Find your place in the water
Discover an aquatics program near you.
Explore welcoming swim, water safety, rowing, diving, and aquatic fitness programs for every age and experience level.
Changing the narrative around aquatics
Across the country, DIA connects people and organizations working to make water safer and aquatics more welcoming and accessible.
Nationally connected and locally grounded, we support the leaders and communities who open doors, build knowledge, and shape a more inclusive future for aquatics.
Together, we are changing who has access, who is represented, and who has the opportunity to lead, while strengthening the water safety education, research, and community-based work that helps save lives.
The Foundation of Our Network
These four areas shape how DIA and its network help save lives and expand opportunity in and around the water. Together, they strengthen water safety, widen access, build pathways into leadership, and turn community knowledge and research into action.
Water Safety and Drowning Prevention
We help families, schools, and communities build the knowledge and lifesaving skills to be safer in and around the water.
Access and Aquatic Opportunity
We help remove barriers to instruction, facilities, equipment, sport, wellness, and lifelong participation.
Education, Training, and Careers
We help aquatic professionals and emerging leaders gain the training, credentials, connections, and career opportunities to grow.
Research and Advocacy
We bring data, lived experience, history, and community knowledge together to strengthen water safety and drive lasting change.
Measuring Our National Impact
Students reached with water safety education programs
Families reached through caregiver water safety initatives
Swimsuits distributed nationwide
HBCUs helped secure aquatic program funding
We Can't Do it Alone.
Saving lives and changing the narrative around aquatics takes all of us. Become a member or make a gift to help communities expand water safety education, strengthen local programs, advance research, and create more opportunity in and around the water.
Upcoming Events
Experience the Diversity In Aquatics Mission in Action
From pool decks and classrooms to campuses, community spaces, and online, DIA events bring people together to learn from one another, share what works, and build lasting relationships. Join an upcoming gathering to learn, contribute, and connect with people changing aquatics across the country.
Water Safety: After the Battle at the Burr
Join Diversity In Aquatics at Howard University for a community water safety festival designed to educate, empower, and save lives. Learn practical skills, connect with others, and help build a safer, stronger community in and around the water.
Community Swim & Water Safety Day
Bring the family and join Diversity In Aquatics for a community-centered day of water safety learning and aquatic activities. Participants will build practical knowledge, meet local educators, and discover resources that support safer experiences in and around the water.
Aquatics Leadership & Career Forum
Join Diversity In Aquatics for a national conversation about careers, leadership, and opportunity across the aquatics field. Hear from professionals doing the work, explore different pathways, and connect with people who can help you take your next step.
More ways to participate, lead, and belong
Aquatics encompasses swimming, adaptive aquatics, scuba diving, rowing, triathlon, fitness, recreation, research, education, collegiate programs, careers, and more.
DIA’s National Aquatic Councils connect people across these disciplines so they can share knowledge, strengthen their work, and create more ways for others to take part.
Whether you come to aquatics through safety, sport, wellness, education, service, or research, there is a place to contribute and lead.
Explore the DIA National Aquatic Councils >>>
Adapted Swimming
HBCU / HSI / Tribal Institutions
Research
SCUBA
Swimming
Triathlon
Rowing
Thomas Spann Wellness
Join the network helping save lives
DIA’s national reach is powered by people and organizations who believe in this work.
Members and partners help community-led ideas grow, connect local knowledge with national resources, and bring water safety education, research, training, and aquatic opportunity to more people.
Individual Member
Partner Organization
Institutional Partner
Individual Member
$50 per year
Stay connected. Be part of the work.
Individual membership is for people who want to support DIA’s mission and take an active role in the community. Connect with members through Circles, participate in aquatic councils, and stay informed about the research, education, and opportunities moving aquatics forward.
Member Highlights
- Access to Circles, aquatic councils, member meetings, and discussions
- Discounts on DIA events and store purchases, plus early event access
- Member updates, curated research and education resources, and opportunities to contribute
Become an Individual Member >>>
Partner Organization
$500 per year or $50 per month
Be visible. Be connected. Be part of the network.
Partner Organization membership helps aquatic programs, facilities, universities, and community organizations connect their teams with DIA while increasing their visibility across the national network.
Partner Highlights
- DIA community access for up to five staff members
- An enhanced Find a Swim Program listing with a DIA Partner Organization designation
- Opportunities for promotion, council participation, event discounts, and early access
Become a Partner Organization >>>
Institutional Partner
Help shape the future of aquatics.
Institutional Partnership is designed for national organizations, foundations, corporate partners, and industry leaders seeking a larger role in advancing water safety, access, and aquatic education.
Partner Highlights
- Expanded staff access and direct connections with DIA leadership and initiatives
- Prominent recognition across the DIA website, events, communications, and campaigns
- Priority opportunities to support and collaborate on programs, events, and strategic initiatives
Partner With DIA >>>
Our National Partners
Resources you can put to work
It will be as simple as occidental in fact, it will be Occidental. It will be as simple as occidental in fact, it will be Occidental.
Risus sed vulputate odio ut enim blandit eiu tempor incididunt
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna...
Adipiscing vitae proin sagittis nisl rhoncus mattis
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna...