Eyes open underwater

[Mechsoap]

i can for a second then i get confused

else i can be capable in not salt water

 

[Darth Crater]

I do it in pools, though it can be a bit irritating. Not much point in the ocean though...

 

[Shock and Awe]

Depends on whats in the water. Its real easy in lakes and low chemical pools, impossible in the ocean.

 

[JWAN]

I used to need goggles, then one day I just... stopped. Can't explain it.

A mate of mine went on a Life-guarding course at a pool. FUN FACT: That stinging? It's caused more by piss than it is by the chlorine.

^Truth

its due to a lack of chlorine

 

[Nostalgia Ripoff]

Oh God no. If I can't use goggles, I just close my eyes and feel my way around If I even try to open my eyes, they'd instantly shut.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

No. Eyes open underwater isn't just a major freakin' healthrisk (as bacterias and such enter as easily through eyes as open wounds(does not apply for water with chloride in it)), but it also stings real freakin' bad.

Ouch.

 

[LitleWaffle]

Goggles, bah! Never really need them.
Salt Water: Never a problem
Chlorine: 30 minutes and it starts getting irritating, but that's time with eyes open under water.

 

[Sara Fontaine]

Depends on the level of chlorine. When I used to take swimming lessons when I was little I could open my eyes fine, and swim for long periods underwater with them open. Then I decided to go swimming in the pool when I went on holiday and the chlorine was so bad I thought I'd gone blind. Not sure about sea water because when you're holidaying in Britain you tend to avoid going in the sea if you can help it, because it's either filthy, freezing cold or there's a horny dolphin on the loose.

 

[Nazz3]

I just cant open them underwater. Impossible.

 

[GenericAmerican]

I can't force myself to open them underwater, I don't know why but I can't. But it doesn't bother me if I do, doesn't hurt or anything. I fell out of a motor boat once, my eyes were stuck open while I was under water, didn't bother me one bit; but if you ask me to put my head in the bathtub and open my eyes I just can't do it.

 

[2xDouble]

I can, but I'm really, really sensitive to chlorine and particulates.
I never do if I can avoid it.

 

[[Gavo]]

Well, if you have contacts, you can do it, since it seems the chlorine affects the cornea, not the whole eye.

 

[X123Lewis123X]

my eyes go all puffy and burn like hell if i dont wear my goggles. its always been like that. i had to sit out of a school POE swimming lesson because i accidentally broke my goggles and the pool didnt have any i could borrow

 

[helldragonX]

I've never had a problem with opening my eyes underwater, except at my college, but the water there is so chlorinated that it would bleach the clothes I put on afterward.

 

[Nieroshai]

I can handle it if it's a saline chlorination, not a "chemical" pool. Salinated water feels like contact lens solution on the eyes.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

I just kind of deal with it, after a while my eyes burn a little and for the rest of the day my eyes are blurry/stinging but it's just an inconvience, i guess i don't react all that much to clorine

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

I really don't like wearing goggles and I like to open my eyes in water. So, my eyes are fine with it, but I prefer not to in the sea.

 

[fullbleed]

Hate it, unfortunately it's a requirement to pass the PADI open water diving course. And it was not nice water, it was a freezing cold, disused ,flooded quary in leicester and it's exactly as fun as it sounds.

 

[The Afrodactyl]

I only ever use goggles in the ocean. Stuff burns.

Generally, if you're in a pool and your eyes burn, then the chlorine level is really high. Which means the pool itself is filthy.

By the time I realise this, I normally go "Gnyaarg!" and get the hell out.

 

[Broady Brio]

Nope.

I hate swimming in the 1st place.