I forgot this one since I am a once a year diver. I use bifocal eyeglasses but when I dive I use a contact lens on one eye. Which eye do you wear the lens - on the dominant eye or the other.
Ernie

Ernie, I'm not 100% sure, but as I just got my peepers checked again, my right eye had improved, and my left eye was the same. He had me try a "mono" contact. I put the contact in the eye that didn't see good. Hope that makes sense! In other words, put it in the "worse of the 2 eyes." the mono thing didn't work for me because I work on the computer 12 hours a day. Happy diving!

Ernie...I was told to wear the contact in the dominant eye. Not sure why.

Ernie, Cynde & Clay -- I've worn "mono" lenses for about two years now. I was tested for which was the dominant eye (don't remember those results); but what it boiled down to was that I wear the lense for close-up viewing in my left eye and the distance lense in the right. I'm right-handed. I also spend a lot of time at the computer and the mono lenses were the perfect solution for getting the best middle vision. It took some getting used to; but for me, this works better than bi-focals.

The most amazing thing about wearing these contacts is that it made a world of difference to my vision for diving. The moist, confined environment of a dive mask is perfect for contacts.

I'll be happy to elaborate further, if you care to hear more of what I think are the improvements in my situation.

Joann

i wear glasses and contacts lens......so are their
specific lens for diving..or your everyday lens will work perfectly ok underwater with mask on?..just got offered by a dive instructor to teach me how to dive...whooohooo and about time...lol....but of course i forgot to ask him about contacts...

You can use the same lenses you use everyday for diving and they work perfectly. I use the daily disposable lens. My problem is with both lenses on, I can not read my guages. Then, I read somewhere that I should just put one lens on and that really helped. Just remember to close your eyes when you do your mask clearing and mask replacement exercises on you course.

COOL...SO I GUESS THE MASK AND WATER MAGNIFYS certain objects hence the reason why one lens is probably better..hmm i'll got o optometrist and check it out anyway, have thought about getting disposables myself..
Thanks for the tip too :-)

No, that is not what I meant. I wear bifocal eyeglasses - the upper portion of which takes care of the nearsightedness and the lower portion is for reading. Since there is no bifocal contact lens, as far as I know, putting both lenses will take care of the nearsightness but then you will have difficulty reading at close distances. Removing one lens, in my case, allows me to read at close distance on that eye while the other eye is for far distance.

Ok got it now..thanks Ernie for explanation..i wont have to worry about it then..i dont wear bifocals...