sporting stores...life vests

Might be too big. I once bought one for a 2 year old off ebay, for a trip by raft.
http://www.decathlon.be/FR/gilet-typhon-100-n-jr-10821172/
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Think you're more likely to find something like this at a specialist shop and there will be more of these near the coast. Try asking at a local sailing club?