Competitive Aquatic Supply

Be sure to compare prices before heading here. They markup items by 50−75% on just about everything. If you don’t mind a good price gouging, then this is your place!

Very good place. It’s small but staff is very professional. Took us only five minutes to get everything we need!

Swim Gear!
Great place for swim gear if you need it fast.
I drove around the shopping plaza before I found it. It’s right next to the coffee place and creamistry. It is a relatively small shop packed full of variety. They sell everything from suits and goggles to swim caps
Since the little one started her swim team, I made a few purchases here. The first was for the swim team suit. I came a couple times more for additional items like fins. The staff has knowledge and give help and advice. Customer service is good. This is a place to come if you are unfamiliar with swim gear because the staff helps you out.
I found
to be a fraction of the cost and it has a ton more selection. This is where I do most of my purchasing now. That being said, if I need to get something last minute, actually need to try on something, or need advice, CAS is the place to come.
Overall, AOK.

When I need to purchase swim goggles, I go to this shop. It has an excellent selection of swim goggles and its prices are fair. I don’t care about the parking situation (which can get challenging due to the surrounding eateries located next to the shop). After all, I swim for *physical fitness* and fun — so walking a few extra feet from a parking space (that isn’t located right in front of the store windows) does not bother me at all … no worries.

After my son outgrew his child size goggles, the coach recommended this place to get a competition grade goggles.
Given I am not a swimmer myself, up until two weeks ago, I did not realize what a difference competition grade goggle means to a swimmer.
According to my son, the water doesn’t accidentally get in and he can actually see without being blinded by the sun.
The lady at the store was very patient and helpful finding us a goggle and adjusting to goggle to the correct size.
The price was very competitive in comparison to online stores!
Yup, we’d come here again for our next gear.

I have purchased probably over $ 200 worth of swim gear here for my kiddos. Their return policy sucks, but it’s forgivable for me because I don’t return swim gear that I buy. Their pricing is not competitive despite the name. However, it’s close by so if I need to pick up a pair of nice goggles right away, I can do that. I’ve spoken to the owner once or twice and she seemed very friendly and helpful. All of this would earn it a 3 star.
The 1 star is for the experience I had today. I was in there with my kids again and in the process of purchasing a pair of goggles, my 4 year old ran up to me and said he needed to use the restroom really badly. I asked the young lady at the counter if they had one. She said no but they have one next door at Wing Stop. My 4 year old then says to me, while doing the pee pee dance, ‘Yes they have a potty… it’s back here… I saw it.” So I asked her again. She then said, «Yes, but not for public use.»
What the what???
So I said to her, «Look, I can understand if it was me, an adult who needed to use the restroom. But he’s a 4 year old child who needs to go badly, and you won’t even let him use it?» She just stared at me. So I left and told her we would not be back for the goggles that she was ringing up for me.
I just find this unbelievable. I completely understand if they don’t want the «public», PAYING or not, to use their restroom. That’s their prerogative. Even though I find it off putting that they’ll take your money but won’t let you use their restroom.
But seriously… use your judgement!!! It was a toddler who needed to go! And did I mention there wasn’t even another single soul in there? It’s not like someone could have witness it and say to themselves, «OOOOH…next time I’m gonna come here to pee too!»
Ridiculous.
Btw…thank you Wing Stop for letting us use your facilities. Do you guys even know that they’re sending people over for just that? :-/

Not much to add to the previous reviews. Next to the Creamistry if you know where that is. Only negatives are the hours are somewhat limited and parking is tough given the popular eateries adjacent to CAS.
Good selection of sale Speedos if, like me, function is more important to you than colors and styles.
CAS has just about everything you need, which, let’s face it, isn’t too much when it comes to this sport. Had a new pair of zoomers in my size, goggles, and other pool toys I didn’t need but enjoyed considering.
Staff friendly and helpful.
Wonderful that such a well stocked and friendly shop is close to me in Irvine.

Competitive Aquatic Supply has everything I need for swimming. Are my Jammer past my knees and almost touching my ankles again? I can find a new pair of jammers here. My speedos swim brief fit like a pair of boxers after a month of swimming? I can get a new pair here. I can get the lycra ones that last for 2 weeks, or I can get the speedo endurance ones that last almost 2 years. Or better yet, I can get a pair of polyester training shorts that have lasted me almost five years.
It wasn’t until a couple years ago that I first started wearing a swim cap. Because of all the swimming that I do, strangers would ask me where I got my hair colored. It got old after a while. So, I decided that I need to try a swim cap. I didn’t want a regular swim cap. I wanted a strange or interesting design on the cap. They had plenty of interesting latex swim caps. My latest swim cap that I bought says «Jeff». My «Jeff» swim cap works great. No longer does my hair turn brown. No, my name is not Jeff.
It has everything I need for my swim workouts. They sell paddles, fins, pull buoys, and all forms of other equipment to torture yourself.
Great selection and great prices!

woohoo! it’s been a while since i’ve been in the pool, but when i actually do swim, i swim a lot… i couldn’t find the suit i purchased here last year in the depths of my chaotic closet, so i returned to find another rockstar deal… the colors on my suit don’t really matter and style isn’t important to me so I headed straight for the clearance rack. this place has an awesome selection on clearance and i picked up a stellar standard speedo suit for $ 25 bucks… each time i’ve come in here the service is very personable and they help me find what i’m looking for… even though i cannot remember my size, they seem to be able to eyeball me and tell me what they think i should be grabbing… thanks guys! you rock!

I needed a pair of goggles to try my hand at swimming again. It’s an activity with room for improvement.
With the assistance of the owner — let’s call her prejudice against the less-​evolved or PALE for the sake of efficiency.
PALE notes that it’s very difficult to size Asians with goggles because we don’t have bridges on our proboscis’ (snouts). Yeah, yeah… euthanize us all. Some of us also cannot see when we’re smiling or laughing heartily either. What now? Brown Cow?
Makes me wonder whether Asians have mistakenly been ridiculed and persecuted with the moniker of «bad drivers» — when actually it’s because we are so often caught laughing and smiling, while driving that we don’t see you. Riddle me that.
Needless to say, I got me some goggles and they FIT just fine — they will fit much better once I get some plastic surgery to assimilate. NOT!
Cheers!

I like coming here for the sheer convenience of getting swimsuits all year-​round. I’m a recreational swimmer and boy I can’t tell you how fast those damn things wear out. In four solid months of swimming all summer, my suits tend to crap out by early October. What then?
I head onto the good ol’ CAS in Irvine. it’s in the Target Barranca plaza, near the GameStop and what used to be the Diedrich Coffee house now turned into a Peet’s I think. The lady that works here is quite nice and knowledgeable about swimsuits. Yes, you can buy them for much cheaper online say at
but it’s mighty convenient to try on and purchase things in person.
I’ve bought three suits, goggles, and swim caps from here in the last three years without a problem. I definitely recommend this shop for serious swimmers who want no-​nonsense suits to work out in. This is not a frilly bikini shop; lots of athletes and swim clubs buy their equipment from here.
If you’re just buying stuff for your kids for the summer, go to Target and be done with it for much cheaper; but if you’re looking for something a little more high-​performance, then this is the place to go in Irvine.