Take advantage of our wide variety of scuba, fitness and swim classes to keep you fit and healthy!

**NEW** Swim Fit **NEW**
Starting January 5, 2010
(Fitness Class Fee)

Do you want to become a stronger and more efficient swimmer? This guided workout is a great class for folks who want to swim for fitness, increasing their strength and endurance. We’ll teach you tips for improving your stroke technique and challenge you with progressively longer fitness swims. Prerequisite: Ability to swim 100 yards.  Contact Chemeketa Health Care Education Center at 503-584-7541 to learn how you can earn college credits while enjoying this class!
 
(Competition Pool)
Tuesday & Thursday - 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM

Chemeketa Community College & McMinnville Aquatic Center

Chemeketa Community College and the McMinnville Aquatic Center have partnered together for a more fit tomorrow!  You can now receive college credit for lap swimming, weight room use or participating in a water fitness class.  For more information contact Chemeketa Health Care Education Center at 503-584-7541.

Swimming Lessons for All Ages & Abilities

The McMinnville Aquatic Center’s Learn to Swim Program is a safe and fun program designed to teach children and adults water safety and recreational swimming skills.

We offer a variety of instructional formats intended to meet the diverse time and learning needs of our students.

•    Parent and Child Lessons
•    Group Lessons (Minnow or Stingray)
•    Semi-Private Lessons
•    Dolphins
•    Adult Swimming Lessons
•    Private Lessons

For a complete and up-to-date listing of class offerings see our current brochure.
Lesson Attendance:

• Attendance at the first class is very important. Children are divided according to their relative skill levels, and failure to attend the first meeting may result in your child being placed in the wrong group.
• If you and/or your child are unfamiliar with the Aquatic Center, please feel free to visit us prior to lessons and walk through the dressing room and around the pool.

Scuba Diving Classes

Open Water Diver Certification
Become a certified Scuba diver and explore the underwater world.
For more information and to register, contact HydroSport at 503-304-5383 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Fitness Swimming & Exercise Classes

Looking for a new and refreshing way to get or stay in shape?
Tired of sore muscles and aching joints?
Looking to maximize your exercise time?

Water exercise may be the answer!

Aquatic exercise offers a stress-free mode of hitting all major muscle groups. Water lends itself to a well-balanced workout that improves all major components of physical fitness. It is a great way to gain cardiovascular stamina, improve strength and flexibility, enhance body contours, increase circulation, rehabilitate healing muscles, and control weight. Another added benefit is the fact that water gives the body a resistance twelve times greater than the same movement on land.  This enables you to burn calories more efficiently. 

Compare the following estimates of calorie consumption for a 30 minute workout:

•    Land Walking:  135 calories
•    Water walking:  264 calories
•    Jogging on Land:  240 calories
•    Jogging in deep water:  340 calories

Something for everybody!
•    Lap Swimming
•    Wave Makers-Deep Water Aerobics
•    Supertones-Shallow Water Aerobics
•    Arthritis-Range of Motion 
•    Adult Exercise-Stretching & Toning

For days and times, please call the Aquatic Center at 503-434-7309