Discipline 05 / 07
Swimming
- Pool
- 50m Olympic
- Learn to swim
- 8-week block
- Open water
- Seasonal
- Home
- Legon
About swimming at Active Accra
A surprising number of grown adults in a coastal city cannot swim, and are quietly embarrassed about it. Our learn-to-swim block is private, patient and has taught more than two hundred members to date.
Stronger swimmers join technique squads at the Legon aquatic centre, and the open-water group heads to the coast once the sea is calm.
Swim lead
Abena Darko
“Being scared of water in a city on the sea is a solvable problem.”
Profile
01Weekly sessions
The timetable
Every week
Monday · 06:00
Technique squad
Aquatic Centre, Legon · Can swim 200m
Wednesday · 19:00
Adult learn-to-swim
Aquatic Centre, Legon · Non-swimmers
Saturday · 07:00
Open water (Nov – Mar)
Bojo Beach · Assessed swimmers
Next dates — book your place
12
Oct Mon
Swimming · 06:00
Technique Squad
Aquatic Centre, Legon
Aquatic Centre
Legon
24 places
14
Oct Wed
Swimming · 19:00
Adult Learn-to-Swim
Aquatic Centre, Legon
Aquatic Centre
Legon
10 places
19
Oct Mon
Swimming · 06:00
Technique Squad
Aquatic Centre, Legon
Aquatic Centre
Legon
24 places
21
Oct Wed
Swimming · 19:00
Adult Learn-to-Swim
Aquatic Centre, Legon
Aquatic Centre
Legon
10 places
26
Oct Mon
Swimming · 06:00
Technique Squad
Aquatic Centre, Legon
Aquatic Centre
Legon
24 places
28
Oct Wed
Swimming · 19:00
Adult Learn-to-Swim
Aquatic Centre, Legon
Aquatic Centre
Legon
10 places
02Find your level
Where to start
Level 01
Learn
Small groups, shallow end first. Breathing, floating, then strokes.
Level 02
Squad
Drill-heavy sets built around front crawl efficiency.
Level 03
Open water
Buoys, safety kayak, sighting practice. Assessment required.
03First time?
What to bring
- Swim cap and goggles
- Flip-flops for the deck
- Tow float for open water
Questions before your first session?
Message the swimming captain — we reply within the hour, most hours.
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Pickleball
Your first session is on us.
Come to any Saturday Beach 5K as our guest. If it feels like your people, membership starts at GHS 450 a month.