Can you scuba dive with glasses?
Can I Wear Glasses while Scuba Diving? Unfortunately, no. The reason why you cannot wear go scuba diving with glasses is that your glasses will sit on your nose and hook onto your ears. For this reason, a diving mask will not be able to fit onto your face or seal properly.
How do I get a prescription dive mask?
There are a few ways to get prescription dive masks. You can make a true prescription mask by having custom lenses added to existing scuba diving masks. You can also find masks that allow for drop-in corrective lenses, letting you make a prescription dive mask that suits your individual needs.
Can you get prescription dive goggles?
With a prescription scuba diving mask, you can continue pursuing your passion for the underwater world—and seeing it clearly. Many reputable companies now offer the option of having corrective lenses put in when purchasing a scuba mask.
Can you scuba dive with bad eyesight?
People with poor eyesight should have no trouble scuba diving. Soft contact lenses, prescription masks, and stick-in bifocal lenses can correct a diver’s vision underwater.
Do full face snorkel masks work with glasses?
Snorkeling masks and swimming goggles do not fit well over glasses, and even a full face snorkel mask is not big enough to accommodate eyewear. While it might seem fine on land, once you get into the water, you’ll discover that the earpieces interfere with the seal on the snorkeling mask, causing it to leak.
Can you be a Navy diver with glasses?
Yes. It depends on how bad your vision is though and it can be corrected. The qualifying requirements are: Eyesight 20/200 bilateral correctable to 20/25 with no color blindness.
How much does a prescription dive mask cost?
Costs of prescription masks vary, but expect to pay $200 or so for a basic prescription, with the price rising for high-powered corrections and bifocals. Ask your dive shop to recommend a company they have worked with.
Can I wear my glasses with a full face snorkel mask?
Why do dive masks cover the nose?
Why do scuba divers wear masks that cover the nose and not just goggles? The reason is that the nose pocket of a diving mask is needed to compensate for increasing pressure as you dive deeper. The nose pocket allows the diver to blow air into the mask, equalizing the pressure.
Can you wear glasses with full face mask?
If you wear contact lenses, OSHA says you can wear a full-face mask or a half-face mask and chemical goggles. But for folks with traditional glasses, it has to be a full-face mask with the proper corrective glasses insert, since the arms of eyewear can get in the way of a proper fit on a half-face mask.
How do you put snorkel mask on glasses?
First use the little screw driver to unscrew the ear stems of your glasses. Then fit the glasses into your mask. You may have to move them around a bit to get them in the right spot. Try on the mask with the glasses and make sure it sits comfortably in your nose.
How do I get glasses to go with a diving mask?
The distance between your pupils will have to be measured and you will need to know the prescription for your glasses. Some dive shops and some optical stores provide this service. Typically you will have to send the mask away to have the lenses mounted in the mask. This may take a couple of weeks and can be fairly expensive.
How do you read small numbers on a scuba mask?
If you need bi-focal glasses for reading small print we recommend using stick-on magnifying lenses on the lower section of your dive mask. The result of adding these tiny sticker lenses are a handy bi-focal scuba mask for reading small numbers such as on your submersible gauges.
How to scuba dive with prescription mask inserts?
Scuba diving with prescription mask inserts can be achieved by a several methods. Some scuba equipment manufacturers offer dive masks with prescription lenses already inserted during production. A good example is the Cressi Focus scuba diving and snorkeling mask (optical lenses available).
What are the best lenses for scuba diving?
A good example is the Cressi Focus scuba diving and snorkeling mask (optical lenses available). If you choose this option you need to match the scale of correction that you need to the mask lens.