I haven't had the chance to use these in the pool yet, but they feel nice in my legs. My only issue, and likely my fault, is that they fit a bit big on me considering I got a small size. They're high rise, so if you have that problem where your bum is on the bigger side and your waist isn't, like me you're probably going to have a "gap in the back" issue like I did. I tried rolling the waistband down one, but because of the seam at the back of the waistband, you get this weird divot in tSee full review