Prescription swimming goggles

Jono · 5 Oct 2015 at 10:37

Hi,

I'm about -2.5 in each eye with a bit of astigmatism, so I have those Toric contact lenses.
Does anyone know if anything like this is available in a swimming goggle (off the shelf) - I've found some -2.5 for about £20 but they're not wonky vision correcting... Not that it REALLY matters, I can see okish in standard lenses, from what I can remember...

I just don't want to be completely blind when swimming, and wearing contacts under goggles is annoying if they leak even slightly.

PermaBanned · 5 Oct 2015 at 13:17

My requirements are a bit different but i got some Sutton OPT9000s because a lot of them don't have the option for different powers in each lens, or as much hyperopia correction as i need. They're solid goggles, but they only have options for lens power in intervals of one dioptre. I haven't seen any that offer astigmatism off the shelf, doubtless you could get some custom made but considering the refractive index of water messes with your sight as well i think the key thing is just to get in the ballpark, unless you're really serious about swimming.

Jono · 5 Oct 2015 at 16:14

PermaBanned said:
My requirements are a bit different but i got some Sutton OPT9000s because a lot of them don't have the option for different powers in each lens, or as much hyperopia correction as i need. They're solid goggles, but they only have options for lens power in intervals of one dioptre. I haven't seen any that offer astigmatism off the shelf, doubtless you could get some custom made but considering the refractive index of water messes with your sight as well i think the key thing is just to get in the ballpark, unless you're really serious about swimming.

Thanks, I'm not; I just don't want to crash into anyone/fall in the pool before I am ready to get in etc. I'm not actually THAT blind that either of those would happen, but I'd just like to be able to see underwater a bit better than "not really at all". Think I'll go with the ones I've found.

PermaBanned · 5 Oct 2015 at 17:00

The weird thing about short sightedness is that you might actually find you're able to see normally underwater anyway, because of how the refractive indexes work.