Wearing Glasses/Contacts

Goggles with corrective lenses are available, and I also use a watch that you can set with the paceclock.

I have worn contacts while swimming for over ten years. The only problem I have is the worry that when I dive off the blocks, my goggles will come off and then I'll be hosed. But I have never had that actually happen in competition. I have terrible eyesight but can see well enough in the pool without contacts - I can make the turns and stuff, but I just can't tell time out of the water.

I use corrective lens goggles. They cost about $25-$30 over the counter or by mail order.

I am very nearsighted. There was no such thing as goggles when I was a kid, much less prescription/corrective goggles. A little over a year ago, I purchased View goggles. The first time I used them was one Saturday morning. Until that morning I had never seen sunbeams through the water, or the 'spiderwebs' the motion of the water makes on the bottom of the pool, OR BUBBLES! I had never seen BUBBLES! That morning I swam back and forth through the sunbeams and made bubbles with my hands on purpose. Seeing the pace clock is still a problem so I have one of those little rings... LOL, I can't read it, or the workouts I take with me, either unless I lift my goggles up, because I need bifocals. But, being able to glance down the lane and actually tell how much further you have to go, etc. is worth thirty dollars. I will never go without a pair of corrective goggles again.

I am nearsighted and wear either glasses or contacts - depending on the day. I have worn my contacts with my goggles and that seems to work pretty well - I haven't lost them yet:D On days when I don't wear contacts, I can see fine in the pool but have difficulty seeing the pace clock from "the other end". I have often wondered how the prescription goggles work - it sounds like that could be the way to go.

I wore contacts in training and competition for 18 years. Really nearsited 20-800!!! Since turns are so important in breaststroke, I needed to see the walls perfectly, and the contacts did that. Had lazer eye surgery last year, now see 20-20 for the first time. Still need reading glasses for fine print such as 6-8 font, or itallics.

I've worn contacts for about twenty years now. Never had any trouble with them falling out even while surfing. Surprisingly they will manage to stay pretty well glued to your eyeball even when they get a little wet. Better be safe and have some refills handy should you find yourself with a goggle full of water.

I wear contacts with my goggles and have done so for several years. The only real problem you run into is if your goggles leak. Contacts are actually porous and will absorb water when exposed. It's possible to get dirty water into the contact which will then iritate or even infect the eye. If your goggles leak while wearing your contacts I highly suggest replacing them immediately.

I wear glasses for driving and seeing the TV but that's about it. I don't have a problem seeing while swimming. However, I used to wear my contacts while playing water polo, open my eyes under water and everything and never had a problem either losing them or having them come out nasty. I would say that one shouldn't have a problem wearing contacts while swmming.

"Contacts are actually porous and will absorb water when exposed. It's possible to get dirty water into the contact which will then iritate or even infect the eye. If your goggles leak while wearing your contacts I highly suggest replacing them immediately." If you say contacts are porous and will absorb water when exposed, then why do any of you wear contacts if this "may" possibly happen? Especially with chlorine. I wear contacts and glasses and can see fine without them but I would NEVER NEVER (just my opinion) wear my contacts while swimming, even with goggles. You can never be sure that water will leak in and then you have a problem. Isn't there another way, like the corrective goggles? Just my opinion.