Summer time is the best time to start swimming, learn new skills and have fun! Vikes Swim Camp introduces children to the arena of competitive swimming. Experienced coaches will lead campers in stroke improvement, swim games, swim fitness, dry land skills and provide an opportunity for feedback from under/over water video. Participants must be able to swim 50m or be at a Lightning Fast 3/Red Cross Level 6 or higher.

Swim camps run:

Who needs a lane to yourself when you can have the whole lake? Great practice at Thetis Lake this past week! Swimmers got to squeeze in a picture at the 2nd island about 500m from the start point. Awesome job Bolts!

Despite a challenging season, we have hit an incredible milestone of registering our 500th swimmer this year! To celebrate this achievement, PCS has partnered with OneTreePlanted to plant 500 trees for all the PCS swimmers registered this year.

"The past year has been filled with many big milestones for open water swimmer Eric Hedlin. The Victoria, B.C, native got married and bought his first home with his new wife, Taylor. Hedlin is now looking to hit another big mark by trying to qualify for his first Olympic Games.

Hedlin will be one of two Canadian males competing this week at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 2021 in Setubal, Portugal.

“I’m just so happy to finally be at a point where we are heading to Portugal,” said Hedlin. “I’m just really excited at this point.”

Heads up PCS families! From September 1st to 14th, PCS will host a Silent Online Auction, with photos and brief descriptions of donations. From now until July 23rd, we’re asking each PCS family to secure 1 donation from a business or individual.

The in-pool Canadian Olympic Trials are taking place in Toronto starting today! You and your swimmer can see the story and follow the races on CBC. Click HERE to watch! US and Australian Olympic Trials have also been streaming this week and can be seen on NBC and online. Go Team Canada!!

Heads up Lightning Fast families! We have 4 different LFSS programs running throughout the summer!

Esquimalt (Levels 3-5): Monday/Wednesday/Saturday PMs (running until August 25th)

Juan de Fuca (Levels 3-5): Monday/Wednesday PMs (running until August 30th)

Oak Bay (Levels 2-5): Sunday AMs (running until August 29th)

Big congrats to all the swimmers who participated in our 2021 Virtual Wavemaker! We had 675 swimmers from Sweden, New Brunswick, Alberta, and Lower Mainland BC compete virtually over the course of the past month. Goodie bags, t-shirts, and meet ribbons will be awarded soon! In the meantime, check out the results below to see how your amazing swimmers did! Awesome job Bolts! 

Click the link below to check out the Spring 2021 issue of our PCS Thunderbolt newsletter! Go Bolts!

May 14, 2021

Thank you to all the many people who have worked so hard to keep Pacific Coast Swimming running smoothly throughout the pandemic.

We are happy to say that the club has continued to grow and prosper. We are now over 380 swimmers and have of our staff are back in place. 

We are very excited to have Gordon Head pool back on track. In a five-day window we had a fantastic response, and only a few spots remain available.