what age can a child go swimming alone
Posted: Jul-12 10:24 AM (1 of 31). Our local pools allow kids to swim alone at 8 years old. They are staffed with lifeguards but even so, my newest Parent's magazine stated that accidental drowning deaths were the second most common way for children ages 5-14 to lose their life.The particular story they featured had a child age 4, who had completed swimming lessons and was fearless of the water.ur local pool has the rule that kids 7 and under need to be with an adult in the water. 8-11 an adult needs to be at the pool with them but can sit in on the deck of the pool. After 11 if they can pass a swim test then they're good to go.