Abstract: A swimming aid with a lower back float and an abdominal float, where the floats provide sufficient buoyancy to keep the user's head, neck and shoulders above water when the user is in a vertical position and in a mostly horizontal position. The floats overlap axially so that the user is biased to a vertical position, but can easily rotate between a mostly horizontal position for learning how to swim, and a vertical position, with head, neck and shoulders above the water in both positions, for ease and comfort of breathing, without falling over backwards or sideways.