OPEN WATER SWIMMING
Open water swimming
courses, lessons and workshops
We organize 6-week courses from early June to mid-October day or weekend workshops swimming in open water. Open water swimming has the advantage that you swim in natural water without chemicals. If your goal is to swim outside a lot yourself, it is also an advantage to receive lessons in the same conditions as where you swim afterwards.
Swimming in open water at hotel Fletcher, Spaarnwoude
Currently the location where we give open water courses is Spaarnwoude (near Haarlem), behind the Fletcher hotel. The water quality is good there, you can stand there and there is a comfortable jetty to get in and out of the water. There is a cover to change clothes and a toilet, and a restaurant to have something to eat before or after your lesson. We have wetsuits in all sizes, which you can use during all lessons for 25 euros if you want, so you don't have to purchase anything and you can first see if open water is something for you. In the 6-week courses you will build up the relevant swimming stroke (crawl, breaststroke or butterfly) step by step and you will also receive specific tips for swimming in open water. There are also crawl level 2 courses for people who have already completed the basic course with us and want to refine their stroke in combination with learning to deal with the specific features of outdoor swimming.
Just like in the swimming pool, we work with groups of a maximum of 8 participants and the teacher is always in the water with you.
Price: 295 euros for 6 lessons
Wetsuit rental: 25 euros for 6 lessons
