Catching Waves With Surfing Sunglasses

Surfing with sunglasses?!? Won’t they fall off when you wipeout?

Many surfers are now using sunglasses while catching waves on their surf safaris to far away tropical destinations where the sun feels hotter and it’s rays brighter and more damaging on the eyes.  This is a good step towards protecting your eyes from harsh UV rays, but isn’t limited to tropical locations.

Big Wave Surfing With OCEAN Surf Sunglasses

Surfers are always catching waves at sunset when the waves seem to have a special magic to them.  The only problem is west coast surfers are looking straight into the sun as they scan the horizon for incoming waves. Doing this repeatedly can lead to prolonged eye damage without proper UV protection.

That sounds reasonable, but won’t they fall off when you wipeout? Most of the time no, as we have designed OCEAN surfing sunglasses to withstand shock and stay on your head with an adjustable elastic strap and leash system that can take the hardest beatings.  The strap fits snugly to the back of the head, hugging the glasses on the face, and if they do get ripped off in an especially violent wipeout, they are attached to the surfer with a simple leash so you can find them quickly and paddle back out for your next wave.

Polarized Fishing Sunglasses

See the fish before they see you!

See the fish before they see you with OCEAN polarized fishing sunglasses.

OCEAN polarized lenses reduce sun glare off the water surface so you can see clearly into the water surface and what is swimming below it.

Our lightweight and durable lenses and frames come with adjustable elastic head straps and leashes, so that you won’t lose your sunglasses in the water.

Choose lens colors to match your fishing conditions: grey lenses for sunny bright days, or yellow and orange lenses for overcast and flat light conditions.

Lens Color: What Works Best?

Lens color affects how well you see and can be an important factor when choosing sports sunglasses for outdoor activities in the mountains or at sea.

OCEAN´s Fiji Sports Sunglasses With Yellow Colored Lenses

• Amber, gold, rose and brown lenses reduce glare and scattered blue light, increasing definition in flat light conditions. Great for skiing and snowboarding in the mountains and while sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing on the water.  See OCEAN’s Maui model with amber colored lenses.

• Gray lenses are neutral and distort colors the least and provide the truest image.

• Yellow increases brightness and depth perception when it’s overcast, but is too light for sunny conditions. Yellow lenses are used while shooting and in low light while skiing for increased depth perception. See OCEAN’s Fiji model with yellow and orange colored lenses.

What Are Sports Sunglasses?

Besides a great fit and many styles to choose from, what makes OCEAN sunglasses real sports sunglasses?

• 100% UV Protection needed for high altitudes and reflected light off snow, water and sand
• Specialty lens color for improved vision while active outdoors
• Polarized lenses to reduce sun glare and improve contrast for fishing and watersports
• Lightweight, impact resistant lenses and frames for extreme use
• Adjustable elastic strap and leash keep the glasses on your head and not lost during wipeouts
• Tested by professional extreme sports athletes

Windsurfing Wipeout: Testing OCEAN sport sunglasses

UV Protection With Sports Sunglasses

On a hot sunny day sunglasses are obviously a comfort to wear on the eyes, however even when the sun is not shining brightly, UV rays passing through foggy, hazy or cloudy conditions can damage your eyes.  Choosing the right sunglasses can improve vision under these conditions and help save your eyes from damage.

Double Trouble: Sun Glare Off Water

Ultraviolet solar radiation (UV) is the most damaging light in the spectrum and for this reason sunglasses are designed to block it…at least good quality sunglasses do.  Many cheap sunglasses without full UV protection actually dialate the eyes with their dark lenses but let the UV rays penetrate the eyes, causing more damage than good.  It’s important that you wear 100% UV protection sunglasses when outdoors.

Extreme sports and adventure sports athletes can suffer more eye damage from UV rays because at high altitudes sun rays are hundreds of times more intense than at sea level due to the thinner atmosphere, and reflections off snow, water and sand also amplify the power of the UV rays considerably.

OCEAN sport sunglasses are developed not only to block all UV rays when doing sports, but to withstand impacts and abuse that can occur during these extreme sports adventures.

Windsurfing Sunglasses Made For Bad Weather

Have you ever windsurfed in the pouring rain or a hailstorm? Many hardcore windsurfers do it all the time to enjoy the heavy winds that usually accompany bad weather.  Some of windsurfing’s most memorable days can be those during the cold of winter.

Besides the frozen fingers that you can try to keep warm with neoprene gloves, a pair of good windsurfing sunglasses goes a long way to keep you eyes protected from the pelting rain and the beating hail that at high speeds during windsurfing can sting like mad and can cause eye damage.

High winds and big waves makes for great windsurfing.

Rather than closing your eyes while windsurfing in these conditions, we choose to sport a pair of water-repelling sports sunglasses like our Fiji and Maui watersports models with lightly tinted lens and impact protection.  Meanwhile for sunnier and warrmer conditions, nothing beats our favorite Mentawai model, boasting good looks and a darker lens.

Adventure Imagery Extreme Sports Footage

OCEAN is proud to be a sponsor of the extreme sports production company Adventure Imagery, supplying their athletes and cameramen with our rugged sports sunglasses. Shooting extreme sports stock footage in some of the most remote and dangerous locations around the world, they can expect high performance out of their outdoor eyewear while not sacrificing any performance of their own.

Adventure Imagery's Ice Climbing Stock Footage In Alaska

Shooting extreme skiing footage on high mountain peaks in Alaska, big wave surfing in Northern California, world record freediving deep off the coast of Turkey, kitesurfing and windsurfing in Spain, they put our sunglasses through severe conditions and we are happy to report that they perform as hard as the Adventure Imagery team does.

“After many years abusing and losing my sunglasses, now I use the OCEAN sports sunglasses that have a strap on the back that tightens around my head so that when I am leaning out of a helicopter or shooting from a fast boat alongside a windsurfer, I can concentrate on the action and not on my glasses.  They even stay on while skydiving,” reports Justin Wheeler, on-location producer for AdventureImagery.com. “We also shoot with polarized filters on the lenses which makes the clouds really defined and the colors very vibrant, so it is nice to find durable sunglasses that are also polarized so I can enjoy the view while not shooting.”

Enjoy their promo video and see more of their extreme sports footage on thier website or on YouTube’s Adventure Imagery Channel.

OCEAN welcome!

Welcome to our new Ocean Glasses website! In our news blog we will be keeping you up to date on the latest innovations from Ocean, not only our respected watersports sunglasses but also our future line of ocean safety accesories.

The Sun's rays are both beautiful and blinding.

Here you will find plenty of information about our extreme sports sunglasses with loads of photos, videos and fun stories from directly from our designers and team of athletes who use our products everyday…in the surf, paddling whitewater, sailing, fishing, climbing, paragliding and virtually everywhere in between.

Enjoy!