Swimmer
Cub Scouts learn basic swimming knowledge and skills, with an emphasis on safety.
Requirements
To earn the Swimmer Badge, hold one of the Canadian Red Cross Swim Kids Level 6 (formerly AquaQuest Level 7) award or the Lifesaving Society Swimmer 4 award, or do the following requirements:
- Explain and show how to use the buddy system.
- Show how to check a swimming area for possible dangers, such as deep water, rocks and slippery surfaces.
- Complete all of the following:
- Tread water in deep water (over your head) for a minimum of 1½ minutes.
- Enter the water using the front dive (the stride position).
- Front crawl 25 metres.
- Back crawl 25 metres.
- Endurance swim of 50 metres
