Miss Amber believes that swim lessons are more than just swim lessons. They should be life lessons. Teaching limits, respect, confidence, compassion, and life saving skills that may one day impact your family. Those that are comfortable in the water are more confident in all aspects of life. Many parents ask Miss Amber when is the right age to start. Now is always the 

right time to build confidence, respect, safety and love for the water. She started her son at 2 months old and this built an infatuation with the water yet he knew his limits even though he was under 18 months. 

Gray Whale Swim School is named to honor of her son, Gunnar Gray, whose obsession for water was evident in every aspect of life. He had a zest for life that warmed the hearts of those around him. Gunnar loved his swim days with his friends so much, and he would want them to keep learning and swimming with his mom. 

After running a successful swim school in California for 9 years Miss Amber sold it as of Jan. 2022 and has begun again here in Round Rock. Miss Amber has been teaching since 2005 and has worked for many different swim schools before starting her own back in 2013. Her lessons are next level compared to the large box swim schools in the area. Water safety is her primary focus. 

Exposing your child to how water works at a fundamental level before expecting to “Learn how to swim”. For this reason we do not recommend life vests, puddle jumpers, water wings, or floating body suits. These devices give the children false confidence and causes them to misunderstand how water works. This will lead to a child making poor, uninformed 

choices in the water. 

Swim lessons are only the first line of defense when talking about water safety. You should always have your eyes on your kids when in water situations. if you own a pool there there should be a locking fence around your pool, locked doors of your house, and/or a pool cover that is able to be walked on. It only takes a minute or two for a child to get into serious trouble.