Phone: 03 260 2220 | Email: info@canterburyswimschool.co.nz | Waitaha Aquatic Centre, 25 Charente Way, Yaldhurst

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Canterbury Swim School

Canterbury Swim School is a leading provider of swim lessons for swimmers of all ages and abilities in Christchurch.

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Waitaha Aquatic Centre,
25 Charente Way, Yaldhurst

6 lane, 25m lap pool,
Heated to 27degrees

4 lane, 10m teaching pool,
Heated to 32degrees

We cater for everyone,
all ages and abilities.

What We Offer

Canterbury Swim School offer something for everyone

Swimming Lessons, Casual Swimmers, Masters Club, Holiday Programme, Baby & Pre-schooler & something for the oldies.

Swimming Lessons

Canterbury Swim School provides high quality, affordable swimming lessons with consistent and experienced tutors.

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Casual Swimmers

Casual swimming is available for all ages; Just want to have a swim for exercise or fun? Come along to our pools.

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Masters Club

Receive top quality coaching at our masterclasses. Train with a great group of swimmers, improve your aerobic base and technique.

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Holiday Programme

We run school holiday programmes to keep kids active and add a splash of fun into their holiday break.

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Pre-schoolers

We offer pre-schooler swimming lessons for children aged 6 months and over.

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Mellow Mondays

A fantastic way to exercise; For those 60+ come and join us on Mondays to move and mellow out in the water.

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Swimming Classes

We have lessons 7 days per week for all levels of ability. Contact us today to book your place – we’d love to have you join us!

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Pool Hours

We are open for casual swimming and lessons. Click below to see all our pool hours.

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Swim Club

Waitaha Swim Club is based at our Waitaha Aquatic Centre and caters for emergent competitive swimmers through to nationally competitive squads.

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Practice your swimming for free!

All swimmers enrolled in our weekly programme are able to have a free practice whenever we have our practice lanes open – you can come as many times as you want. This is a great chance to brush up on skills learned during the week!

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Free introductory lesson for under 3s

We offer a free introductory lesson if your child is under 3 years of age. Read more here or give us a call or email us at info@canterburyswimschool.co.nz to find out more.

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Quality Swim School – Gold Status

Canterbury Swim School has been recognised as a Gold Status Quality Swim School by Swimming New Zealand, the highest standard possible. A Quality Swim School is the industry benchmark for defined best practice standards in the swim teaching industry.

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What they say

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Asan Nagumanov
3 March 2026
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Love the school. We attending for more than a year now and happy with the swimming progress and generally how school is organized. Great instructors, great management. Big thanks to instructor Keziah and Jenny & Huia.
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Ilonka P.
11 November 2025
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Teachers are friendly, communication easy. Lessons for my daughter have been great and continues to help her and our confidence with her in the water.
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June Milne
4 October 2025
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Having had my children and grandies go to swimming lessons at a variety of providers , this is the absolute best place in Christchurch. Small classes, two pools, and great instructors, under the leadership of Huia Mikara. Students progress really quickly because they get a lot of swimming time, rather than standing about. Students can progress to competition level.
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C_123
17 September 2025
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An absolutely fantastic swim school! We switched to Canterbury Swim school recently and my daughter has made huge progress in her swimming. Te Ana is a brilliant teacher and makes the lessons so fun! We highly recommend!!
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Benji McNally
18 August 2025
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peak squads here
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Olivia Hughes
1 August 2025
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The place looks clean. Instructors do pay attention to swimmers , Staff are very helpful
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Alex Khrapov
11 July 2025
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Good swimming facilities with great staff, facilities and students
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Koosh Singh
9 January 2025
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Great place to learn to swim 🏊🏾‍♂️
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Julie Tait
30 November 2023
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Lovely clean pool definitely recommended it
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Clementine Wong
24 June 2023
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Best swim school. Best club - waitaha swim club
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Jingrui FU
5 June 2023
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Lovely place and nice price
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Jonguk Kim
22 March 2023
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I'm learning to swim. They teach well and I like the facilities.

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Sam Mullender
20 February 2023
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Swimming with the master's squad is always great fun, with a talented and encouraging coach who really knows what he is talking about
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Paula Stuart
2 August 2022
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Great swimming spot, large pool and smaller warm pool great for exercising
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Carol Cheng
13 July 2022
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Great swimming school, both owner and staffs are very nice and helpful.
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The Flying Kid
28 September 2021
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Luv it
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Cherye Middleton
25 July 2021
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Excellent tutors, great lessons, confident kids 👍
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Yasmine
25 May 2021
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Jenny is very patient and with a very warm heart. Coaches like Ruby and Sue are fantastic! My son has progressed very fast since he started!! Thank you team
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Mark Wallace
6 March 2021
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Awsome
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Ani Verad
28 September 2020
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The staff is very friendly, teachers are wonderful, the school is very spacious and perfect for anyone who is keen on having either a casual swim or interested in taking lessons.
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Graham Cullen
13 September 2020
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Amazing
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Nadia Scott
11 June 2020
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Fabulous swim school with excellent instructors. Our kids have been here for several years and done far better than with any swim school we'd been with previously.
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wiskernz
21 April 2020
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Terrific place to go to they keep an imaculate pool and highly recommended to anyone who is just starting out or is a pro.
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Leon Eccersall
9 March 2020
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Well run and vibrant training facility.
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Geoff Hancock (Hanktastic)
15 February 2020
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If you want to learn to swim, skip the ccc lessons and go straight here. Good instructors and great, well presented facility. Highly recommended
Google rating score: 4.7 of 5, based on 138 reviews