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01Sleeves, a zip and a number on the fabric

Ocean Blues Rash Guards

Three long-sleeve one-piece suits with a zip front: the boyleg athletic suit with a built-in bra, the surf rash guard with a built-in bra, and the molded-cup suit with an elastic band under the bust, the first and the last in a UPF 50+ fabric.

  • 3 styles
  • 16 colourways
  • S to 4XL size run
  • $16.19 to $34.99

Colourways on this page: Black, Neon Striped, Navy Blue, Color Block, Sky Blue, Blue Leaf, Colorful Blocks, Red, and 8 more.

A rash guard in the Ocean Blues collection is a whole suit rather than a top: long sleeves, a zip down the front, and a cup inside, so nothing goes under it. Three are cut that way. The long-sleeve boyleg athletic suit has a built-in bra, a leg cut like a short and the deepest run on the page, S to 4XL; the surf rash guard has the same bra with a V-neck and a regular leg; the molded-cup suit adds a molded cup on an elastic band and a stand collar. Two of the three, the boyleg and the molded-cup suit, are cut in a UPF 50+ fabric.

That number is worth reading properly. UPF 50 means the dry fabric lets two percent of ultraviolet through to the skin it covers, and it says nothing about the hands, the neck, the face or the legs below the hem, where the dermatologists still want sunscreen. Wet or stretched, a fabric loses some of its rating and turns more transparent. So a long-sleeve suit is the piece for a day on the lake or the boat, and the zip is what makes it wearable: you get in and out of it wet. Sizing is a one-piece sizing, four numbers with the torso as the one to check, and the sleeves follow the bust letter.

Every colourway here is priced on its own; the Ocean Blues swim drawer keeps the figures current and the till is what decides.

02About these pieces

Questions about Ocean Blues Rash Guards

Sleeves, a zip and a number on the fabric

Does an Ocean Blues rash guard replace sunscreen?

No. The UPF 50+ fabric on two of these suits covers the skin under it while the fabric is dry, and the American Academy of Dermatology still wants a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen of SPF 30 or higher on every bit of skin the clothing does not cover. Hands, neck, face and the legs below the hem are yours to protect; the suit does the arms and the body.

Which Ocean Blues rash guard is cut for swimming laps?

The long-sleeve boyleg athletic suit: a built-in bra, a zip front, a leg cut like a short and a run to 4XL. The surf rash guard is the same idea with a V-neck and a regular leg for a board, and the molded-cup suit with its shaped cup is the one for a full bust that wants shape under the sleeves.

How do you get an Ocean Blues long-sleeve swimsuit off when it is wet?

By the zip, which runs down the front on all three and is the reason they have one. Unzip to the waist, peel the sleeves, and the rest follows; a long-sleeve suit without a zip is a wrestling match. Rinse it in cool water before it dries, as the label sewn into it will say.

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