No matter what watersports you’re passionate about, your eyesight is always in play. It doesn’t become any less important when you’re out there pushing your limits in the sport you love. Whether you’re nearsighted or farsighted, your visual acuity impacts your performance in a meaningful way. In most sports, hand-eye and/or foot-eye coordination is essential, and most importantly for sports involving speed, the ability to track moving objects both in the distance and up close is crucial.

Of course, contact lenses work very well in many field sports, but when it comes to sports with any water involved, they quickly fall short. Water exposes contact lenses to a host of problems, from trapping bacteria and microbes to damage caused by sand particles and salt crystals. They’re also prone to being knocked out on wipeouts, leaving you without clear vision just when you need it the most. In addition, most contact lenses provide no UV protection at all and even if they do, protection is limited to the area of the contact lens. 

In contrast, a well-fitted pair of prescription watersports sunglasses gives you all the clarity of contact lenses, along with the added benefits of UV protection, impact protection and durability.

We’ve recently added a whole suite of new polycarbonate RX lens options to our prescription program with an average saving of over 25% against equivalent prescription lenses in our premium NXT range. Explore the full range here.