Please understand that your child's safety and well-being directly depends on the type of counselors the camp hires. After all, the counselors are the individuals living and eating with, and supervising, your child 24 hours a day. Please ask about the camp's supervision of water-related activities. Prior to the start of every summer, the program director typically plans out a program or activity schedule, which you may want to review. You can check if there are any activities you don't understand or games you haven't heard of.
Some camps prohibit any entry into water off camp property.
For trips involving partial or total immersion in a body of water, please see whether there exists any special protocol. You may want to ensure that the water is tested and that only bathing attire is worn. If so, you may want to ask about the safety protocol followed. Please know that not all camps discipline staff in the same manner. Please be aware that there may have been prior deaths or serious injuries at the camp.