Contact lenses

[catfish]

Does anyone where contact lenses while diving. Is it better to dive with corrective lenses in your mask, or go without anything.

[Jaymeany]

You could lose the lenses if you keep your eyes open on a flood and clear. but the flip side is if the correction is in your mask then as soon as your take the mask off you won't be able to see. Think about how often you take your mask off and how bad your eye site is. From being a chem and bio teacher I don;t like contact lenses because chemical vapors can get caught under the lenses.

[medic001918]

I dive with my contacts. I'm willing to take the chance of losing a lens in a flood and clear over losing prescription lenses in a mask if I lose the mask. I've never had a problem though.

Shane

[Illini_Fan]

I dive with my contacts. I've had contacts for 20 years and have yet to lose one in water of any sort (diving or just simply swimming). Since my sight is so poor, I really wouldn't want to have to take my contacts in/out at surface intervals if I had a prescription mask.

Mask floods are not a big problem, I do keep my eyes closed and go more by feel when I'm clearing than by visual, but that is not a major concern for me.

[CentralTxDiver]

I dive with contacts and never have had an issue.

[Scout]

Originally Posted by Illini_Fan

I dive with my contacts. I've had contacts for 20 years and have yet to lose one in water of any sort (diving or just simply swimming). Since my sight is so poor, I really wouldn't want to have to take my contacts in/out at surface intervals if I had a prescription mask.

Mask floods are not a big problem, I do keep my eyes closed and go more by feel when I'm clearing than by visual, but that is not a major concern for me.

I second this and I also have a huge perscription. I use disposable lenses and take an extra pair with me. Never had a lens fall out in 30 years of use and if I were to lose one underwater, then I would simply ascend.

[DivingsInMyBlood]

corrective lenses are great i have them in my mask.

[Xspect]

I dive with my contacts without any issues

The only problem I had is when I dove off the cliff in Ricks Cafe in Negril.

[thesmoothdome]

Both my wife and I dive with our contacts. I wear disposables, so it's not a big deal if I lose one, but I never have. When I learned to dive and when I instructed, I didn't need any correction so I was used to keeping my eyes open in the water while flooding. I still tend to keep my eyes open and have never had a contact float away. Shrug.

My wife dives with RGP lenses, so it's a bit bigger of deal if she loses a lens, but she never has either.

[rkmccamp]

I always wear contacts. I would suggest that you use a daily wear lense. I always take them to the ocean with us; that way when you get thru diving you can just throw them away and have a fresh pair the next day.