Prescription Lenses

[pete340]

Well my eye doc was a diver and he said: “don’t get prescription lenses for your mask, use one day throw away contacts instead.”

If you remove your mask underwater is there a risk that the contacts will fall off?

 

[fmw625]

Contact lense are great. Lost one when mask got kicked off. Could see well enough to enjoy rest of dive. A little problem reading SPG.

 

[scubatoys]

If you're a contact wearer... wear contacts. If you a glasses person, get the lenses for the mask. It's as simple as that!

 

[RICoder]

Ok, so you CAN wear contact at depth? What about compression of your eyes at depth? Doesn't that cause them to pop out or get malformed on the eye?

 

[FrediSub]

I was told that you can get bubbles on the contacts. Dangerous if you ask me...

 

[xSandman3]

I wore contacts for 40+ dives before I had Lasik. Never had any problems, just kept my eyes closed if I needed to remove my mask for any reason. Since Lasik, I have only been diving twice. It was worth every last penny.

 

[scubatoys]

Ok, so you CAN wear contact at depth? What about compression of your eyes at depth? Doesn't that cause them to pop out or get malformed on the eye?

Liquids... like your eyes, arms, fingers, you name it... other than lungs, ears and sinus spaces, but liquids are non-compressible. At depth your eyeballs don't change shape, and any soft contact lenses are also gas permiable - I know hundreds of people that dive with contacts - and the only possible problem is maybe loosing one. My wife dove with contacts for years before Lasik, and had one pop out once at the surface in Grand Cayman - but it stuck to her cheek - she popped it back in (plenty of saline solution!) and we went on with the dive.

 

[skeet]

I have wore contact lenses and dove for almost 3 years without any problems. I read somewhere that the increased ambient pressure helped hold them against the eye with your mask off. I tried this at 35 feet, they stayed in place, even during mask clearing