Winter Solstice Swim and Dip
Join us for our annual winter solstice dip in Queenstown Bay
Summer Solstice Swim
Summer Solstice Swim 2025 We’re celebrating the longest day of the year (the summer solstice) on Sunday 21st December 2025. Yes, we know the solstice is technically the 22nd, but swimming on a Sunday means more people can join in. There are two options: Cruisy swimmers and dippers: Queenstown Bay dip Meet at 8am at …
Learn the Lake
We’re running a three week course for people who aren’t confident in open water, or not used to swimming in Lake Whakatipu and the southern lakes.
Open Day 2025
Southern Lakes Swimming Club’s Open Day 2025 is on Saturday 22nd November, from 9am. All welcome! See you there for swimming, a BBQ and spot prizes!
Lake Alta Swim
Celebrate the end of summer with a swim in Lake Alta on the Remarkables mountain range. It’s a lot of fun to swim in a lake before it freezes over, then ski over it a few weeks later!
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 member …
Southern Lakes Swimming Club Open Day 2024
Join us to celebrate the start of summer swimming in 2024! If you’re new to Queenstown or open water swimming, come along for tips, tricks and a dip in the fresh waters of Lake Whakatipu. We’ll have coffee and biscuits in the Scout Hut afterwards. When: Sunday 17th November 2024 (the day after the Queenstown Marathon) …
Yoga for Swimmers
Yoga for swimmers event with Jo Woolley Yoga  Learn some yoga moves to help and improve your swimming at this free event!  Jo will lead you through a series of yoga postures that are especially beneficial to swimmers. With regular practice, the right style of Yoga can improve body posture (and thus body position in the water) and increase the range …
Coffee Boat Swim
It’s time for our annual swim to Coffee Afloat, the barge which serves coffee on the Lake Dunstan Trail. We’ll meet in Cromwell and carpool to the start of the swim. Then we swim downstream to the boat, have a coffee and a bite to eat. Afterwards there’s the option to swim or catch a …
Swim race offers a chance to leap from the TSS Earnslaw
The Whakatipu Legend open water swim event is offering swimmers a unique opportunity to leap from a historic steamer boat in Queenstown. On 23rd March 2024, swimmers competing in Queenstown’s Whakatipu Legend 4km swimming race will be ferried out into Lake Whakatipu on the century-old TSS Earnslaw. They’ll then leap from the historic ship to start …
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