About Us

Swim School Hamilton

Dolphinz is a trusted and long standing swim school serving the Melville, Hamilton and Waikato community since 1997. We are located at 130 Ohaupo Road Melville Hamilton.

At Dolphinz although we have the pool space available, we choose to only have one lesson in the pool at a time and we keep the size of the class small. We do this because the children are less distracted and are more focused on their swimming and learning and this makes for a more enjoyable experience for children, parents and their teachers. 

There is a gentle, relaxed and friendly atmosphere at Dolphinz. We provide a private, family orientated, professional swim school where you and your child are always treated with kindness and respect.

All of the swimming teachers at Dolphinz are qualified through AustSwim, which is the New Zealand swimming teachers standard.

Our Swimming Lessons

Children have one lesson a week and are booked in for a course of 10 lessons during a school term. Each lesson runs for 25 minutes, with a 5 minute play time between lessons to ease the transition in and out of the water. We also run weeklong School Holiday Booster Courses.

Weekday lessons during school hours are for children 3 months to 5 years and after school lessons are for children over 4 years old. Weekend lessons are available for all ages (except Baby Play 3-6 months). Please check the appropriate age group below, for information regarding swimming levels, lesson times and prices.

The lessons are designed to match the requirements of your child's swimming ability and we only teach one lesson in the pool at a time to improve learning. All children receive either a progress tracker booklet or certificate which keeps a record of their progress related to the Dolphinz swimming levels.

We provide a free swimming assessment, if required, to ensure we place your child in the correct lesson. We welcome enquiries to discuss lessons and times that will suit you and your child. Our lesson timetable is flexible and changes each term as required.

Key Dates

Term 4 Ends Friday 20th December

Holiday Booster Courses are 13-17th and 20-24th of January

Term 1 Begins 28th January 2025