Does anyone wear contacts when surfing?

I wear my Contacts when surfing. nothing ever happens to them. DONT OPEN YOUR EYES UNDERWATER! thats really all just common sense.

 

Yeah I wear mine as well, never really had a problem until this past fall when I lost one getting worked on an overhead day. I tried to paddle back out and keep surfing but my depth perception was all off so I had to go in and grab a spare out of my car. Ruined the session for sure since by the time I got my gloves off and and got back out there I only had like 20 minutes before dark.

Its pretty annoying, I would like to save up for Lasik so I don't have to deal with it and can have no problems opening my eyes underwater. Maybe someday...

 

Right here. I've been wearing them for the 8 years I've been surfing/bodyboarding. I didn't have much of a problem when surfing with them, but ever since I started bodyboarding, the ratio of losing one to days surfing is about 1:2. I hate it. Ruins the session because I have one good eye and one bad eye and if I don't have an extra pair, nor my glasses, it sucks driving home!

 

yea i wear them
sometimes a rogue wave will slap me in da face when i am not expecting it and then they float away into the great blue.
u know what - try surfing without them and u may find that u see better than u think out there

 

Don't do it if you have an astigmatism. I tried it, if you rub yor eyes the lens turns and you can't see ****. Lens for astigmatism have a top and bottom and they need to stay that way or watch out, lol.

 

surfing 20 years with contacts. never lost one. got my eyes flushed a few times and thought I lost them but nope, never.

 

i've lost em on really windy offshore days but it makes for a blurry but exciting session.

 

yeah, same boat here...usually doesn't tend to be a problem, but I always have a spare pair in my truck...def hear you on the depth perception, RobG ..that is extremely annoying. A handful of times, one would fall out, i'd find it, put it in my mouth & paddle in and put it back in on the beach...

 

Funny you bring that up. Just went to eye dr a few months ago and he told me that surface of my eyes were all scratched up from wearing contacts in water. i kept them out for a few weeks, went back, and then he said my eyes look better. Dunno?

I just got back from PR and lost a contact in the water. Chose not to wear them for the remainder of the trip and could actually see better than I thought. Weird.

 

I always keep a spare in the car, but if i did loose one i would take the other one out and just keep surfing, I surfed for years with out them when i had glasses.

 

Done it for years no problems except once and tried without for rest of session, bad idea, took a pounding. Those who say they go without must not be as blind.

 

when I started surfing, I went without them. This caused problems reading and catching waves, so I've worn them for a while now. Never had one fall out.

My eye doctor said I shouldn't wear them, but since I said that wasn't an option, he recommended taking them out soon after the end of a session. Little bits of bacteria laden water gets in your eyes and will get stuck under the lens, where it can cause an infection. I also always use the rewetting drops before taking them out, since I ripped my cornea taking out a particularly dry contact.

 

Yeah I wear them too. Acuvue moist. Never had one of them fall out. The lens is actually a larger diameter then my previous lenses, which I had one fall out. I think the larger diameter helps keep them on my eyes.

 

yer not gonna believe this....

i wear my glasses (an older pair). sunglasses, prescription (look carefully at above photo). they are tethered to wet suit zipper pull or held on by squid lid in winter. i have severe astigmatism and can't see sh!t without 'em. wearing them has changed my life as far as depth perception....would still be sponging only without 'em. they may fall off sometimes when i get creamed but they don't go far and it works. a little wax on them before a sesh on a cold day cuts down on fogging. figure out a way to make it work and cut the glare as well.

 

i had daily single use lenses they fell out almost EVERY time I surfed (i do have astigmatism) switched back to the 2 week/1 month lenses i think they retain their shape a little better/more rigid they fall out very rarely, generally only on bigger days if i really get washed. and ya i second that the doctor said my corneas look like they had been sanded so good to give your eyes a break once in a while. we all need lasik is bottom line

 

Ask your eye doctor about getting wider contacts. Some are just just wider than others. I learned this from awhite water kayaking site. Got some wider contacts and have not lost one since.

 

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Been surfing in contacts for 5 years now. As long as I have some eye drops when I get out I'm good to go. The salt water definitely jacks them up though. Lost them once , didn't have my glasses, drove 2 hours back home. Yikes!

 

i always just lose one and makes the rest of the session a depth-perception issue-ridden headache

 

Lasik...my surfing and losing contacts days are over!