Member Federations
There are currently 13 member federations of the Oceania Swimming Association (listed here with their FINA abbreviation following their country name):
- American Samoa (ASA) – American Samoa Swimming Association
- Australia (AUS) – Swimming Australia
- Cook Islands (COK) – Cook Islands Aquatics Federation
- Fiji (FIJ) – Fiji Swimming
- Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) – Federated States of Micronesia Swimming Association
- Guam (GUM) – Guam Swimming Federation
- Marshall Islands (MIL) – Marshall Islands Swimming Federation
- Northern Mariana Islands (NMA) – Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Federation
- New Zealand (NZL) – Swimming New Zealand
- Palau (PLW) – Palau Swimming Association
- Papua New Guinea (PNG) – Papua New Guinea Swimming
- Samoa (SAM) – Samoa Swimming Federation
- Tahiti (TAH) – Federation Tahitienne de Natation
Note: The Solomon Islands (SOL), Tonga (TGA) and Vanuatu (VAN) should also be OSA members, based on geographic location; however, as of April 2010, they are not listed member on the OSA's member roster. In July 2009, an OSA President report cited the Solomon Islands non-listing is due to a lack of participation/organization in-country; while Vanuatu's non-member status is due to its new member status with FINA (i.e. the OSA may not have met yet since Vanuatu became a FINA member). As Tonga became a member in January 2010, it is presumed too recently approved for inclusion.
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