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Swimming
Swimming for fitness or fun provides you with a complete form of exercise. Being supported by the water, it is also low impact and suitable for everyone. Learning to swim also gives you an invaluable life skill which you can use not only to stay fit but also to relax and get more out of your leisure time and holidays.
The water in our indoor pools is kept at a comfortably warm temperature and each facility has a full programme of different swimming sessions and lessons for all ages.
Adults can enjoy:
- Aqua Aerobics
- Lane swimming
- Ladies only sessions
- Twilight zone sessions where we turn the lights down for a relaxing evening swim.
Kids can enjoy fun sessions with our giant pool inflatable’s, Water Walkerz, take a slide down the flume at Lewes Leisure Centre and even hire our facilities for a great Birthday Pool Party.
All our pools offer disabled access, pool hoist, disabled changing and WC facilities.
Swimming Pool Admission Policy
- Children Under 4 years must be accompanied in the water by a responsible person (1 responsible person to a maximum of 2 children). Non-swimmers or weak swimmers must wear bouyancy aids and the responsible person must stay in the teaching pool, or the shallow end of the Main Pool in water no more than chest deep.
- Children 4-7 years must be accompanied in the water by a responsible person (1 responsible person to a maximum of 3 children). Non-swimmers or weak swimmers must wear bouyancy aids and the responsible person must stay in the teaching pool, or the shallow end of the Main Pool in water no more than chest deep.
- Children Under 8 years who want to swim in the deep end of the main pool must be able to complete the competency test outlined below.
- Group Leaders bringing parties of children who are under 8 years must inform the manager before arrival and keep the children in shallow water (within a depth of 1 metre).
A responsible person must be at least 16 years old (or the child's parent) and be able to complete the competency test outlined below.
Non-swimmers and weak swimmers (whatever your age) must remain wihtin a depth not exceeding chest height.
This policy follows nationally recommended guidelines for admissions to public pools.
Competency Test:
- Tread water for 30 seconds
- Swim 50 meters without stopping
- Be at level 9 or above on our swimming lesson programme
Swimming Lessons
Our extensive programme of swimming lessons for all ages will help give you or your children the confidence to enjoy the water in complete safety.At Wave Leisure we follow the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Plan for Teaching and all our instructors are ASA qualified. Children can start to enjoy the water from the age of five months with one of our Parent & Toddler structured play sessions and follow the ASA Duckling and Puffin programme all the way through to age 4.
Our lesson programme then goes all the way through to ASA level 12, with special courses for advanced water skills, personal water safety, rookie lifeguarding, water rescue and even the full National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) for over 16's.
Our adult programme is equally comprehensive. If you've never set foot in a pool before then our Absolutely Terrified course is for you! Once you've caught the swimming bug you can progress right through to adult advanced courses and even go for your NPLQ certificate too.
There are term-time weekly courses, intensive holiday courses, evening courses for adults and private one-to-one or group lessons available.
Birthday Parties
Our pools also make great kids birthday party venues and there are a number of options to choose from. These include:- Giant inflatable pool parties
- Water Walkerz
- General pool hire
