03/22/2026
Next Sunday Swims for Mountain Merfolk:
March 29th and April 12th, 19th, 26th 1pm-3pm or until 5pm (locker rooms close at 6pm). Location: Haywood Regional Fitness Center Pool, Clyde, NC.
Free to Participate, but there is a $15 Day Pass for using the pool and fitness room facility, if you are not already a member.
Contact Mermaid Fauna of Mountain Merfolk with any questions. Participants should plan to bring their own monofin and tails. We do have a couple to loan for new mers, but arrangements should be made in advance.
Also, if you are new to mermaiding, it is recommended to have a private session with Mermaid Fauna prior to a Sunday Swim, so you can learn the safety and basics of swimming in a monofin before practicing synchronized mermaiding and tricks underwater in your monofin and/or tailskin. We do have a very basic swim test we like every mer to pass in order to swim in a monofin / tailskin.
Swim Test Guidelines (need to fulfill prior to putting on a monofin):
1) Swim Across the Pool and back (any style) without touching the bottom. Come up for breath as many times as needed.
2) Hold breath for at least 10 seconds under water.
3) Float on your back for 3 min without any flotation devices.
We teach you to do dolphin style swimming underwater prior to putting on the monofin, so if you already know how, that's helpful, and if not, we can teach you.merging.
This activity is recommended for adults, but mers under 16yo can participate with pre-approval IF a parent or guardian is present the whole time and IF they can pass the swim test. Private mermaiding lessons highly recommended for younger merlings.
