The Coastal Waves Method
Welcome to Coastal Waves!
Swimming is an essential skill that everyone deserves to have. Since the pandemic, there has been a shortage of swim lessons which led to parents not being able to register their kids or themselves. This added their name to an extensive waitlist alongside hundreds of others. If they were lucky enough to get a spot, there was no guarantee the instructor would teach an effective swimming lesson.
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All these factors led to the creation of Coastal Waves Swim School - a mobile swim school at the convenience of your own home! We aim to focus on individual-based learning so students can efficiently progress in swimming.
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In June 2025, we rented out our first physical location in Burnaby and are now able to host small group lessons for all ages! By keeping our groups small, we are able to have a more effective and high quality swim lesson where students not just learn to swim, but thrive.
Our Values
Individualized Learning
Everybody is different.
Everybody learns at a different pace.
Everybody has a different style of learning.
Everybody comes with a different skillset.
Everybody has different levels of comfortability.
​Private lessons work on the child's strengths and weaknesses by creating personalized swim programs that support their individual learning style. By registering for private lessons, the student is guaranteed to have the entire lesson to themselves (or shared with a buddy or two) with instruction at their own pace!
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Group lessons are scheduled according to the swimmers' skills so to ensure their peers are of the same level!
Fun in the water!
When you swim with CWSS, you are guaranteed to learn the essential skills of swimming and have tons of fun while doing so! Our lessons flip flop between skill practice and water-related games so the child never gets bored and always looks forward to swimming!
Learn the essential of swimming
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Breathing techniques
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Exploring movement in water
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Safe water entry & exit
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Floating
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Gliding
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Kicking
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Strokes (eg. front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, elementary back stroke, dolphin kick, side glide etc.)
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Water safety skills (eg. jumping, treading water, throwing buoyant aids, skulling, somersault, handstands, diving to the bottom of the pool etc.)
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Diving (if pool permits)
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Lifesaving skills