A City of Fort Lauderdale Parks & Recreation program — and one of the country's leading competitive Age Group, Senior, and Masters swimming clubs.
Fort Lauderdale built Florida's first Olympic-size pool in 1928. In the century since, ten world records have fallen here, hundreds of champions have raced here, and the International Swimming Hall of Fame has called this site home. Swim Fort Lauderdale carries that tradition forward.
From a swimmer's first lap at age six to a Masters athlete chasing personal records at sixty, SFTL is built so every level shares a coaching staff and a standard of excellence.
Where swimmers learn to race. Stroke fundamentals progress to conditioning, and conditioning to competition — at a pace that meets each athlete.
Learn more →For committed senior-level athletes preparing for state, sectional, and national competition — and for the next chapter, whether college or beyond.
Learn more →Adult swimmers of every level — from triathletes to former collegians to first-time lap swimmers. A USMS Gold Club program with structured coaching all year.
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A $47M renovation completed in 2022. Two 50-meter Olympic pools. A diving well with platforms up to 27 meters. 1,522 grandstand seats. Steps from the Atlantic, sharing a campus with the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
It's the home of the Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open — a USA Swimming sanctioned national-caliber meet — and a venue trusted by elite athletes and college teams from across the country.
About the facilitySFTL is led by coaches with national and international resumes — from coaching Olympians to serving on the boards of USA Swimming and ASCA. Every group on the deck is led by a professional with the experience to take a swimmer wherever they want to go.
ASCA Level 5. Fifty years coaching, including three Olympians and roles at SwimMAC Carolina and Phoenix Swim Club. ASCA Gold Medal Coaching Award.
ASCA Level 4. Forty-two years coaching age groupers to national prominence. USA Swimming Board of Directors. FGC General Chair.
USMS / ASCA Level 4 / YMCA Level 5. Twenty years across Masters, age group, and NCAA — with athletes at over fifty NCAA institutions.