Learn to swim.

There’s still time to start lessons for 2025.

Swim, play, learn and grow.

  • Swimming Lessons

    Small classes with expert tuition for every ability.

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  • Soft Play

    3 floors of soft play to climb and explore.

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  • Nursery

    Wraparound childcare from ages 3 months to 5 years.

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- Party

- Celebration

- From £99

- Party - Celebration - From £99

Party packages from only £99.

We can’t wait to welcome you.

Make Waves Swim School was founded by Heather Matthews in 2013 when her unique approach to teaching children to swim with huge amounts of love and respect became impossible for local families to resist.

As our swim school developed to encompass both a Soft Play centre and our purpose-built childcare facilities, that enthusiasm and passion for teaching swimming from infancy with love, care and respect became the cornerstone for the whole of the Make Waves approach.

Plenty of free, easy parking.

Easy to find
We’re on Caddsdown Industrial Estate in Bideford - opposite Lidl, next to Tool Station and Screwfix.

Our postcode is EX39 3SG

 

  • "Make waves have been brilliant with my 7 year old who was extremely nervous about swimming."

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  • "Janie has been a revelation and exactly the type of teacher my boy needed."

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  • "The facilities are fantastic as well as having a new soft play area and café. Highly recommended!"

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  • "The team at make waves are friendly, helpful and so welcoming!"

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  • "We can’t wait to start our lessons, we have heard nothing but amazing things."

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