About Your Team
Our instructors are experienced, certified, and each bring a unique teaching style so you can choose the right fit based on your goals, comfort level, and experience in the water.
Meet Marta!
Strength: Technique & competitive swim background
Marta is a former competitive swimmer with a strong technical foundation. She works with swimmers of every age and level from first timers to club swimmers and is especially skilled at sharpening stroke mechanics for those ready to swim faster and more efficiently.
Her coaching style is structured and detail-focused.
📍 Serves Burnaby & surrounding areas
Certifications:
• Swim Instructor Award (Lifesaving Society BC & Yukon)
• Standard First Aid & CPR/AED-C
• OFA Level 1
Meet Matthew!
Strengths: Smooth Swimming & All-Stroke Performance
Matthew specializes in refining swimming technique and helping swimmers move more efficiently through the water. He works with swimmers of all ages and abilities, from complete beginners learning their first strokes to competitive swimmers looking to improve performance. With experience teaching all four competitive strokes and a strong focus on stroke mechanics, he helps each swimmer build efficient technique, confidence, and speed.
Drawing from his own swimming journey on the national team and years of coaching experience, Matthew’s coaching style is technical, encouraging, and performance-driven. Every lesson is tailored to the swimmer’s goals, whether that’s learning to swim, mastering a specific skill, or reaching the next competitive level.
📍 Serves Downtown Vancouver & surrounding areas
Certifications:
• Swim Instructor Award (Lifesaving Society BC & Yukon)
• National Lifeguard (Pool)
• CPR-C & AED
Meet Ethan!
Strengths: Younger Children & Beginner-Friendly Instruction
Ethan is one of our newer instructors with a natural gift for working with younger children. He’s patient, encouraging, and great at building confidence for beginner swimmers, kids and adults just starting out alike.
He’s not currently taking on advanced or competitive swimmers, but is a wonderful fit for anyone new to the water.
📍 Serves Downtown Vancouver, West Vancouver & North Vancouver
Certifications:
• Swim Instructor Award (Lifesaving Society)
• CPR-C
Meet Daniel!
Strength: Structured, step-by-step learning
Daniel is highly organized and excels at breaking skills into simple, manageable steps. His teaching style is clear, structured and supportive, ideal for swimmers who benefit from guided, progressive learning.
He works well with all ages and helps swimmers build confidence through consistency and clarity.
📍 Serves Richmond, Downtown Vancouver & surrounding areas
Certifications:
• National Lifeguard (Pool & Waterpark)
• Swim for Life Instructor
• Lifesaving Instructor
• Standard First Aid
Meet Thalia!
Strength: Younger Children & Neurodiverse Learners
Thalia is one of our newer instructors with a real gift for working with younger children and neurodiverse learners. She’s patient, creative, and adapts every lesson to each swimmer’s comfort level.
She’s not currently taking on advanced or competitive swimmers, but is a great choice for young or first-time swimmers who benefit from extra patience.
📍 Serves UBC & surrounding areas
Certifications:
• Swim Instructor Award (Lifesaving Society BC & Yukon)
• Standard First Aid & CPR-C
• Lifesaving Instructor
• National Lifeguard
Meet Diogo!
Strengths: Fear of Water, Advanced Technique
With 20+ years of experience and a kinesiology background, Diogo specializes in helping swimmers overcome fear and build true confidence in the water, especially adults and teens who feel anxious or stuck.
He also works with more technical swimmers looking to refine their stroke or train toward specific goals like triathlons, ocean swimming, or performance-based outcomes.
📍 Serves Downtown Vancouver & nearby areas
Certifications:
• Swim Instructor Award (Lifesaving Society)
• Standard First Aid & CPR/AED-C
A note from Diogo
Every lesson matters to me. If you are ever not improving, just tell me and I will make it right, whether that means a new instructor, a look at your strokes, or a fresh plan. I want to teach you to swim, and I will fix whatever gets in the way.
— Diogo, Owner & Head Instructor