Melon Dash

Melon Dash began has taught afraid-in-water adults full time nonstop for forty-one years and is a nationally ranked masters swimmer. She founded Miracle Swimming School for Adults in 1983 in Berkeley, California and launched an instructor training program in 2004. Her innovations have influenced water safety worldwide. Her books, podcast, video and patent--the patented Aquatic Learning Station--were developed to help adult learn-to-swim students and instructors realize the goal of learning to...See more

Melon Dash began has taught afraid-in-water adults full time nonstop for forty-one years and is a nationally ranked masters swimmer. She founded Miracle Swimming School for Adults in 1983 in Berkeley, California and launched an instructor training program in 2004. Her innovations have influenced water safety worldwide. Her books, podcast, video and patent--the patented Aquatic Learning Station--were developed to help adult learn-to-swim students and instructors realize the goal of learning to swim in the shortest possible time by solving the biggest problem: fear. She has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com OpEd, USA Today, NBC's Today Show, CNN's Headline News, Psychology Today, Real Simple, Tampa Bay Times, and dozens more. She resides in Sarasota, Florida and swims many days a week. Her goal is to change the way beginning swimming is taught, especially to adults. She sees the day when drowning is a rarity., See less