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Our sun shirts allow you to spend hours outside in the sun without overheating or cooking your largest organ in UV radiation. Lightweight, airy, stylish, and fun, sun protection as rad as you!
The coral reef ecosystems that cover our globe provide essential food and habitat to over 25% of all marine life. The parrotfish is a common animal found among these ecosystems and are a crucial keystone species, responsible for cleaning the corals from harmful algae. The abundance of parrotfish can be related directly to the health of our coral reef ecosystems.
Made from recycled materials and knitted into an ultra fine, lightweight fabric, think of it as the working persons stretchy silk. So silky smooth and cool to the touch, your skin literally gets goosebumps when you put it on, but stays shielded from the sun all day on the water. You can stand in an asphalt parking lot on a hot, humid, sunny day in Miami in July at noon and still feel cool. Yep, our test team tested it…reluctantly.
91% Repreve® RPET (recycled polyester made from post-consumer plastic bottles), 9% spandex
5% of sales will be donated to Reef Relief, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving and protecting our coral reef ecosystem.
Orders are lovingly packaged using minimal packaging and eco-responsible materials, and shipped from our wonderful partner warehouse in Pennsylvania 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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We lovingly prepare each one of our orders for its journey to you using the best packaging materials we can find with the least environmental impact.
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While parrotfish come in many amazing colors and patterns, this print is inspired by a male, terminal phase spotted parrotfish, native to the Indo-Pacific. Considered the most effective reef grazer, parrotfish serve an important function in maintaining the health of coral reefs. In fact, a 2014 IUCN report surveyed the health of Caribbean coral reefs from 1970-2012 and found that one of the most impactful actions we can take to restore the health of coral reef habitat is to protect parrotfish!
Photo by Richard Ling
Photo by Rickard Zerpe
If that isn’t reason enough to love these bright and beautiful fish, an individual poops up to 200 lbs of sand a year, a critical source of sediment for beaches! For example, in Vakkaru Island in the Maldives, a 2015 study found that over 85% of their beach sand had been produced by parrotfish!
Your support helps Reef Relief improve and protect our coral reef ecosystem through education, advocacy, and grassroots community efforts. They have a wide variety of programs educating the public about coral reefs and encouraging community action, including school programs, their Coral Camp for kids, organized clean-ups, stenciling storm drains to discourage dumping, as well as policy work with their straw and sunscreen campaigns.
"Reef Relief is so grateful to expand our message of coral reef conservation through our partnership with Waterlust. They are an incredible company whose goals align with Reef Relief's to protect living coral. By purchasing items from the Parrotfish Protection Line you are giving back to Reef Relief's various educational programs and spreading awareness for coral reefs around the world."
Dora DeMaria. Education Director
Reef Relief
I recently purchased this shirt. I am 5' 11" and 175 lbs and the size XL was perfect. The colors are so beautiful. It is comfortable and well made. I am very happy that I can protect my skin and have fun in the sun in style!
This is my new Happy sun shirt! Who can't be happy wearing these bright colors and thinking of being a Parrot Fish in the ocean? I also have the Whale Shark sun shirt. It makes me feel peaceful and reminds me of how majestic they are.
The material is perfect weight with enough stretch that I forget I'm wearing it on my 6-hour kayaking days :)
WOMEN'S Parrotfish Protection Sun Shirt
Absolutely love this shirt! It seems very well made, and the material is so bright and colorful. The hood with ponytail hole is genius.
The sun shirt and shorts are high quality products!
I bought the sunscreen pants probably year ago. Now I've Added the matching top. Everything was well made. I got the small top and it fir perfectly. (I am 5'8" and weigh 120 lbs.) I love that it has pockets and that it has good neck coverage. Of course I love that the products use recycled plastic and are shipped with minimal packaging.
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