Hi all,<BR>I'm going to Jamaica this Sunday and was planning our daily activities. I would love to go snorkeling, but my husband is very hesitant he would be able to go with me. He has frequent nosebleeds from a nose injury and thinks that water pressure might make it worse. I'm thinking - since it's not related to high blood pressure, it's ok to go. <BR>Another thing is - he is wearing glasses and is saying that they won't fit under a mask. <BR>Are all of those legitimate excuses? <BR>thank you

I know you can get snorkel masks made with your lens prescription built right in. Not sure of the cost or if it would be worth it for your husband since he doesn't sound like much of a snorkel enthusiast.....YET! <BR><BR>And yes, I would think it's very difficult, if not impossible, to fit eyeglasses in a mask and still get a good seal, hence the reason for built in lenses.<BR><BR>Sorry, can't help you with the nosebleeds.

Sorry, I can't help with the nosebleeds either but it may be worth finding a medical forum and checking that out or a quick check with you doctor.<BR><BR>I do know, however, about the prescription lenses in masks. They are not cheap but not outrageous either. They add about $120 (Canadian $$) to the cost of a mask and you can't get them put into a cheap mask that you would pick-up at Walmart. Since we are snorkelling enthusiasts, the cost was not an issue to us. We were buying good masks anyway and an extra $120 was well worth it!

Hi!<BR>I'm scuba certified, tho just a beginner but... I think what he may be concerned with is that in scuba your sinuses can clear suddenly and leave a bloody mess in your mask, but there's no damage done. In snorkeling this shouldn't be a probem as the pressure will not build enuf to effect sinuses. You can pretty much just paddle around in the water. Sorry can't address the vision problem, but hubby wears glasses and has nosebleeds all the time- Never had a problem during snorkeling! Have fun!

P.S. We leave for MoBay, Jamaica on Sunday also! Counting the hours!

My vision is so bad that I cannot even see what time it is on the clock next to my bed without glasses or contacts, but I have no problem snorkeling. I sometimes leave in my contacts to snorkel, and I sometimes take them out. I don't have a prescription snorkel mask, but something about the refraction of the water (?, it was explained to me a while ago by someone in the know) enables even us near-sighted people to be able to see underwater w/o glasses. Even when I leave in my contacts, it is no problem. I have my own gear that fits really well, though, so I don't worry about water leaking in.<BR><BR>As for the water pressure and nosebleeds, when you snorkel, as long as you aren't diving down to the bottom to look at something, you are basically on the water's surface. How much water pressure could there be to worry about?

Thank you all,<BR>He decided to get contacts and after wearing them for the first time he got hooked, so my next question should be " help, my husband doesn't want to take his contacts off" <BR><BR>Thank you all for your help again:<BR><BR>

I've gone scuba diving and snorkelling many times while wearing contacts and never had a problem.