Do you wear beach shoes in the sea?

[PassingStranger]

Always gone barefoot in the sea. Came across beach shoes earlier and wondered do you go barefoot in the sea or wear shoes?

It depends, some places we’ve been had really rocky bits of sea floor & if you didn’t wear shoes you’d hurt your feet

I live in the land of the weever fish so I don’t go in without wetsuit boots or swim shoes. Never been stung myself but have seen how painful it is.

I never used to but I do more and more. I take them for water sports but then take them for beach days too.

Obviously I wouldn't use them in crystal clear water and soft sand but definitely in a freshwater waterfall.

yes. Always.

Never have before but we are going to Croatia this year and have read several times that water shoes are highly recommended for going in the sea because of sea urchins,and its v rocky, so we will be taking and wearing them.

Yes always. Weever fish! Plus I swim all year round so have just got used to wearing them.

Yes always, even in crystal clear water with a sandy bottom - I hate touching anything with my feet - gives me the heebie jeebies for some reason.
If I go to a swimming pool I wear flip flops to the poolside and in the changing rooms too

On stony beaches. Otherwise you look like a twit entering and exiting the water

I've started wearing them since I began swimming in rivers/reservoirs
Too many stones and I don't like things touching my feet

Yes I do and for open water swimming.

Yep.

I never have before but you have reminded me that where I'm holidaying later this year is more rocky/pebbly than sand so I'll need to get some . Or may just use the pool .

@Ifulikepinacoladas that's where we are going too.

Never bother with sandy beaches but definitely if it’s rocky or stony

I haven’t before but I bought some today because the last couple of trips I’ve struggled, am planning more time in the sea now I can finally swim starting next week! DP always has them and I can see the benefits.

I don't like going in the sea in general, but I stood on sea urchin when wearing cheap beach shoes in Croatia and it was agony even with the shoes so would always wear something now!

Yes. I'm in weever fish land too. Don't want to get stung.

Definitely for stony beaches, now I can't cope with the pain otherwise.

Yes weever fish are very very painful and in far more areas of the UK coast now than you'd expect

Only on Beer beach which is pretty impossible without them.

Have you ever been stung by a weever fish? It bloody hurts. So yep, I wear wetsuit shoes.

We all wear shoes after DS stood on a weaver fish. It is incredibly painful and you have to then put your fish into really painfully hot water to get sting out.

Yes, sturdy ones, urchin needles go through a lot and are really sore and difficult to get out

No, never. I feel left out now, judging by this thread 😂

Had to google weever fish. Are they new to the uk?