Prescription Snorkel Mask

rasul mama · #1 (**permalink**) October 19th, 2006, 12:37 PM

Can anyone recommend where to get a snorkel mask with prescription lenses? Maybe online? Our local dive shop wants an arm and a leg for this special mask---to the tune of around $350, plus a month to have it made.

LisaK · #2 (**permalink**) October 19th, 2006, 02:08 PM

Options- contact lens
if you have decent vision without your glasses you might not even need them to snorkel. A basic snorkel mask and the water magnifies whatever you are looking at. I do not need my glasses when i snorkel.
You can purchase or rent snorkel masks that have magnification built into them, like the reading glasses you buy at the drugstore.
I think that there are even snorkel masks that fit over glasses, but i am not sure on this one.
Its a pricey investement for something that you won't use everyday and what happens when your vision changes.

nlb1050 · #3 (**permalink**) October 19th, 2006, 02:19 PM

try this: http://www.scuba.com/shop/product.asp_category_53

I was reading about this site today and they seem to have everything with pretty good prices.

zuccini · #4 (**permalink**) November 14th, 2006, 11:13 PM

My mom has the same concern, she went to the eye doctor to ask about contacts and he said it wasnt worth it to get contacts for just a couple days of snorkling and that the places you get snorkling equiptment from usually have some prescriptions of goggles on hand. Has anyone heard of this?

LisaK · #5 (**permalink**) November 15th, 2006, 08:43 AM

zuccini - a lot of places that sell/rent snorkel gear will have masks that have magnification like the reading glassess that you buy at the drugstore built into the mask. I would suggest either buying or renting from a local dive store, renting from the cruise line, i think it would be doubtful that you would find special lens renting from the tour operators on the islands you would have to rent from a local dive shop

ladypalmtree · #6 (**permalink**) December 14th, 2006, 10:15 AM

My daughters always were able to get magnified ones on excursions...

jb1952 · #7 (**permalink**) April 3rd, 2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rasul mama

Can anyone recommend where to get a snorkel mask with prescription lenses? Maybe online? Our local dive shop wants an arm and a leg for this special mask---to the tune of around $350, plus a month to have it made.

Well I used prescription dive mask in California, charged over $350, close to $400 but I leave for my cruise and dont have my mask, they are crooks so go with your local dive shop, I plan on suing Prescription Dive Mask, located in La Mesa Calif, totally unreliable