Water sports and contact lenses

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If you have bad eyesight, which water sports do you do?
Swimming?
Windsurfing?
SUPing?

DH is annoyed by my reluctance to learn windsurfing. I don't see how it is compatible with wearing contact lenses!

Oh, DS isn't scared of the water, quite the opposite. He just can't swim. DH reckons this will give him the motivation to learn. No sense of danger whatsoever. I did suggest he went on a course. We can't as a family as I doubt DS would be accepted onto it.

the swimming qualification for windsurfing (and dinghy sailing) is indeed water confidence, the ability not to panic when thrown into the water (which will certainly happen with windsurfing) and be able to hold on to the big floaty object.

if your kid can't do any of those things then windsurfing is a no. Kid needs to wear a lifejacket (not a buoyancy aid) when on the water. See if your husband knows the difference.

as Van Santen says. I was also an instructor. Believe her to avoid a tragedy.

and if you are getting the 'silent treatment' you've got bigger problems than losing contact lenses.

I've worn mine for water skiing, wind surfing & scuba diving without any problems.

Maybe a good start would be teaching your child to swim?

My optician said daily disposables taken out straight away afterwards is tolerable.

I wear goggles over contacts in the pool but just daily disposables in the sea.

water confidence, the ability not to panic when thrown into the water (which will certainly happen with windsurfing) and be able to hold on to the big floaty object.
He's fine with those criteria. He always wears a buoyancy aid in deep water anyway.

I told DH to go on a refresher course or private lesson and he said the basics are pretty obvious. He's pretty sure the newer boards are easier to turn and sails are lighter than those he learnt on. He could turn in one direction but always had difficulty turning the other way The mind boggles. From what he told me, I thought he was at least quite proficient. Maybe I'll ask MIL and find out he went once on holiday or something

I clicked on this thread because my mind is clearly in the gutter..... weirdly disappointed!

Me too, I came here to make an immature joke and then told myself very firmly to grow up.

I’ve always used contacts for watersports, there’s no way I could do any with glasses.

Swimming I use training goggles (I pay a bit more for a better brand). I did have prescription goggles at one stage many years ago but they never fit properly and I was always getting water in my eyes.
Windsurfing I just used regular cheap sunglasses on top of my contact lenses, I was (am?) intermediate level so I sailed in fairly high winds and had a lot of being catapulted off. Ditto dinghy sailing, I capsized a few times in races.

You just automatically shut your eyes, I don’t think I’ve ever gone in the water with my eyes open. I’ve never lost a lens in the water. I’ve never seen being shortsighted as a problem for watersports.

If you don’t want to do it then that’s fine, but if you do it’s entirely doable with contacts.