The ocean

Made with the water in mind

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.

01What we leave out

Some sunscreen ingredients are now banned in marine areas because of the harm they do. You will not find any of them in SOLA.

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Oxybenzone

One of the most common UV filters, and one of the most damaging to coral. Not in SOLA.

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Octinoxate

Banned alongside oxybenzone in Hawaii and elsewhere for reef harm. Not in SOLA.

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Octocrylene

A filter the European Union scrutinised closely. We left it out by choice.

02The problem

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.

03The European Edition
Dunes and cottages along the shore, seen from the boat
The filters we use

Newer science, cleaner result.

The European Edition 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. The United States approved the first of them only in June 2026, and most are still not allowed there. Better filters, better science, and none of the ingredients banned to protect the reefs.

04The US Edition

The US Edition is an SPF 30, made to the FDA’s rules and without oxybenzone or octinoxate, the filters at the centre of the reef-safety laws below.

Hawaii

Act 104 (SB 2571), the law that began the wave of reef-safety legislation.

U.S. Virgin Islands

Territory-wide restrictions on banned UV filters.

Palau

The Reef-Safe Sunscreen Act, among the strictest in the world.

By design

Built this way
from the start.

Not reformulated under pressure. Written into the formula from the first iteration.

Further reading: AP News, "Most sunscreens harm corals. Here's what you can do," by Annika Hammerschlag.

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05Where SOLA can travel

Welcome on the reefs that ask the most of us.

A handful of islands and marine parks restrict the sunscreen ingredients most harmful to coral. Here is where each edition stands against the published rules.

Meets the rules Not permitted No ban in force
Place
What’s restricted
European
Edition
US
Edition
HawaiʻiState law · since 2021
Oxybenzone, octinoxate
MauiCounty · since October 2022
Organic UV filters not allowed
Hawaiʻi IslandCounty · retail
Organic UV filters not allowed
PalauNational law · since 2020
Oxybenzone, octinoxate, octocrylene, 4-MBC, parabens, triclosan, phenoxyethanol
US Virgin IslandsTerritory law
Oxybenzone, octinoxate, octocrylene
ThailandMarine national parks · since 2021
Oxybenzone, octinoxate, 4-MBC, butylparaben
BonaireIsland law · since 2021
Oxybenzone, octinoxate
ArubaIsland law
Oxybenzone
Key WestLocal ban lifted by Florida law, 2020
No restriction in force

Based on published rules as of October 2026, checked against each edition’s ingredient list. The US Edition is in final testing. Independent certification for both editions is to follow. Rules change, so please check local guidance before you travel.