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Private & Semi-Private Swim Lessons

Youth swim lessons in a more personalized environment with our highly qualified teaching staff.

 Contact camps@berkeley.edu for questions


Private Lessons – offered in Spring 2025

Learn in a one-on-one situation with our highly qualified teaching staff. Lessons are 25 minutes long with four or eight sessions available for purchase.

  • Ages: 5-16 years

Program Registration Information

Private swim lessons are 25 minutes long and can be scheduled between 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

The Register button will take you to our CampDoc registration portal, where you can view availability and options. After payment, our enrollment office will send scheduling instructions. You can schedule the lessons yourself or we can assist with this. 25-minute lessons will be available at 4:30pm, 5:00pm and 5:30pm Monday-Thursday starting April 7th and ending May 1st.

In CampDoc click “Swim Lessons” and scroll down.  You are welcome to waitlist, but we have long waitlists for all Private Lessons, and have not been able to move anyone off of it since registration opened in January.

All lessons full – waitlist in CampDoc

Session Dates Days Time Price
Private Lesson – 4 pack 4/7/25 – 5/1/25 Mon – Thu 4:30pm, 5:00pm, or 5:30pm $200
Private Lesson – 8 pack 4/7/25 – 5/1/25 Mon – Thu 4:30pm, 5:00pm, or 5:30pm $350

 

Private Lessons – offered in Summer 2025

Learn in a one-on-one situation with our highly qualified teaching staff. Lessons are 25 minutes long with four or eight sessions available for purchase.

  • Ages: 5-16 years

Semi-Private Lessons – offered in Summer 2025

Bring a buddy! If your swimmer has a sibling, relative, or friend with similar water ability, they can learn together in a semi-private lesson. Register just one participant, with the understanding the lessons will be for two.

  • Ages: 5-16 years
  • Lesson Type: Group Lessons
  • Staff Ratio: 2:1

Program Registration Information

Private swim lessons are 25 minutes long and can be scheduled between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

The Register button will take you to our CampDoc registration portal, where you can view availability and options. After payment, our enrollment office will send scheduling instructions. You can schedule the lessons yourself or we can assist with this. 25-minute lessons will be available at 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm and 5:30pm Monday-Thursday starting June 16th and ending July 31st.

In CampDoc click “Swim Lessons” and scroll down. You are welcome to waitlist, but we have long waitlists for all Private Lessons, and have not been able to move anyone off of it since registration opened in January.

All lessons full – waitlist in CampDoc

Session Dates Days Time Price
Private/Semi-Private Swim Lessons 6/16/25 – 7/31/25 Mon – Thurs 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, or 5:30pm $690
Private Lesson – 4 pack 6/16/25 – 7/31/25 Mon – Thurs 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, or 5:30pm $230
Private Lesson – 8 pack 6/16/25 – 7/31/25 Mon – Thurs 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, or 5:30pm $426

Contact

Berkeley Youth Recreation Enrollment Center

Email: camps@berkeley.edu 

 

For Summer Private and Semi-Private Lesson questions and scheduling, please email:

camps@berkeley.edu.

 

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