Ocean-Safe
Reef-compatible by design
Around 6,000 tons of sunscreen chemicals reach coral reefs every year. SOLA contains none of the ingredients that the reefs are being protected from.
Around 6,000 tons of sunscreen chemicals reach coral reefs every year. SOLA contains none of the ingredients that the reefs are being protected from.
Some sunscreen ingredients are now banned in marine areas because of the harm they do. You will not find any of them in SOLA.
One of the most common UV filters, and one of the most damaging to coral. Not in SOLA.
Banned alongside oxybenzone in Hawaii and elsewhere for reef harm. Not in SOLA.
A filter the European Union scrutinised closely. We left it out by choice.
When you swim, your sunscreen washes off into the water. An estimated 25% of what you apply rinses away during recreational water activities, releasing some 5,000 tons a year in reef areas alone.
A few of those chemicals are toxic at concentrations almost too small to picture. Research has found oxybenzone harmful at 62 parts per trillion, which the Associated Press describes as one drop in six Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The effect on reefs is coral bleaching, DNA damage, and death. In 2018 Hawaii became the first U.S. state to prohibit the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, citing their harm to coral reefs. Key West and the U.S. Virgin Islands followed.
Source: Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press, 28 April 2026.
SOLA's formula was developed in Europe using next-generation organic UV filters approved by EU regulators. These are not the filters the rest of the industry has leaned on for decades.
Europe approved advanced filters as early as 2000 that the United States still has not approved in 2026. Better filters, better science, and none of the ingredients banned to protect the reefs.
SOLA meets every current reef-safety regulation we are aware of, which means it can be worn legally in restricted marine areas.
Act 104 (SB 2571), the law that began the wave of reef-safety legislation.
Key West ordinances restricting oxybenzone and octinoxate.
Territory-wide restrictions on banned UV filters.
The Reef-Safe Sunscreen Act, among the strictest in the world.
Not reformulated under pressure. Clean from the first iteration, which is why it can go anywhere you do.
Further reading: AP News, "Most sunscreens harm corals. Here's what you can do," by Annika Hammerschlag.
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