Surfing Waves

Right, got a friend that doesnt see too good (at all) and needs glasses or contact lenses. What can they use whilst learning surfing? Apparently contact lenses aren't meant to be used in the water?

Cheers

Samueladams, I like your beer...

My daughter plays water polo and wears disposable contacts, preety much tosses them after every session. Expensive but it gets the job done, she says they don't pop out in the water as many people thin.

i have to surf with my contacts, without them everything beyond about 2 feet from me is a giant blur. i've never had problems with them falling out, except for rubbing my eyes too much...which can happen on land. as long as you keep your eyes shut under water, they should be fine

Contacts (dailys) are absoloutley fine in the water Make sure you take a spare pair to drive back home in just in case one gets washed out!!

maybe prescription goggles?

u crack me up dave

My eyes have always been sensitive to bright light. One day on the sea without sunglasses and I can't see that night & have pounding headache. I also have a progressive prescription for corrective lenses (that's like tri-focals without the lines). I bought a pair of the Silverfish standard watersport sunglasses with my prescription: http://www.silverfish.com/sailing.htm

The sunglasses are about $45US. My lenses cost an additional $250 with the wide angle view (normal progressive lenses only provide a narrow field of view). It's been worth every penny and I won't surf without them. They fog sometimes and I apply Aquaseal Sea Drops Anti-Fog to the lenses ( http://www.amazon.com/Aquaseal-Drops-An ... B001UZ26J2).

I have used contact lenses in my past and do not like them. I used disposible ones for my motorcycle racing weekends, but glasses at all other times. Now that I'm through with racing, I do not use contact lenses at all.

Billie

has the stap on those silver fish held up pretty good? with wave hits and what not

I don't have the option of contacts so these look like a good buy!

i wear disposables that i wear for a week at a time and then toss. they work pretty well in the water.

Magus,
So far, so good. I don't get hit in the face by waves when trying to get outside, but I do fall of regularly. Have never had a problem losing the glasses or having their frames driven into my face. They really are a good buy at $45 or $50. If you only require a single vison corrective lens, compared to my (expensive) progressive lenses, it won't cost too much. I also know the lab that makes the perscription lenses for the Silverfish frames is a VERY good lab. I talked to several of their personnel multiple times before committing $300. I'm very pleased with the glasses. I will admit, there is some fogging up. I guess it can't be stopped altogether.

I also have some Sportmax perscription sun glasses. These are more for land sports like soccer. They are a little more comfortable, but have an elastic band and no vents in the frame. The elastic band doesn't seem to hold as well during wipeouts as the non-strechable Silverfish band. Even though I get some fogging with the Silverfish, the vents to help a little bit and their is less fogging than with the Sportmax glasses. One other difference is the lens wells in the frames are very wide and catch lots of water with the Sportmax. So you can see water in your field of view when looking down. The Silverfish frames have less material to hold the frames and, consequently, don't allow water to pool in your field of vision.

I've been surfing in my contacts. These days I wear my glasses on land mostly, but that's not an option for surfing. They're not dailies, but I haven't had any discomfort yet. I've taken a few surprise waves to the face where I wasn't able to close my eyes in time, but I haven't lost a lense yet. I haven't tried opening my eyes under water, but I don't see why I'd need to anyway. I keep an extra pair of contacts in my bag, and my glasses in my car.
I'm thinking more and more about corrective surgery, though.