Riptide Spas Replacement Hot Tub Covers

Riptide Spas was founded in the UK and is now part of China's Crystal Island Group, and like most British and European makers it specifies in centimetres. Eighteen of its hot tubs are square and fit an AIRCAP 1™: models from all three of today's ranges — the Infinity series, the Family series and the Fun spas — and earlier models from the Infinity, Starlight and Heritage ranges. Today's range is built on just three square footprints, which makes matching a cover unusually simple once you know which one you have.

Here is how the 18 Riptide Spas models in our fitter map to AIRCAP 1™ sizes:

• The Family 360, Family 370, Infinity 330, FUN FOR 6 and the earlier Infinity 360 (BT360) are 200 cm square and each take the AIRCAP 1™ XX-Small, which fits square spas 77–79".
• The Family 530, Family 570, Infinity 530, Infinity 560, FUN FOR 5 and the earlier Heritage Esteem are 212 cm square, the earlier Heritage Tribute is 210 cm square, and each takes the AIRCAP 1™ Small, which fits square spas 83–85".
• The earlier Starlight Eclipse Platinum (RB560) is 218 cm square, a figure published by Riptide's UK distributor rather than by Riptide, and takes the AIRCAP 1™ Medium, which fits square spas 86–88".
• The Family 760, Infinity 730, Infinity 770 and the earlier Infinity 760 (BT760) and Starlight Solstice Platinum (RB770) are 230 cm square and each take the AIRCAP 1™ Large, which fits square spas 89–91".

If you own one of today's 212 cm models, measure the rim rather than the cabinet. The published 212 cm is the acrylic rim, which is 83.5" and takes the Small. The cabinet beneath it is about an inch narrower, roughly 82.7", because the rim overhangs it slightly on every side. Run a tape around the cabinet and you may read 82" and reach for an X-Small, which would be a size too small. Measure across the top, at the widest point, which is what the AIRCAP 1™ sits on.

Several Riptide sizes sit close to the line between two covers, so measure across the top before you order. 200 cm is 78.7", at the top of the XX-Small: a tub that measures over 79" takes the X-Small. 230 cm is 90.6", at the top of the Large: over 91" takes the X-Large. The Heritage Tribute's 210 cm is 82.7", just into the Small: measure across the top, not the cabinet below it, which may read 82"; only if the top itself measures 82" or less, take the X-Small. The Starlight Eclipse Platinum's 218 cm is 85.8", just into the Medium: if yours measures 85" or less, take the Small.

Riptide uses a factory code alongside the model name, and it is worth knowing. The Family series is HCA, the Infinity series is HEA and the Fun spas are HFA — so an HCA 530 is a Family 530 and an HEA 730 is an Infinity 730. An S on the end (HCA 360S) marks a trim level, not a different shell, and the Infinity 830 is also sold as the 830T. If the label in your equipment bay carries one of those codes rather than a name, match the number. Older codes work differently: BT marks the earlier Infinity range of about 2021–2023 and RB the Starlight Platinum range. BT numbers match the earlier Infinity names listed here, but RB numbers do not line up with today's models: an RB560 is a Starlight Eclipse Platinum, a size larger than an Infinity 560, so match the whole code, letters included.

Some Riptide names have been used on more than one tub. From about 2021 to 2023 the Infinity 560 and Infinity 770 names belonged to earlier shells, coded BT560 and BT770, with different seat layouts from today's. Riptide printed the BT770 at 230 cm and its UK distributor printed the BT560 at 212 cm, the same sizes as today's models, so the cover is the same: an Infinity 560 of either age takes the Small and an Infinity 770 the Large. BETA Wellness, which belongs to the same group as Riptide, sells tubs called the Infinity 3.6 and Infinity 7.6. Going by their factory codes and plan views, those are today's Family 360 and Family 760, not the earlier Infinity 360 and Infinity 760 listed here, but each pair is the same size, so the XX-Small and the Large still apply.

Every AIRCAP 1™ ships with the Ziptech™ modular skirt system, so you can zip on the right skirt depth for your cabinet instead of ordering a custom cover.

Riptide models the AIRCAP 1™ does not fit. The Family 160, Infinity 170 and FUN FOR 3 share a 200 × 164 cm shell, which is a rectangle rather than a square, and the Infinity 830 is 300 × 230 cm. The commercial IDS range is out for two separate reasons worth spelling out: the IDS 710, IDS 510S and IDS 310S are round — their specifications read Φ230, Φ215 and Φ198, where Φ means diameter, not a footprint — and a square cover cannot replace a round one. The IDS 730 genuinely is square at 240 cm, but that is 94.5", just past our 94" maximum. Among older models, the BT-coded Infinity 160 (about 2021–2023) is a rectangle and the BT-coded Infinity 830 is a rectangle with all four corners cut off; the Starlight Astra (330 × 230 cm) and Starlight Luna Platinum are rectangles; and so are the Heritage Jubilee and Heritage Stratum (230 × 240 cm) and the Heritage Acclaim (330 × 233 cm). Riptide's swim spas, the Easy Life, Aqua Life, Atlantis, Atlas and Whitehaven ranges, are long rectangles and out of scope. The AIRCAP 1™ is built for square cabinets from 77 to 94 inches.

Older Riptides to measure first. Some earlier models are printed square but do not photograph square, so we do not list them; a tape measure settles it. The Starlight Orion (about 2019–2023) is printed at 218 × 218 cm, but Riptide's photos of it read a little over an inch wider than deep: if yours measures square to within an inch, the longer side sets the size, and at 218 cm that is the Medium. The Heritage Ovation (about 2017–2020) is printed at 230 × 230 cm, but its brochure photo reads wider than deep: if both sides agree to within an inch, the longer side sets the size, and at 230 cm that is the Large. The Starlight Stellar (about 2019–2023) is also printed at 218 × 218 cm, but Riptide's photos of it are clearly wider than deep, so measure both sides before choosing any cover. Starlight Solstice and Starlight Eclipse tubs sold without the Platinum name, from about 2017, may differ from the Platinum versions listed here, so measure those too.

Measure your own spa before ordering — cabinet sizes can change between model years. The SureFit™ measuring guide walks through it in two measurements, and works for any square hot tub from 77″ to 94″, Riptide or not.