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Dock and Bay (Compact Travel Towels)

Updated May 23, 2019 By //  by Kris. This post contains affiliate links. This means we may make a small commission, at no extra cost to you.

These gorgeous Dock and Bay compact travel towels have been so handy on our gap year with our 4 kids.  Soon we will be putting them to the test against other popular brands of compact, quick dry travel towels and bring you “the world’s best travel towel”.

See our Ultimate Guide for Visiting Bali Here.

Photos taken on location at the beautiful La Joya Boutique Villas, Balangan Beach, Bali. They have double bungalows and epic family rooms. To check prices for this stunning accommodation, click here.  (Husband not included)

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Ipanema Orange

Table of Contents

  • First Impressions
  • Size
  • Easy and Versatile
  • Dock and Bay are so Lightweight!
  • Sand Repellant Towels
  • Colours
  • Absorbent
  • Quick Dry
  • Cost
  • Dock and Bay – Doing Their Bit
  • The Verdict on Dock and Bay
  • Where Do I Get My Dock and Bay Travel Towel?

First Impressions

I was super impressed when we received our samples from Dock and Bay for testing and review.  These guys were a really nice company to deal with, and the postage was very fast to regional Australia. 

The 6 towels arrived in their individual packets, wrapped in biodegradable plastic packets.  The beautiful and distinctive brightly coloured stripes are definitely an attention grabber!  Lined up, our family look so striking with our collection!

Size

These iconic towels come in 3 great sizes –

  • Extra Large – 200 cm x 90 cm (78″ x 35”)
  • Large – 160 cm x 80 cm (63″ x 31”)
  • Round – 190cm (75”) in diameter 

Weights are very important when choosing a compact travel towel, and these ones take the cake!

  • Extra Large – 400 g
  • Large – 290 g
  • Carry case – 50 g
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Bondi Blue

They pack down into the size of a small novel. The individual carry case that comes with each towel is made out of a heavier canvas fabric with a mesh side for breathability. I guess this is designed for containing wet towels inside a bag.  I ended up ditching the bags, as they cumulatively gave us too much extra weight, with 6 towels at 50 g each. 

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The carry bags

Dock and Bay towels are made out of a 220gsm smooth microfiber (80% polyester, 20% polyamide) and are so soft to the touch.  After a month of continuous use, the stunning bright colours have not faded at all. They are very easy to wash, with no special conditions at all, which makes me very happy indeed!

Easy and Versatile

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Waikiki Red

Dock and Bay towels are so easy to grab and throw into your bag for a morning at the beach.  They are very comfortable to sit on, but are quite thin which can be a good thing and a bad thing together. 

Dock and Bay are so Lightweight!

The thinness means they dry very fast, and are incredibly compact but the flip side of this is that they do lack some absorbency when compared to other bulkier travel towels. 

They are super lightweight and versatile too and we often use one for an extra blanket for the kids if the air conditioner is too cold, and they also come on our plane trips.  

Read this: Surfing in Bali

Sand Repellant Towels

Sand definitely does not stick to these beauties, not even when you sit on a towel, on the beach with a wet bum. No wet bum print of sticky sand. It falls straight off. Like magic!

Remember old fashioned cotton loop towels? Never again will I waste my money on those. Not when these innovative people have absolutely revolutionised beach towels at Dock and Bay.

Colours

The designs are simple and effective variations of bold stripes against a white background, or you can get plain solid colours as well.  The newest colours have just been released under the super cute ‘Fruity Collection”.

We have a classic collection of Dock and Bay towels, Bondi Blue, Cancun Green, Ipanema Orange, Phi Phi Pink, Brighton Purple and Waikiki Orange. You can also grab these in solid colours as well.

Also available from Dock and Bay are these super cute hair wraps, recycled boardshorts as well as poncho towels.  

Absorbent

These towels will hold a fair bit of water, but when they are drenched, they just will not hold any more!  They are great to use to dry one person after getting out of the water, but after that they really need to dry completely before their next use.

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Phi Phi Pink

Quick Dry

Thanks to the technology of the microfibre fabric, the Dock and Bay towels have a fast and efficient drying speed.  They never smell bad either!  Pretty amazing, we have owned these towels for ages and they hardly ever need washing!  Even after they have been balled up at the bottom of a beach bag, our towels only need a bit of sun and air to bring them back to like new again.  

Cost

This is where Dock and Bay really performs as a major player.  These fantastic quick dry towels which pack into a tiny pouch pack a punch when it comes to cost effectiveness.  At only $20US for a small, and $25US for an extra large in the classic series, it is one of the cheapest lightweight travel towels we have found.  

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Brighton Purple

Dock and Bay – Doing Their Bit

Dock and Bay is striving towards a sustainable product with the new introduction of a range of boardshorts made out of 100% recycled plastic water bottles! The 2 founders of the company, Andy and Benno believe that together we can each take small steps to minimise our environmental impact and help create a better world for us all. With nearly 1,000,000 more plastic bottles sold around the world every minute (!) every little bit helps right?!

Read this next: What to do in Phuket

The Verdict on Dock and Bay

Dock and Bay towels tick all the boxes for compactness, cost, sand repellant and attractiveness that I look for in a travel towel. We love ours!

Where Do I Get My Dock and Bay Travel Towel?

You can find Dock and Bay travel towels all over the internet.

Click on this link to be taken directly to their sales page.

If you are reading this, you should definitely be following us on Facebook or Instagram to get the latest updates on our year long trip around South East Asia with 4 children. We are still in Bali, but next stop is Thailand!!

How did we end up here? Read this.

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Cancun Green

You can visit the Dock and Bay website for more details.

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Check out our other travel towel reviews here:

  • Evolve Travel Towels put to the test
  • Tesalate – The World’s Best Travel Towel?

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  1. Katherine Miranda

    July 13, 2020 at 1:48 am

    I’m debating between the Evolve and Dock & Bay. For the price of 1 Evolve I could purchase 2 Dock & Bay towels. Is the quality/absorbency of Evolve that much better for the price point?

    Reply
    • admin

      July 13, 2020 at 4:51 am

      It really depends what you will be using the towel for. We found that the dock and bay does’nt absorb much water, especially if you are using the towel alot. If you are going to lay by the pool in summer I would just get the dock and bay. But if you are doing some serious beach work and want a towel to absorb heaps the Evolve is the one.
      Dock and bay is lighter while Evolve is a little heavier.
      Hope this helps!

      Reply

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