On a calm, sunny day at Eressos Beach on Lesvos Island in Greece, a four-year-old boy sat smiling on an inflatable boat. He was playing with his seven-year-old cousin.

Then — in a moment that changed everything — the boat flipped. Both boys fell into the sea.

The little boy remembers sitting quietly at the bottom. Everything was blurry. Peaceful. Some tiny fish swam past. He felt no panic. Just stillness.

A stranger saw what happened. He jumped in, saved the boys, and brought them to the beach. No one ever learned the stranger’s name.

Stories like this most times end in tragedy. But this one didn’t. It became something else.

The toddler never feared the water. Two years later, he learned to swim — and fell in love with the sea. In his twenties, he became a beach lifeguard. And in 2015, he founded Nereids Mobile Swim School.

Today, that early moment lives on in everything Nereids stands for — helping children and adults not just face their fears, but build confidence and, most importantly… learn skills that can keep them safe and may one day save a life.

That little boy grew up. Now he and his team are here to help you — or your child — to feel safe, confident, and at home in the water.

Meet the Founder | Nereids Aquatic Coaching