Lake Whakatipu, on the way to Pigeon Island, on a calm and sunny day, looking towards the mountains in the distance

Pigeon Island swim

This is one of our most popular club swim events of the year! We’re going to swim the 2km from the eastern shore of Lake Whakatipu to Pigeon Island. We’ll have a picnic on the island and then swim or boat back. This is a members only event, one of the perks of being a …

Lake webcam

Queenstown Roundshot camera link This webcam from Queenstown Roundshot shows the weather conditions near Lake Whakatipu, Queenstown. 

Donate

If you’re a visitor from out of town you’re more than welcome to join us for a swim. We’ve tow floats we can lend you, and we’ve also a couple of old wetsuits if you need. We would be most grateful if you made a donation to the club, and we would suggest $10. Thanks! …

The New Zealand Scaup duck. A small black duck with yellow eyes and a grey bill swims in a lake near Christchurch.

Swimmer’s itch and duck itch in the Southern Lakes 

Have you ever gone home after a swim and later found you’re covered in small, very itchy red dots? That could be duck itch – also known as swimmer’s itch, or schistosome cercarial dermatitis.  What is duck itch and swimmer’s itch? Duck itch is caused by an allergic reaction to the cercariae (larvae) of schistosomes …

The sun rise is purple and yellow over Lake Whakatipu in New Zealand, the mountains in the background and a duck in the foreground are silhouettes

Summer Solstice Swim 2023

Summer Solstice Swim!! It’s the Longest Day of the year on Thursday 21st December To celebrate we’re having a swim!! 5:45am (!) at Queenstown beach (by the Bathhouse) for a sunrise swim in Queenstown Bay.   Afterwards we’ll grab some coffee from whereever is open in town.  For those who are super adventurous, a few will …

A lone swimmer does laps in the open-air Arrowtown Memorial Pool

Celebrate Summer at Arrowtown Memorial Pool

– from QLDC Arrowtown’s much-loved outdoor swimming pool opens for another season on Saturday 2 December with a community fun day. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is hosting the event from 11.00am. There’ll be relay races, spot prizes to be won and a sausage sizzle run by Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade. QLDC Sport and Recreation …

open water swimmers in Queenstown NZ viewed from above

Out of the Pool Into the Wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5SzDT1aDc In 2023 we ran a Lake Attack challenge to swim in all the lakes in the South Island of New Zealand. We made a film about our adventures. Check it out on YouTube here.  Follow the adventures of a group of swimmers as they venture beyond the pool and into open water, or ‘wild’ …