Three locations.
Four decades.
One family teaching
greater LA to swim.
Family-owned for four decades across three locations, Daland Swim School has taught over 100,000 students a skill for life — safe, happy, confident. Our #1 priority is, and always has been, water safety.
Founded 1986 by Hall-of-Fame coach Ingrid Daland - Open 7 days a week
Accredited & trusted by the people who set the standards
From first splash to swim team
It's never too early or too late to learn to swim. Our child-development based curriculum meets every swimmer where they are — and turns them into calm, confident, happy swimmers.
Baby & Me / Toddler & Me
Get in the water together — songs, play, first safe-swimming skills.
Group, Semi-Private & Private Lessons
Small groups by age & level, or one-on-one for the fastest progress.
Stroke Clinic
Refine all four strokes, starts, and turns.
Team Fundamentals
The strokes and endurance that lead into the team.
Swim Team
Build a swimmer for life — all the way to high-school varsity.
Four decades, three locations.
Flagship · 1986Thousand Oaks
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Year-roundAgoura Hills
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BurbankBurbank
See this locationTwo champions started it. Their daughter Leslie runs it today.
Founder Ingrid Daland — a German and US champion — and her husband Peter, a two-time Head USA Olympic coach, built Daland on a safety-first method. Their daughter Leslie, a National Champion and USC All-American, owns and still teaches at the school today.
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Educate to Eliminate
Drowning is the #1 cause of accidental death for children ages 1–4 — and it's preventable.
That's why every lesson builds the skills that save lives. Proud partner of Stop Drowning Now.
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Moments in the water
