Happy Swimmers Mobile Swim School

Held a pool party in my back yard for 20 kids, some didn’t know how to swim. Fortunately, I was able to enjoy myself as the hostess and not worry about my kids or the other kids who didn’t know how to swim. The parents also thought it was a great idea to have a professional life guard who also knew CPR in case of any emergency!

We ordered a 6-​session private swim package for our child, fully expecting to do additional lessons. Unfortunately, we stopped after the 5^th lesson and have no plans to renew.
The main issue was that our swim instructor was so flaky. She was nice enough. But, she was late to the first lesson and kept rescheduling others. One was due to her being called in for another job, another was a vacation, and yet another was visits with her family member. To be fair, we rescheduled a lesson ourselves.
We had one lesson left and a tight schedule. We raised the scheduling issues with her and asked her politely not to do any more reschedulings. Later that same week, she texted us that she’d be a few hours late, and then texted us saying that she needed to cancel. We then decided that we didn’t want her services any more.
We called the main office asking for another instructor, but they didn’t return our call. We left a few messages and after about a week, we finally got in touch and they refunded the cost of the remaining lesson.
3 Stars means «a-​OK.» Accordingly, they get a few stars for being OK, but they certainly don’t deserve a perfect rating.
Subsequently, we started lessons elsewhere. The contrast is useful. The new instructor is just as nice, but my daughter’s making faster progress. The rate is cheaper, and the instructor is prompt and professional. No drama, so nice. So, Unilocalers, look around, there are good options out there.

My company held a pool party at a private residence and I realized — 2 days before the event — that we forgot to hire a lifeguard. I submitted a request on the Happy Swimmers website and gave them a call. They were able to schedule a lifeguard the same day. They followed up with an email and a call from the young woman who was our lifeguard, so we knew we were on their schedule.
The day of the event, the lifeguard showed up at least 10 minutes early as we requested. She was professional, super nice, attentive and no one drowned. I’d definitely use these guys again! So amazing!

And then when they saw my previous review the person who chased me for the new collection amount chased me down and asked me to change my review!!!
DON’T WORRY — I’LL PAY — STOP THREATENING ME!!!
BEWARE!!!

My 3 year old granddaughter had a fantastic experience working with Sarah, one of the swim instructors from Happy Swimmers.
Sarah was extremely patient and kind. Her technique for advancing my granddaughter’s swim skill was excellent.
My granddaughter was always excited and eager to work with Sarah. That is to Sarah’s credit, as she made each lesson fun. Always a lot of laughter coming from the pool.
My experience with Happy Swimmers Swim School was also outstanding. John Tyler was very responsive to any questions I posed. The enrollment process was incredibly easy and when I asked for a refund for a particular lesson, the request was honored on the same day.
Customer service is extremely important to me. What a pleasure to work with such professionals.
I highly recommend this swim school. I plan on being a return customer next summer.
Linda V.

We hired Trevor for our annual summer party because we had lots of kids this year. Best decision we ever made and money well spent for the peace of mind. Trevor was amazing. Even the kids said he was ‘strict’ yet he joined in with the water cannons and got into water fights. The kids really respected his rules, which I loved! He was able to establish that perfect balance of authority and fun. Make sure you ask for him!

Trish came down to Oxnard and gave an incredible CPR and First Aid Class! It was the BEST experience I’ve ever had in taking any type of course, and time just FLEW by! Definitely recommending friends and fellow small business owners to Trisha’s course!

This guy John is a great instructor he teaches in a great positive way, plus you get to learn how to handle a situation hands on as well as textbook guidelines, but for sure I recommend the class to anyone pursuing to be a lifeguard.

I did the American Red Cross Lifeguard training this past weekend, including first aid and CPR/​AED, with 18 of my fellow 24 Hour Fitness Aqua Group Exercise instructors and I wanted you to know how fortunate we were to have Ellen and Mike of your company leading us. They were awesome! It was certainly challenging, but definitely rewarding. I leave the weekend with a new respect for our «expanded» responsibility as Aqua instructors, and a new love for the water. Thank you.

Initially the response from the office was very slow, however, after four lessons, I was able to swim to the deep end of my pool with the guidance of Trish my instructor. I highly recommend Trish if you’re looking for a very talented and experienced swimming instructor. I would give Trish FIVE stars.

Great company! instructors are very talented and can teach your children how to swim safely.
Best CPR re-​cert class I have had, great learning environment. John makes its enjoyable and uplifting and goes over anything and everything if you have questions. I would highly recommend them for everything they offer!

This is our 3^rd year of lessons through Happy Swimmers. We live in South Orange County and our instructor, Trisha Commons, come to our house to teach our three kids now 8, 5 and 3. I’m amazed at how much progress she makes with them. All three kids are now swimming length wise across our pool and they love swimming. My kids are still little so I still watch them very closely in the pool but I feel so much better knowing that if they fell in that they would be able to swim to safety. I know she also lifeguards as well. If we ever have a swim party, we will definitely have her watch the kids.
If you have a pool, use Happy Swimmer! Its worth the money. Ask for Trisha if you live in LA or Orange County. She’s awesome!

We have used Happy Swimmers as our pool party lifeguards since 2009. John Tyler is a top notch business owner-​very customer service oriented, plus great hand-​picked staff of lifeguards. All of the Happy Swimmers lifeguards who have come to our house have been extremely professional, polite and are great with kids.

My 3 ½ year old has never been so excited about swim lessons and being in the pool. I couldn’t ask for anything more than what Kristy has been able to accomplish in just 2 short weeks! I’m looking forward to continuing classes all summer long.

Happy Swimmers is fantastic! For the past 3 years we have used their lifeguards for our July 4^th party. This year, I really needed to teach my 3 year old daughter to swim. I contacted Happy Swimmers, who sent Lucas to the rescue. My daughter is absolutely enchanted with Lucas, as am I (for different reasons I think:) Lucas has gotten Eva floating, holding her breath, and swimming so quickly! Now I feel like she is safe in the water and she can’t wait for the mornings when Lucas arrives for her lesson. I highly recommend Happy Swimmers for lifeguarding and swim lessons.

We needed two last minute lifeguards for a beach party with 57 fourth graders. Happy Swimmers came through in a pinch. The owner, John Tyler, and one of his experienced lifeguards came. They were incredibly professional and saved the day! I highly recommend this company and will use them again.

We had a lifeguard at my son’s 6^th birthday party, Matt. He showed up on time, was incredibly friendly and amazing at his job. About 2 hours into the party the pool was packed with kids. I was talking to a friend when suddenly I saw Matt jump up from his chair, run to the far side of the pool and pull my 2 year old daughter from underwater. He saved her life. None of us saw what happened and my daughter got lost in the crowd. I cannot recommend this company enough and will be using them again at every pool party we have.

I’ve taken the Happy Swimmers’ Professional Lifeguarding/​CPR/​First Aid class at least four times during my 10+ years of being a lifeguard. John, the owner and class instructor, makes the business of certification fun for first timers and returning guards alike. His prices are reasonable, the locations (I’ve attended class at both Pierce College and Valley College) are always convenient, and John himself is a joy to be around. He is funny, extremely knowledgeable, and wears the best sarongs in town. Take this class!

I took the lifeguard certification class in one weekend with Happy Swimmers. The length of time and price of the course was way better compared to doing it directly through the Red Cross.
I learned a lot, and had a great time doing it. The instructor was helpful and knew what she was doing. She made sure that each person was doing the procedures correctly.
However, I do think that the course was too short for a certification class. I feel some topics should have been covered more (but understandably, we didn’t have much time). But knowing that we may have someone’s life in our hands one day, I think we should absolutely know what we’re doing.
Overall, I’m happy I took the course.

I have a toddler and a pool, both of which means trouble for any parent.
Since my kid loves the pool but is not yet water-​safe, I called Happy Swimmers to schedule some private lessons for him in our pool. I was able to schedule everything online and his swim instructor, Karissa, was very flexible on the time and dates I wanted. Karissa was very sweet and patient with my son and clearly a very good swim teacher. She taught him how to get in and out of the pool, kick his legs, and monkey-​walk around the edge of the pool. And that was just the first 30-​minute lesson.
Although the swim instructor was great with my son, he started to throw major tantrums before each lesson. The problem is that he refuses to get his face wet in the pool (an OCD issue that I blame on his father). So, after only a few lessons, I had to cancel the remaining lessons since it was clear that my kid was not quite ready to learn anything else. Oh, well. There was no problem with getting a refund and they were very understanding. I’m guessing that I don’t have the only 2 year old with water issues.
The people at Happy Swimmers are wonderful to work with, very flexible, and reasonably priced. When my son is a bit older and ready for lessons, I won’t hesitant to call them again.