Contact Lenses and WaterParks

[Carlton Banks]

Hiya,

Off to Florida in a few weeks and will be sampling the parks.

Now, one worry is the waterparks and contact lenses.

One of the other lasses coming along also has this question / issue.

Someone said you are not allowed to wear goggles?

The obvious answer is to not wear contacts, but i really can't see without them.

Glasses also isn't an option.

[Pickled Piper]

Who said you can't wear goggles? I used mine at Typhoon Lagoon last year with no problems.

You do know you can get swimming goggles with prescription lenses for about £25?

pp

[Tyre Smoke]

Buy some dailies off the internet and then you can take as many pairs per day as you want.

[GTIR]

I feel a bit of a perv if I've got contacts and goggles on in a pool. Just feels wrong that I can "secretly" see everything!
Also feels like the parents/guards are keeping an eye on you.

So when I take my 9yo swimming I don't wear contacs or goggles and I'm deffo not going to wear glasses as guys that do look like tts!

[Tiggsy]

Shut your eyes when you hit the water?

Been in loads of water parks and only ever had a lens fall out on rare occasions (i used dailys so no big deal)

[AndyAudi]

As suggested get some disposable lenses, they are not expensive (& you don't need to faff about with solutions etc when on holiday)

We do a lot of extreme whitewater stuff/cliff jumping etc.

Everyone who needs has disposable lenses.

It is possible for them to wash out/round the back but happens rarely.

I have never lost a lense but have had one move round my eye whilst climbing a waterfall which wasn't a pleasant experience.

[Moose.]

Just wear your lenses and close your eyes when you hit the water. Never had an issue or lost a lens in 16+ years wearing lenses for water sports including water-parks, swimming, scuba, surfing, water-skiing etc.

[GT03ROB]

Moose. said:

Just wear your lenses and close your eyes when you hit the water. Never had an issue or lost a lens in 16+ years wearing lenses for water sports including water-parks, swimming, scuba, surfing, water-skiing etc.

I'll 2nd that. It becomes instinctive after a while.

[968]

Moose. said:

Just wear your lenses and close your eyes when you hit the water. Never had an issue or lost a lens in 16+ years wearing lenses for water sports including water-parks, swimming, scuba, surfing, water-skiing etc.

This is risky, very risky. Contact lenses can predispose to getting nasty infections, in particular acanthamoeba, which is a parasite that lives in water. Do not wear your lenses unless you have watertight goggles on. Do as PP suggested ie get prescription goggles.

The above poster may not have had any problems but people do and they can lead to severe visual loss or blindness in some cases. Wearing daily disposables will not make much difference to your risk.

[Carlton Banks]

Some interesting points.

I actually wear hard contact lenses so perhaps more of a tendancy to go wandering!