Laura is a hurricane researcher and avid scuba diver. She is 5'3", 120lbs, 34B and is wearing a S top and legging.

Laura is our Chief Product Officer at Waterlust, a scuba diver, kiter and recreational yogi. She is 5’10, 147 lbs, 34B and is wearing a S top and M legging.

Model: Laura is our Chief Product Officer at Waterlust, a scuba diver, kiter and recreational yogi. She is 5’10, 147 lbs, 34B and is wearing a S top and M legging.

Laura is our Chief Product Officer at Waterlust, a scuba diver, kiter and recreational yogi. She is 5’10, 147 lbs, 34B and is wearing a S top and M legging.

Nurse Shark Nirvana Reversible Top

Name: Nurse Shark Nirvana Reversible Top
Brand: Guatemala
SKU: TOP-NS-XS
Price: 49.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$49.00 USD

Educational resources & donation included with every purchase. Learn more.

Nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratumknown, are known as the couch potato of the shark world. Up close, their skin appears as a stunning geometric mosaic of sand, copper and bronze tones. These diamond shaped structures are actually modified teeth, called dermal denticles. This tough exterior increases hydrodynamic efficiency and provides protection to sharks, though its shape and structure varies across species.

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1. Seamless, reversible design for versatility and comfort
2. Mid level support- wear for diving, yoga, swimming, lifting, surfing, etc.
3. Fibers mechanically engineered for quick dry, moisture wicking and breathability
4. Resilient 4-way stretch and recovery for shape retention in and out of the water
5. 100% chlorine, sun, saltwater and sunscreen resistant
6. UPF 50+ sun protection (max rating achievable)
7. Tear away tag
88% Repreve® RPET (recycled polyester made from post-consumer plastic bottles), 12% spandex
10% of profits from the sales of this product will be donated to The Shark Research and Conservation Program (SRC) at the University of Miami to help fund important research focused on the ecology, movement and conservation of sharks.
Orders are lovingly packaged using eco-responsible materials and shipped from our HQ in Miami, FL within the same or next business day. We’ll email you with your tracking info as soon as your order is shipped.

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UPF 50+ Sun Protection (Max Rating Achievable)

100% Fade-Proof From Chlorine, Sun & Saltwater

Anti-Microbial = Smell-Resistant

Fibers Mechanically Engineered For Quick-Dry & Moisture-Wicking

Made From Recycled Materials

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Advocate Apparel Inspired by Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) are globally classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as “Data Deficient”, with an unknown population trend, and thus, more research on their population size, distribution and trends, ecology, and threats is needed. Though they can grow up to 14 feet in length, they are slow-moving bottom-dwellers, inhabiting the warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans. Nurse sharks are particularly vulnerable to coastal fisheries and indirect coastal impacts from human activities, particularly in reef areas which constitute its main habitat.

Photo by Neil Hammerschlag

Nurse shark skin viewed up close. The diamond-shaped structures are actually modified teeth, called dermal denticles.

A nurse shark is fitted with an ID tag during a scientific workup by the SRC team.

Multiple research methods have shown that some species of sharks have declined in population by 90% or more during the last several decades in areas where they were formerly abundant. These declines are due to direct targeting in commercial fisheries, mostly for their fins and sometimes meat. Additionally, sharks are often caught unintentionally as bycatch in many other fisheries, caught and killed in some recreational fisheries (unlike catch and release), and may also be impacted by humans more indirectly through threats like habitat loss, pollution, and human-driven declines in the fish species sharks rely on for food.

10% of profits from your purchase of this product are donated to the Shark Research and Conservation Program at the University of Miami

Directed by Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, the Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC) at the University of Miami conducts cutting-edge shark research while also inspiring scientific literacy and environmental ethic in youth through unique hands-on field research experiences.

Every year, SRC brings out thousands of people, mostly school-children, on their research boats to survey, sample, tag and study sharks. Opportunities are especially made available for under-served populations in the sciences.

SRC’s science focuses broadly on understanding the effects of environmental change on the behavioral ecology and conservation biology of sharks in a human‐altered world.

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"We are so proud of our collaboration with Waterlust. Not only does their support help enable our shark conservation research, but the apparel itself is a walking billboard for marine conservation. It's an opportunity to start a conversation about the wonders and perils faced by sharks and how the average person can help make a difference.”

Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D.

the Shark Research and Conservation Program at the University of Miami

Great for divers

I LOVE the coverage and support these give. I use many of these outfits for diving in and find them to be perfect. I also love that the tops are reversible and gives you two designs/colors to pick from. Excellent product!

Love this shirt!!

Really comfortable and love that is doubles as a swimsuit. My partner said when I got wet and then in the sun that he could see though the shirt to my nipples but that doesn't bother me at all.

Perfect fit

This top feels like a second skin. I love, love, love it. I'm gonna to at other designs.

I LOVE these tops. I work from home so comfort is an important factor in choosing items. These tops (yes I have several of them) are the perfect item that can take me from work to workout. The prints are beautiful and the fact that they are reversible make it easy to mix and match. I can’t wait to wear them as a sporty swim top while playing beach volleyball this summer. They are supportive without suffocating me. Two thumbs up!

Nurse Shark Nirvana Reversible Top

UPF 50+ Sun Protection (Max Rating Achievable)