Since its establishment in 1947, the Association has been aiming at promoting, popularizing and developing swimming and elite training, so as to continuously improve Hong Kong's swimming level and competition skills. The Association is also one of the venue-based clubs of the Hong Kong China Swimming Association and is of the highest level.

The Association has achieved brilliant results over the years. The swimmers have won many awards in local competitions and international competitions and broke Hong Kong records, youth records and age records, and represented Hong Kong in international competitions.   The Association has the largest number of Hong Kong swimming representatives for the Olympic Games and Asian Games.

After swimmer Kwok Kin Ming won a bronze medal in the men's 400m freestyle at the 13th Asian Games, swimmer Lee Leong Kwai also won a bronze medal in the freestyle relay at the 15th Asian Games, and later swimmers Ma Hei Tung and Yu Wai Ting made another great achievement in the 16th Asian Games, winning two bronze medals in total, once again showing great splendor to Hong Kong swimming.

In addition, in the 14th World Swimming Championships in 2011, swimmer Wong Kai Wai David broke the Hong Kong record in the men's 200-meter freestyle, and his result even reached the standard time of the 2012 London Olympics, and later won the world championship in the same year.  He also won the men's 400m freestyle bronze medal in FINA Swimming World Cup (short course) - Singapore station and won the men's 100m freestyle bronze medal and the 200m freestyle gold medal in Dubai station. It was also the first time for the Hong Kong swimming team to win the first men's individual gold medal in the FINA World Championships, and the results are so inspiring.

Moreover, Cheung Kin Tat Kent also won the men's 200m gold medal in the 11th National Student Sport  Games that year, which was the first gold medal in the history of the Hong Kong team participating in the National Student Sport  Games.

On the other hand, the Association often sends voluntary staff to serve as volunteers and referees in local or international competitions, so as to promote and popularize the development of swimming in various aspects.