Goggles, ear plugs AND nose plugs!!

Phew! We don't want any Mers to dammage their eyesight!

Make sure you do your research before putting anything on your eyes! If you don't know, just don't do it!

Of course! Then I wouldn't be able to see where I swimming! :)

I just got in the water at my local pool today and my eyes are on fire. I need to aqurie a pair of goggles before I get back in the pool. When I tired swimming with my eyes open, they burned after a bit. When I closed them, i smashed into walls and the bottom of the pool.

you poor mermaid! We don't want you getting hurt, please do invest in some goggles :)

Thanks Aqua. I plan on getting myself a pair Friday when the paycheck comes in. I haven't swam with goggles in year s though, so I'm debating between just buying a dollar store pair or investing is some pricier ones at the sports stores.

It's also the onset of winter here, so goggles are becoming harder to find. Will have to play it by ear. :)

Try internet sites for swimmers. It might take a bit longer, but they tend to last longer and fit your face nicer. The one I got even had some nice interchangable nose bridge things. Got them from swimoutlet.com for pretty cheap- they lasted two years of serious wear and poor storage. (my fault for not keeping them as nice as I ought to , they could have last longer had I kept them in the little case they came with.)

I'll have to check them out. I can always order from them then nab a cheapo pair to tide me over till they get here from the dollar store. :) Thank you

The only technique I have heard of is to exhale as you tumble under. I know for myself that this is hard because the human instinct is to either inhale or hold your breath - both of which still channel water into the sinuses.

I for one wear ear plugs and nose plugs (I hate listening to water logged in my ear for the next 4 hours after a swim) but so far in salt water I haven't used anything and my eyes only get a little red but no drastic effects to speak of! :)

If you get a 1 or small pack of goggles not all of them mey work! If you get a big pack of goggles @ the dollar store you have a better chance of them working! If you get a sport brand goggles you have the best chance of them working :)

Sport brand link ---> www.swimoutlet.com

I have two pairs of goggles, a cheap pair and a new expensive finis prescription pair for my severe short-sightedness. Strangely enough the cheap pair works a bit, but the prescription goggle let water in even when the are on soo tight.. I think it's because the nose bridge isn't adjustable, so they dont quite fit on my small face. I also use nose plugs, though I recently learned how to not get water up my nose when swimming.

http://blog.swimator.com/2011/04/get...-swimming.html

It works, but only when i'm swimming face down. It doesn't work for me when diving or somersaulting underwater so I wear a nose clip.

Aela- I don't like the sound of water in my ears either...that is why I use ear plugs. I use a nose plug becasue it helps me hold my breath longer.

You know, I have often wondered if a noseclip would help me... I have really bad asthma and sinus problems and a lot of the time I get so much water in my ears and nose that I come up coughing and gagging and then have an asthma attack and am like OMG what am I doing?! I have never tried a noseclip though for fear of how it would look, you know? So I try to just hold my nose when I go under and then exhale through it to sort of clear it out, but it still happens periodically and of course when I really don't want it to! I hate it and it sucks... I guess I'm hoping that the gills will emerge soon so I can get past this little obstacle!

they make clear nose clips. They are really hard to see underwater. Some of the Aquatails models wear them and you can't see them at all :)
Good luck and here are some links

---> http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CHwQ8wIwAA

---> http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CKUBEPMCMAg#

I feel really lucky, I don't have any problems with having my eyes open in pools or lakes or oceans (except when they pump huge amounts of clorine into pools and stuff) or having water going up my nose (except upside down). Though I figured that there is a way to close your throat by forcing the muscles back which closes you're air ways. I haven't had a chance to see how well this would work with swimming upside down underwater, but I feel it would work quit well if you can do it for an extended period of time. It's not normal for the muscles so they tire easily. Once I have a chance to test it I'll let you know :D

Do get us the results! We would love to know :)

I don't wear goggles, but I do wear clear ear plugs since I have hearing problems. I always keep my nose clip with me (I wear it like a ring on my middle finger) while swimming so that I can dive under, slip it on, do my tricks and slip it off again before I surface - an example of this is when I do bubble rings since it seems to be one thing I absolutely can't do without plugging my nose. I can go without for most of my other tricks and not get water up my nose, but the burning sensation of holding my throat tight is more than I am willing to put myself through on a daily basis hehe. If I absolutely have to (depending on how close people are to me when I perform/how well they can see me) then I'll go without, otherwise I am all for the nose clips. Genius if you ask me. :P I am really excited to get a clear one! I'll be order one for me and one for my mer-buddy Kim in January or February!

this is a good topic! i dont have many answers tho. i know that water constantly in your nasal cavity can cause a serious infections, so whatever we try, lets be careful.

I'm lucky too, I can swim with my eyes open no problem, in salt, chlorine or fresh water. It doesn't bother me at all. No ear or nose plugs either, although sometimes water get up my nose, and it makes me sneeze but only rarely. :D

I haven't used goggles, clips or plugs yet but i'm seriously thinking of investing in a clear nose clip. HappyGuava has gotten slipping it on and off down to a science but the main reason I haven't worn anything before is that it doesnt make me feel particularly mermaidy. As a result I think i'm slowly getting desensitised to having stinging eyes after a swim which I think is better in the long run. It does mean however I tend to wimp out of longer swims with people who have goggles.

I just scored a great deal at the dollar store last weekend! They had all of their swin stuff on clearance and I got a 5 pack of goggles for $3 :D