Welcome to open water swimming and coaching in beautiful Port Phillip Bay.
I’ve been teaching swimming and open water swimming for decades. Come and see me at Williamstown Beach on Saturday mornings from about 7am to 11am. You can book for a class or a group by clicking though from this page.
Thanks
Coach Jason
jason@WilliamstownOpenWaterSwimCoaching.com.au
8am Saturdays Challenge Yourself – Get coached in the shallow water in a small group. Total up to 1km of swimming in about 40 minutes: $25 ($15 for club members)
9am Saturdays Swim Around the Yellow Poles group – 700m course, you choose the number of laps, set your own pace. Great social swimming group going since 2015 – with support from two First Aiders on rescue boards: $20.00 ($10 for club members).
Private 1-1 or 2-1 lessons on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Pool Training Squad for Everyone at VU Aquatic, Footscray. – Four lanes for slow, medium, fast swimmers, Get coaching and get swim-fit. Tuesday/Thursday 7.30-8.30pm – $27 ($17 for members) (includes pool entry).
Wetsuit hire is $25 for a class or swim group.
Open Water Swimming Caps: $22.
Click on the Booking Page link below for more information and to book your swim.
UPDATED: 21 December 2025
No swim groups until New Years. Happy Xmas everyone
Contact admin@melbourneopenwaterswimmingclub.org for more info
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What will you learn in our weekly swim groups?
Our most popular groups are the Challenge Yourself classes at 8am Saturdays and and the 9am Swim around the Yellow Poles group.
In the Challenge Yourself group you will learn:
breathing for open water swimming,
sighting,
efficient freestyle stroking,
high body position,
and how to swim straight
in a small group (max 10) all in waist deep water at Williamstown Beach.
In the 9am Swim around the Yellow Poles Group you set your own pace and distance. We set up a 700m square course and keep an eye on conditions (and you) from a rescue board out in the deep water between the yellow boating markers 200m off Williamstown Beach. You can relax and enjoy swimming in the ocean. This is a great way to start the weekend – in a friendly swim group.
We meet at the western end of Williamstown Beach, near the carpark behind the Williamstown SLSC, about 15 minutes early.
Our biggest event is the Melbourne Open Water Cup 9am, First Tuesday of November. This 60 second promo features drone footage from the 2023 Melbourne Cup event:
Message Coach Jason for more info or a chat about swimming, my fave subject:
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Coach Jason is an experienced former lifesaver and is accredited and insured by Swimming Australia, AUSTSWIM and ASCTA to teach and coach open water swimming.
ALSO check out our swim club: Melbourne Open Water Swimming Club
This is our booking page for all groups, classes, events and squads
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