Little Seals Swim School: Michelle Auth & Heather Smith

About

Little Seals Swim School, founded by Michelle Auth and Heather Smith, offers private, semi-private, and group swimming lessons focusing on water safety and proper technique in the Mandarin/Jacksonville, FL area. While the provided address (2649 Loretto Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32223) is a mailing address only, lessons are conducted at various heated pools throughout the region.

The pools utilized by Little Seals Swim School are heated and maintained year-round, typically ranging from 88 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 31-32 degrees Celsius) to ensure swimmer comfort and optimal learning conditions.

What are people saying (AI review summary)? Little Seals swim school, featuring instructors Heather and Michelle, is highly recommended for its Infant Self-Rescue (ISR) program, which teaches essential, life-saving swimming skills to children as young as 7-8 months old. Reviewers consistently praise Heather and Michelle as wonderful and amazing instructors who create a fun, safe, and comfortable learning environment. The indoor pool is a significant advantage, preventing cancellations due to weather. Parents express profound gratitude for the peace of mind these lessons provide, knowing their children can self-rescue. Despite initial hesitations or cost concerns, parents, including an ER nurse, affirm the invaluable and potentially life-saving nature of the lessons. Children retain the skills through maintenance lessons and often develop a love for swimming.

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Amenities

• Accepts Credit Cards
• Accessible Entrance

Reviews

Listing Reviews

April 16th, 2018

Jessica Ashcraft

Little Seals came highly recommended to us. We currently do lessons with our 2-year-old through Heather and Michelle who are both absolutely wonderful instructors! They are teaching our daughter a life saving necessity, in a fun and safe environment. We are so thankful to be their customer. If you are on the fence about ISR, know that you shouldn't be afraid, Heather and Michelle will talk everything through with you.

April 16th, 2018

Jenna Fleming

We have loved Little Seals swim school!! Our son completed the safety swim lessons when he was a year and a half and when we return for maintenance lessons he stills knows exactly what to do! Heather and Michelle are amazing and truly take the time to make your child feel comfortable while still getting them to learn the necessary safety skills for the pool. We recommend them to everyone we know.

April 16th, 2018

Ashley Nelson

We have been visiting Michelle for the past 3 years. We started when my son was 7 months old. He is now 3 and currently doing maintenance lessons. We are so happy that we decided to put our son in lessons. Its definitely a hard decision because of the price, but being an ER nurse, I see what happens when your child does not know how to swim. The consequences of not teaching your child to swim is deadly. My son loves swimming now. He constantly wants to be in the pool and I feel better knowing he is safe. My daughter starts lessons next month. I am very thankful for these girls and teaching my children how to swim.

April 17th, 2018

SaeSaeTv

Michelle and Heather are amazing swim instructors. My son, who was 3 1/2 at the time, finished his course in less than 4 weeks. We continue now with maintenance lessons. The indoor pool is a major plus because you don’t have to worry about lessons being canceled due to inclement weather and you don’t have to sweat outside on those hot summer days. I highly recommend these ladies! S. Farah

April 16th, 2018

Laura Carlson

Heather and Michelle are absolutely amazing! They have given lessons to both my 2.5 year old and 8 month old. It’s awesome having the piece of mind knowing if they were to fall in the pool they would be able to save themselves. My 2.5 year old has fallen in a few times and it’s such a relief seeing that he knows what to do!