Skills taught include water adjustment, breath control, prone and back float while gliding in water, and water safety skills. For school aged with basic swimming knowledge. Children must be able to prone and back glide while kicking. Skills taught include a basic crawl stroke with rhythmic breathing, survival floating, introduction to deep water, and perform basic safety skills. Students must be able to perform a coordinated back crawl and front crawl stroke while breathing and kicking for 25 yards.
Emphasis is on changing directions, leveling off and combining skills learned.
New skills include introduction to breaststroke, the understanding of basic water safety and deep-water skills. Children must have successfully completed dolphins or minnows, or be tested by an instructor for this level. For children who have successfully completed sharks or approval by the aquatic coordinator. Skills taught include instruction on additional backstrokes, position and direction change, underwater swim and increased endurance. New skills include introduction to butterfly and basic diving rules.