Founded in 1960

In 1960 Superintendent Fred Taylor - who became Waverley's first patron - wished his family could belong to a swimming club. There were few clubs locally, and even then there were such things as waiting lists and they were long. On the 13th October 1960, Fred convened a meeting with several others at the police station... the outcome of this meeting was that Invercargill had a new swim club - Waverley Swimming Club.

Waverley's first ever swim meet was the Waverley Carnival, in 1962.