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Every Lap Is Progress

Swimming and diving build water confidence, technique and determination.

Competitive swimming is built around efficient technique, starts, turns and racing across different strokes and distances. Diving is a separate discipline that combines approach, takeoff, body control and entry into the water. Both reward repetition and precise technique, but the skills and competition formats are very different.

Maui has year-round aquatic programs as well as school competition.

Programs & Organizations

Find Programs Across Maui County

Maui

Youth program

Kahului

Maui Family YMCA Aquatics

Lessons 6 months+ · youth swim club 5+ with prerequisites

Progressive water comfort, safety and stroke lessons, private instruction and a noncompetitive Youth Swim Club emphasizing technique, speed and endurance.

Where
250 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului
Ages / eligibility
Lessons 6 months+ · youth swim club 5+ with prerequisites
Season / sessions
Lessons run in two-month sessions. Contact the Y to sign up for the next one.
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Contact the program to sign up. They can tell you about age groups, openings, fees and practice times.

Youth program

Kīhei

Island Aquatics

Learn-to-swim through competitive groups

A MAGSA/USA Swimming club with beginner-to-advanced development and open-water competition. Team placement depends on assessment and openings.

Where
Kīhei Aquatic Center
Ages / eligibility
Learn-to-swim through competitive groups
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Contact the club about lessons, team tryouts, openings, USA Swimming membership and costs.

Youth program

Lahaina

Lahaina Swim Club

Age 5 through high-school groups

Learn-to-swim and competitive USA Swimming groups with swimmer evaluation and small new-swimmer groups.

Where
Lahaina Aquatic Center, 245 Shaw St.
Ages / eligibility
Age 5 through high-school groups
Season / sessions
Published Fall 2026 groups August 1–December 30.
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Fall groups are full. Contact the club about evaluations and the waitlist.

Youth program

Kahului

Maui Swim Club

Age-group competitive swimming

A competitive MAGSA swim club with long ties to the Coach Sakamoto Invitational.

Where
Coach Spencer Shiraishi Memorial Pool.
Ages / eligibility
Age-group competitive swimming
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Use MAGSA’s team contact to ask about coaches, age groups, tryouts and dues.

Youth program

Wailuku

Hawaii Swim Club — Maui

Age-group competitive swimming

A MAGSA and USA Swimming club on Maui. The local team handles groups, tryouts and enrollment.

Where
Coach Soichi Sakamoto Pool
Ages / eligibility
Age-group competitive swimming
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Use MAGSA’s club contact to ask about youth groups, coaches and fees.

Adaptive swimming

Maui pathway

Special Olympics Hawaiʻi Swimming

Eligibility through Special Olympics

Adaptive competitive swimming with individual and relay events. Contact the program about the local training group and eligibility.

Where
Maui pathway
Ages / eligibility
Eligibility through Special Olympics
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Contact Special Olympics for Maui-area assessment, eligibility, local coach, training schedule and registration.

Countywide

Youth program

County pools

County of Maui Aquatics

Youth lessons vary by pool and session

Learn-to-swim, water safety and school swim programs, including School to Pool for participating schools.

Where
County pools
Ages / eligibility
Youth lessons vary by pool and session
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Contact the County Aquatics Section for lesson schedules, ages and registration. Daily pool-status line: 808-270-8208.

Youth program

Pukalani / Molokaʻi / Lānaʻi

Maui Dolphins Swim Club

Intro typically 5–10 with swimming prerequisites

Intro to Swim Team and year-round competitive swimming, with published competitive practice operations on all three islands. Neighbor-island groups have separate local arrangements.

Where
Upcountry Aquatic Center, 90 Pukalani St. Contact the program for Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi locations.
Ages / eligibility
Intro typically 5–10 with swimming prerequisites
Season / sessions
Short course September–February; long course March–August.
Program & joining details
Contact & participation

Competitive team enrollment is closed for now. Intro sessions run every so often, usually 6–8 weeks. Contact the club about the next one.

School Programs

School teams are open to enrolled students. The athletics office can help with tryouts, clearance, equipment and practices.

Maui

Molokaʻi

Registration

What families should know

Ask about swimmer assessment, water comfort, lesson level and current openings. Competitive enrollment closures are retained in club profiles; pool diving boards do not establish a coached diving program.

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