As an award winning family owned swim school it is our vision that everybody in our community learns to swim.

Dolphin Academy is the newest swim school to hit Napier. We opened our doors in February 2021 and offer Learn to Swim classes and a schools programme to our community. We aim to be family focused, invested, responsive and child centric, ensuring we have trained instructors delivering a quality programme.

At the recent Swim Coaches and Teachers New Zealand 2026 Awards, Dolphin Academy took out the Outstanding Swim School of the Year 2026 (for under 1000 students) for the 2nd year in a row! AND following on from our head instructor Casey Bewick taking out the Swim Teacher of the Year 2025 title, Finn Wotherspoon was named Rookie Swim Teacher of the Year for 2026! We are so proud!

Our Programmes

We offer learn to swim classes Monday to Saturday and deliver the ‘Water Skills for Life’ programme to local schools during weekdays.

Bookings

bookings for Learn to Swim classes are available, please register your family through our booking system and send an email to us with your preferred days/times and the level you think your child is at and someone will be in touch with you soon to arrange an assessment.

Please help us to spread the word to your families, neighbours, colleagues and friends.