Our story
Made by swim-lesson parents
CozySwim is a small family business in Western Sydney. We make one thing: a swim parka for kids who are still learning.
If you've done winter swimming lessons you know the walk. A wet, shivering child, a towel that won't stay on, a change room with a queue, and a car seat that's damp until Thursday.
The parkas we could find were deck coats for squad swimmers: fleece-lined, cut for teenagers and sized "small, medium, large". They're made for a kid who has already dried off. Ours hadn't.
So we designed the one we wanted. Towelling that soaks up the water, a shell that keeps the wind off, six sizes that fit children from two to twelve, and no cord in the hood. It goes on wet, straight out of the pool, and the togs come off at home.
See the parkas
What we decided, and why
Towelling, not fleece
Fleece is warm but it doesn’t dry a wet child. Our 350gsm microfibre terry does both, and it’s dry again by the next lesson.
No hood cord
Cords on children’s hoods can catch and tighten. The safety guidelines for kids’ clothing say to leave them off, so we did.
Sized by height
Six sizes from 92cm to 152cm, so the hem sits at the knee and the sleeves end at the wrist.
A bag that gets used
The parka ships in a swim backpack with a wet pocket. It’s the bag for lessons, not packaging to throw away.
Fabrics we can stand behind
A fluorine-free water-repellent finish and fabrics tested for harmful substances.
Sent from Sydney
Stock is held and posted locally, so exchanges are a satchel away and not a three-week wait.