Quote Originally Posted by AptaMer View Post
Don't we all wish. That reminded me of this video by the famous Turkish freediver, Yasemin Dalkilic



Note added: Although there is a sad note at the end of this video about NOAA deciding to close the Aquarius lab, which looked like the fate of the habitat in 2012 when Dalkilic made this video, in 2013 Florida International University was able to raise funding to save it, and the habitat is still active, and is being operated by FIU.

I WANT TO LIVE THERE! Seriously, why haven't they opened a resort like this? If I had a billion dollars I would buy the place and create the worlds first mermaid colony! I can't be the only one that thought this during the video.

So has anyone actually bought and tested the contact lens thing? How can I (a person with normal vision) get my fins on some of these lenses? Will this work for freshwater Mers? I would like to stop bumping my head every time I want to swim without goggles. I got a mouth full of sand the other day after I face planted into the sand while swimming to shore without goggles. The lake here is a barf green and I can only see about two feet in front of my face with goggles. Without goggles I can see my hands but they are blurry, glowing, and ghost-like. Creepy! Everything else looks like pea soup. Is there any hope that I will be able to see anything underwater?