Swimming equipment

thumb|300px|American 1920s woman's bathing suit

Swimfins, swim fins, diving fins, or flippers are finlike accessories worn on the feet, legs or hands and made from rubber, plastic, carbon fiber or combinations of these materials, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, float-tube fishing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, scuba diving, snorkeling, spearfishing, underwater hockey, underwater rugby and various other types of underwater diving.

cap worn while swimming or bathing

device used for breathing air from above when the wearer's head is face downwards in water

swimwear

any briefs-style male swimsuit

inflatable water toy

thumb|A freediver using a monofin thumb|Herbert Nitsch wearing a monofin at the Cyprus BIOS 2004 Freediving Open Classic

objects designed to help a wearer float in water

floatation device used in swim workouts

cylindrical piece of buoyant polyethylene foam, sometimes hollow

plastic plate worn on the hand by swimmers during training

type of machine

evolution of styles of clothing for swimming