Polarized dive mask?

[baubaugene]

Does anyone know if there is such thing as a polarized diving mask? If anyone knows about them please let me know. Thank you.

 

[JPPLAY]

You can get masks that have tinted lens that create contrast. I don't know of any polarized lens for diving masks.

 

[efattah]

You could easily buy a polarizing filter from edmundoptics.com, and glue it onto your mask (inside or outside).

 

[Ricochet]

I don't think that polarized lenses make any sense under water where light is very diffuse.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[sankar]

why would you want to use a polarized mask, down below is such a beautiful place just the way it is,:naughty

 

[sross]

Does anyone know if there is such thing as a polarized diving mask? If anyone knows about them please let me know. Thank you.

The water-air surface acts like a polarizing filter, reflecting back some angles & letting others through, so that on sunny days, depending on the angle of the sun, light undwerwater can be very polarized. Octopi & cuttlefish can see polarized light differently and use it.

If you were determined to experiment with a polarizing mask, you could get a sheet of plastic polarizing filter & pop it into your mask behind the lenses.

Here's one place to get it:

Polarizing Sheet, Polarizing Sheets - 3Dlens