can you go swimming with contacts lenses?

[McDade]

I am a current contact lenses wearer. It is OK for me to go swim with wearing my contact lenses if i always keep my head above water surface?

[Stephentown]

You can not wear the contacts lenses when you want to go swimming. We all know that contact lenses is the ideal glasses for sports and other outdoor activities, because they can provide better peripheral vision, and will not collect moisture such as snow, rain, condensation, or sweat and so on. But some chemical elements in the swimming pool can make chemical reaction with the contact lenses.

[McCutchenville]

I think no one can always keep his head above water surface all the time. Though you can do that, you can not avoid wetting your contacts lenses. I think you can swim without wearing the glasses if you are not the extremely short-sightedness. Or you can borrow a pair of swimming goggles.