Irishdiver
Contributor
Hi all! Can anyone help me with info about diving with contacts.
One of the new trainees in my club has poor vision and wears contact lenses. Rather than go the route of a mask with prescription lenses for diving, he wants to use his contacts under the water with a standard mask.
I know from previous posts that there are issues about bacterial infection when diving with lenses, though that seems to be no more common than for those who wear lenses for protracted periods of time. My question really has to do with the PRACTICAL issues associated with diving with lenses:
* If you remove/lose your mask underwater, don't you also lose your lenses?
* If water seeps into the mask, isn't there a chance that your lenses will become displaced?
* If you DO lose your lenses, aren't you at risk because you can't see well enough to deal with - or assist your buddy in the event of - an emergency?
Surely if these points are correct - and I don't know if they are, there are no divers who dive with lenses in my club - then NOBODY should dive with lenses?
Info would be appreciated. Please excuse me if the answers to these questions are obvious. I'm not a contact lens wearer myself.
One of the new trainees in my club has poor vision and wears contact lenses. Rather than go the route of a mask with prescription lenses for diving, he wants to use his contacts under the water with a standard mask.
I know from previous posts that there are issues about bacterial infection when diving with lenses, though that seems to be no more common than for those who wear lenses for protracted periods of time. My question really has to do with the PRACTICAL issues associated with diving with lenses:
* If you remove/lose your mask underwater, don't you also lose your lenses?
* If water seeps into the mask, isn't there a chance that your lenses will become displaced?
* If you DO lose your lenses, aren't you at risk because you can't see well enough to deal with - or assist your buddy in the event of - an emergency?
Surely if these points are correct - and I don't know if they are, there are no divers who dive with lenses in my club - then NOBODY should dive with lenses?
Info would be appreciated. Please excuse me if the answers to these questions are obvious. I'm not a contact lens wearer myself.