Goggle help for a young man with severe astigmatism

I'd revisit the prescription goggle option.  Even if they couldn't make up a pair with the same correction as his regular glasses, they might come up with something good enough for swimming.  It's not like you're reading a book while swimming; as long as you can see the lane lines, the walls and the other swimmers, you should be good to go.

I have an astigmatism in my left eye and also wear bifocals at work.  My eye doctor came up with a "compromise" prescription for soft contact lenses for me, specifically for training.  I don't have perfect vision with them, but they work well for S/B/R.   I've seen some pretty young kids do well with contacts.  It might be another option.

Hope they can figure something out.

Mark

I second the suggestion of looking deeper into the goggle deal.

My niece had the same thing,  I think.  She is on her way to no longer needing any glasses, apparently, which I think is amazing.

She wears prescription goggles.   My guess is that while they don't give 20/20 vision, it's enough to get by.

My husband says he see better with his cheap swim than his glasses.

Ask at the optician's office. They have generic corrective goggles that are cheap like $20-25 that may work pretty well which is what I got for my husband.

These are they type my husband uses for $19. they have correction up to negative 8. Figuring out what number to order was hard. Optical shops want you to order the custom $200 type from them....then $19 pair works for my husband.

I have Aqua Sphere Eagle Optics to be used with the Aqua Sphere Eagle Goggle.  Very happy with them.  Can order specific lenses for each eye.  So maybe he can just get one lense and keep the regular one?  

http://www.aquagear.com/aqua-sphere-eagle-optics/

http://www.aquagear.com/aqua-sphere-eagle/

If I am reading this right it's the shape of goggles that won't allow the prescription to be effective enough to continue strengthening his eye? 

In HS I almost lost an eye playing water polo.  In order to continue playing I had to wear something protective.  I ended up using
racquetball goggles.  I'm pretty sure they can be ordered with corrective lenses.  If that's doable they are pretty snug and you may be able to rig them into a regular mask(more scuba oriented). 
Won't be the most aerodynamic design but could keep him in the pool.  Worst case he could swim with just the racquetball ones on.  Chlorine will still bother his eyes during longer practices and it will still be a little blurry.

Hope it works, hate to lose a little fishy.

Make your own.

Take a pair of goggles to the optician.  Have them cut a lens to the same shape as the outside of the goggles.

Use RTV (silicone sealant) to attach the lens to the outside of the regular goggles.

It'll look a little funny, but it should work (of course talk to the optician, I am not one.)

Buy several pairs of that kind of goggle.  Move the lens when the goggles wear out. The RTV should be strong enough to hold the lens, but easy enough to remove with a little effort.