20 Best Swim Cap For Long Thick Hair (2023 Updated)

Three main aspects that make this the best overall dome cap: 1. No default powdering to prevent first use slipping 2. Neck cutout helps prevent the cap line from pushing up and creating huge wrinkles on the top which would, on the other hand, do the opposite of what a dome cap should do 3: Patented panels make for an unparalleled level of comfort! Summary: This cap, if with the right size ordered, provides the most comfortable fit out of any other dome cap without having to be obnoxiously tight, thanks to all three aspects listed above! I would recommend no other dome cap to any type of swimmer.

However, I sincerely appreciate that they have a freestyle option like the Tracer-X available to make for better head position correction. But for pretty much every race, you can never go wrong with the Wallbreaker 2.

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I am very happy with this long hair swim cap purchase I made last month. I have thick hair and it works well. It slides on over my hair well when I put it on and take it off without tearing my hair. I am thrilled that it provides such great coverage so that my hair no longer gets damaged from the chlorine during my daily swims.

My hair stylist, who colors my hair, is thrilled that this cap has solved my hair damage problem. She recommends wetting my hair before I put on my cap. I am very pleased that I can continue swimming every day in the pool at my club without getting damaged hair!.

I don’t have a big head, so this cap fits comfortably for 1-1. 5h practices. No wrinkles compared to regular caps. Seats very firmly throughout the practice, so I don’t have to make small readjustments in the practice as I do with regular caps.

It’s thinner on the edges than other “competition” caps, so it’s easier to put on and it’s not too tight for me. Sort of middle ground between regular caps and competition caps. So it may not be as comfortable for people with bigger heads to wear during practices.

Everything you’d expect in a swim cap. I purchased the red, which is nice and bright for visibility on my open water swims. I have short hair and I would say this cap has plenty of room for those of you with long hair.

Never really wore swim caps before but thanks to COVID closures of barbers, I have a big mop on my head. filled a need for coverage against chlorine damage and debris. My head size is 58 cm and the afro adds +++ but compressible… kept me dry and clean whilst surprisingly comfortable.

High quality swim cap. Good for protecting hair when training in chlorinated pool. Fits well.

This cap is very soft to handle but strong enough to allow easy stretching it over your head, even if the wearer has a large, thick ponytail. My granddaughter (7years) dislikes getting water in her ears and this wonderful cap has fixed the problem.

A GREAT product. I would recommend it for all swimmers.

This silicone is a little thicker than I’m used to, so it felt quite tight on my head. But it kept my bob length hair almost dry! Even after doing breaststroke laps. My ears felt a bit squished after an hour and can’t have my studs in while wearing this swimming cap as the backs dig into my head too much.

Works a treat. Purchased for school swimming and Miss 10 loves it. No issues getting her long hair into the Silicon and hair stays dry. Mostly. The cute little plastic ziploc bag keeps it together in her swimming bag which is a plus.

I bought it for anyone to use while swimming to keep our hair dry. One of our family members has drread and it fits over their bun. It also fits on my 7 year olds hair and kept her hair dry. Definitely recommend!.

This cap is good, the only problem is I have a tendency to break them after a summer of frequent lap swimming and time in the sun. I also always fade caps when I swim in the summer but I don’t really care about that.

I always look for a cheaper price because good chance I’ll break by the end of the season.

with not being able to see the product in hand, I went ahead and ordered it anyway. Very pleased with product, ease of ordering and also shipped super fast. Would definitely recommend. I also have long hair and it fit my hair in a pony tail as well.

The cap is structurely too tight to allow the volume and texture of afro or very curly hair to comfortably fit underneath. One size does not fit all. My head is small, my hair is thick and the cap kept sliding off, allowing chlorine to touch my hair which defeats its purpose.

Not an inclusive product and not having the right equipment/supplies to swim unfortunately deters many from swimming as chlorine negatively affects the texture of curly and afro hair more severely than straight hair.

I would recommend the brand soulcaps if you live in the uk or any similar brands as I ended up buying it as an alternative to fufill the needs of anyone wanting to swim. What a swimming cap is “supposed” to look like is outdated and Speedo as well as other companies need but won’t address this.

I like these Speedo silicone swim caps. I have a few in different colors and they last forever. They’re nice and thick so they feel sturdy and like they won’t rip apart when placed on one’s head. I have long thick hair and easily place them on my head.

They feel good on and I never have to readjust them. This purple color is very pretty in person (much darker in the photo). I recently purchased it to match a new Speedo, workout bathing suit with purple straps.

I’ve attached a photo if interested in seeing a better version of the purple color. I recommend these to any swimmer 100%.

I purchased this so that I do not have to apply sunscreen to my bald head in the pool or ocean. I used it multiple times for racing and swimming in the pool with Aqua Sphere goggles and for diving/snokeling in the Ocean in the Big Island and Kauai, Hawaii and it stays on like glue and does not interfere with my goggles or mask seal.

You can even push it down closer to eyes and it stays firm. Even diving through violent Ocean waves it stayed on–up to two hours in the water–no problem. Protected my head against sunburn each time with no sunscreen.

On one of my snorkeling boats I saw 2 other guys using this cap for the same reason–prevent sunburn to the bald head. I liked it so much I bought another one. Much more comfortable and easier to use than the Silicone caps.

When I first received this item it looked good and I was pleased with it. But on holiday last week when I went to put it on for the first time, some of the petals came away in my hands, I was not being rough at all.

I took a closer look and you could see some of the glue where they had been stuck on and it looked a bit of a mess. For the money I paid I am a bit disappointed, I have kept the petal bits, and hope to get some rebate from the company.

I just love this pretty pink flowery hat. Old fashioned glamour and best of all , keeps your hair dry, has Wow factor!

I have been looking for one for years and finally found one, Otis beautiful and more flattering than the plain ones! I absolutely love it!

This is a great cap. Stays on securely and comfortably. And unlike rubber caps, does not pull your hair. If you spend a lot of time in the pool, then this cap is for you. Highly recommended.

This is a beaut for lane swimming when I’m knocking out 30 or 40 laps. It’s lightweight and drys quickly. In all my years of using stretchier swimcaps I’ve never lost one in the ocean. After only two weeks using this one, however, I need a new one.

A huge wave at Manly, at the end of my Manly-Shelley-Manly swim knocked me for six and removed my goggles and swim cap. It was low key traumatising. This item is again great for laps but, as I discovered to my cost, crap in the ocesn.

Good quality cap. It’s strong enough to hold long hair in place

I have used this cap every week since purchase and the fit is still excellent and comfortable great product for the pry

Super hard to put on because it’s made of pure rubber. I recommend buying a scilicone one.

Hi everyone, I’m going to leave a pretty detailed and even almost review of praise for this cap just because it is THE ONE. Whether you have a large head circumference or long hair or both, this is the one.

The colors are also electric – they look great, and more important, are very visible out there in the elements if you’re an open water swimmer. I have NEVER had a cap so thick and good quality but also stretchy that goes on so easily, stays on, and grips without ripping out bunches of hair upon contact.

I am one of the many unaddressed swimmers out there with what industry apparently considers (or doesn’t consider at all) is a honkin’ huge head. As I’ve gotten deeper and deeper into open water marathon swimming over the past decade plus, I’ve pored over endless forums of people trying to suggest caps for long hair versus big head.

To be honest, these forums led nowhere. Right now, I have a situation of both having a pumpkin head and long, thick, PERMED hair. Back when my hair was shorter, I could put standard latex and silicone caps on after wetting my hair but they always started creeping up and threatening to fall off, or even getting water pooled at the top.

Other times, I’ve torn caps that friends have given to me after hand picking the largest ones from their collections. In those moments (and I don’t know if it’s just me but have a feeling it’s not), I would feel so frustrated and even ashamed about what I started to feel was a freakish, gigantic head based on the fact that I had so much trouble with caps.

I’ve been glad to see that there have been more conversations about and product design responses to a parallel issue of Black hair or people with very big hair. But the caps resulting from these discussions are taller than they are larger in circumference.

For all this, by the way, it’s not like my head is twice the size of any other human head. What always frosted me was how it comes down to probably a few millimeters more of give, of coverage, to avoid anxiety every single time I have to stuff my head and hair into a cap, to stop having to adjust my cap during swims, to stop getting the headaches that come from caps that are just a bit too tight.

I was noting how swimsuit design technology is so robust now but the field of cap design remains stuck in the stone ages – unsustainable, uncomfortable, and One Size Fits All (Except Those People Whose Heads Are Bigger Than Whatever Size Industry Arbitrarily Determined).

I’m not sure how I found this cap but it took me years and hours of active searching and disappointment to finally find it. This is the cap I will always use going forward, and it’s the one that I will attempt to swim around Manhattan with this August.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, New Wave Swim Buoy, for making a cap that I can trust and that hits all the points: universal fit, safety, comfort, quality, and even style.

Thank you New Wave for answering my continuous search for the perfect swim cap. It’s such a little thing, but I’ve tried them all. I’ve got long hair and it can be really tricky. Caps that don’t reach over my ears, or that slide up and I end up with a coconut head! Freebies from events are often uncomfortably thick and made for the short-haired majority, others are too thin and I daren’t stretch them to get them on.

But, I think you’ve got it just right. Great flexibility and soft quality silicone, amazing colours so that I’m seen from across the lake, and big enough to hide all my hair inside without slippage. Love it.

Fits perfectly for an adult (size L). Does not pull the hair or press the skull and yet it has perfect round shape.

Good quality. Good value for money. Perfect

This is my second cap Purchased because it is incredibly reliable and long lasting.

Extremely good product. Its better than the normal rubber ones which stick. Its smooth and easy to wear.

Love this cap it is a really good size to be able to tuck up that long hair.

I was very pleased with this swim cap as I wear a wig and needed something for the water. It is a pretty vintage style.

Superb multi-floral retro swimming cap, which has been very well received, and arrived speedily and efficiently.

Just ordered 2 more. The silicone is the perfect thickness and the most comfortable cap I’ve used in the last 10 years. Much nicer than others selling for 3 times the cost.

Excellent quality. I use it for open water swimming to keep my head warm in the cold Atlantic waters! I received my order within 7 working day’s from the order date. Happy customer.

Great quality swim hat , perfect for the cooler days and windy days in the sea .

I have very long dreadlocks (and a big head) so finding a swim cap was impossible. My special needs brother goes swimming once a week and, when his support worker passed away, I had to start taking him.

My hair is precious to me, so the thought of getting all that chlorine (and other nastiness) on my hair made me shudder. I bought several swim caps, even one for ‘extra long hair’, but they didn’t come anywhere near fitting me.

I’d heard of Soul Caps during the Olympics controversy but I thought they would be too expensive or I wouldn’t be able to get them in Canada. Finally, I just decided that I would get a Soul Cap no matter what and found out that it was much cheaper and they delivered to Canada.

I ordered my cap (XL) a couple of days before the news came out about the decision to allow Soul Caps, so I thought it was destiny. When my swimming cap arrived, I took it out and looked at it. I actually thought it was too big.

I tried it on and it was a perfect fit. I looked at myself in the mirror and felt a swell of pride. I felt seen. Somebody had considered my special needs and created something so that women like me could participate in something that was considered ‘not for us’.

The statistics on Black people drowning because they don’t know how to swim are alarming. I know a lot of Black women who won’t swim because they don’t want to get their hair wet. Soul Cap has changed that.

Grab your Soul Cap and jump on in! The water is fine!!!.

I found the Soul Cap to perform just as other silicone swim caps; it provides all over coverage but my hair still is damp, though not soaked, after a 45 – 1 hour swim session. I recently started swimming at least twice a week, concentrating mainly on the back stroke doing laps.

Based on the reviews I was hopeful the Soul Cap would keep my hair completely dry. It seems there really is no magic cap that keeps the hair totally dry if you will be submerging you head in the pool.

I will keep using though, as I appreciate my hair not getting soaked. I do, however, need to wash it after each swim session.

Awful smell Right out of the package and persists despite washing. I ordered this color once years ago and it smelled So I threw it out after several times of trying to clean it. I saw it again recently and, because I like the color, I tried it again.

It smells exactly the same as the first one I got years ago. Absolutely horrible. I have tried rinsing it, even swishing it in the chlorinated pool… Letting it air out… Scrubbing it with soapy bubbles… There’s nothing I can do to get this hideous odor out.

I would not recommend getting this color. However, I do recommend the sporti silicon swim caps in this style. They are fantastic!.

Bought this for my 10 year old daughter, and she has no complaints about it at all. The silicone is fantastic because it doesn”t pull on her hair like the rubber caps, and because it is an adult size, she can use it for a longer amount of time.

It has plenty of room for long hair. She usually wears a french braid and holds it upside down while we get the cap on. We also sometimes just make a bun and again, no problems getting the cap on. we just have to make sure not to have it too far down on her forehead at the onset.

otherwise she looks like her eyebrows are frowning, lol! It doesn”t squeeze uncomfortably. and my sensitive kid would DEFINITELY let me know if it did! We love the design and it was a great value. Swim Outlet”s super fast shipping is unbeatable, too!.

I began swimming more often this summer, and found my just-to-shoulder-length hair was taking a beating when I just clipped it up. I have an older Speedo cap that I love, but I wanted a little more color (my Speedo cap is pearl white).

This cap is true to the color shown. It goes on fairly easily, doesn”t snag my hair either. I normally soak my hair in the showers, and apply a conditioner to my hair, before putting the cap on, so my hair doesn”t absorb a lot of chlorine.

Sometimes I pull my hair back in a ponytail before putting the cap on, too. I am petite, and maybe my head is a bit on the petite side, but this cap is quite roomy on me. I find myself often pulling the cap down around my ears (although I admit that I fold the cap up near my ears when I am not in the pool, so I have to fold it back DOWN when I get in to swim each time).

I recently bought a HUUB silicone swim cap and I am very happy with it. It’s good quality and it came on time with plenty of notice and I could track the item.

I bought this a view weeks ago and am really happy with it. I’ve bought three swim caps before which are no good at all then found the HUUB at Sigma Sport and I am delighted with the quality of the cap and it stayed on my head without riding up constantly!.

Great swim cap really pleased. Good fit easy to put on. Keeps Hair out of eyes and makes for a smoother swim. Went on to buy the HUUB goggles too

I know that the lycra caps dont keep water out but then no one in the shop told me about it. There was a boy in that area whom I had asked about swimming caps and he showed me this one and one other colour.

But ideally he should have told me that there are 2 types of caps, one that is water proof and one that is not. I was buying for the first time for my 5 year old son who has just enrolled for a swimming class.

Thanks to the wet hair he was down with fever in the first week itself. But since I had used this cap, I could not return it and bought another white colour silicone cap from your store. You can check your database.

Please train your staff to be a little more proactive and talk to customers and educate them. Then cant act merely as traffic police and direct people. They have understand their needs and provide appropriate solutions.

And for that they have to talk and ask questions. It would have saved my money, my son’s health and the extra trip to your store.

With quality and reasonable price

I love the colors