SwimSafer Stage 3

Stage 3 Practical Test Sequence

Swim: 50m continuously

• Swim 25m backstroke, and 25m front crawl

Survival Sequence 3A: (w/o goggles)

• Enter the water with stride/straddle entry (in deep water)
• Swim 25m survival backstroke then, 25m breaststroke
• Scull head-first on the back for 5m and recover
• Scull, float or tread for another 50 seconds
• Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m swim
• Resurface and exit safely from pool

Survival Sequence 3B: (w/o goggles)

Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:

• Swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD (Face clear of water)
• Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water