and perfect form too!
I personally swam on the SWH Masters team — I was one of Mikeys first Master Swimmers when she started the program in 2012. I am a seasoned swimmer (have been swimming since age 8) and swimming with SWH Masters is hands down the best and greatest swim team experience. Our swim practices are fun and we are always laughing and enjoying our swim sets (Don’t get me wrong, we still worked hard in our sets, but we finished each practice with a smile).
Coach Mikey is truly a beautiful person inside and out, she changes lives and empowers children to believe in themselves while also making their bodies stronger through swimming. These kids are always having fun in their lessons, and when they step onto the pool deck they literally jump for joy when they see Coach Mikey.
The facility they swim out of, Santa Monica College, has a two beautiful pools — one is olympic sized, and the other is a smaller lap pool, but is heated and so awesome. You will love it!

\We are owed a lesson and the attitude of the owner is so bad. no follow up at all. totally expensive to start. they charge you a test fee where no one else in the area will charge. They don’t get back to you on scheduling, and we have been owed at least a lesson since last summer. The owner has not followed up or returned emails. Total rip off. and NOT Swimming with Heart for sure!