How to See Underwater! Mermaid Secret Revealed!

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@alexandraespinoza278 5 жыл бұрын

Imagene if someone actually made a pair of eyecontacts that helps with seeing underneath the water 😭😭

@Alisabelle58 5 жыл бұрын

OREO FOR YOU I was thinking about that a couple days ago

@mermaidenby6402 5 жыл бұрын

Buying them IMMEDIATELY

@maplehockeylove6339 5 жыл бұрын

There was (I forget who wore it but it was some mermaid), but because of how the water surrounds your eyes, one of them just got sucked right out and it was uncomfortable, apparently. People still wear contacts underwater (I do as well for when I do cosplays with my tail), but it's... messier in practice than you'd expect

@TihocanRiley 5 жыл бұрын

@@maplehockeylove6339 It was french mermaid Claire la Sirène. 😊 But these lenses are designed for professional shootings or movie actors, so they are pretty uncomfortable and easy to loose in the water (and of course very expensive !).

@yarennnxo 5 жыл бұрын

MapleHockeyLove It’s kind of dangerous if you don’t do it without goggles...

@gamoviestudios1388 4 жыл бұрын

'humans aren't made for seeing underwater" Me: BUT MERMAIDS ARE! *Dives into water and crashes into everything*

@fareedah885 Жыл бұрын

Human can see underwater like a mermaid but not every human being can see underwater like I I can see underwater but when you watch this video maybe you will learn how to see underwater

@Merelf 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like my vision underwater is exactly the same as my natural eyesight, now saying that my eyesight really sucks 😝

@RC-cd7sl 3 жыл бұрын

Lol 😆

@oishi9096 3 жыл бұрын

Samee

@mermaidchroma695 5 жыл бұрын

The first person who invents contact lenses that improve underwater vision is going to get literal fistfuls of my cash thrown at them. In the meantime... I just cheat a bit with my mer-sona for the sake of comfort. Being a bug-eyed water monster has its perks.

@mermaidestari2730 5 жыл бұрын

This is a very useful video! Usually my eyes are "ok" in pools, but my local pool I swim at is heavily chlorinated and/or has some other chemicals in the water, after two dives, my eyes are florescent red and burning!

@TheAdventuresOfLiz 4 жыл бұрын

Gonna make a pair of goggles to look mermaid-like. Maybe some silicone molded barnacle clusters, or a tiny starfish and some seashells. That way they dont just look like plain goggles

@meganharing5075 2 жыл бұрын

Them look like they need them to see like humans with glasses do

@mermaidshelly5740 5 жыл бұрын

i have a trick for smiling with an open mouth! press your tongue to the top of your mouth and create a vacuum so no water goes in your mouth >.

@Alisabelle58 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do a vid about tips on how to train yourself/lungs to hold your breathe for long time I’m struggling with that xD

@gwynfromRARE 4 жыл бұрын

Alisabelle Simon me too :P

@swgirlies815 4 жыл бұрын

Me too 😭 I really want to be a professional mermaid! But I’m a kid and I only have fabric tails but they are ripping and stuff but silicone tails are expensive for a kid 😭 and I don’t know where there are silicone tails I can buy for a kid like me

@cutiecateythemermaid2789 4 жыл бұрын

There’s no silicone tails for kids but there are silicone monofins that can fit a kid and aren’t like 1000 dollars you do NOT need a silicone tail to be a professional mermaid I have been watching Courtney’s videos for a year and she’s a professional mermaid she has no silicone tails. Silicone tails are heavy expensive can rip and you have to be very careful with one there also a lot of work. Also if you wash your tail right after you get out of a pool after every swim it will last way longer.

@WildVee 3 жыл бұрын

@@cutiecateythemermaid2789 Not to mention silicone tails, at least those that have more detailed paint on them, will absolutely start to show wear and tear quickly as well. The paint will start to come off and will look more and more janky over time. It's a lot easier to replace a fabric tail than it is to replace a silicone tail, even though they look more "real".

@themostrandombird 3 жыл бұрын

@@swgirlies815 join aqua mermaid

@TitanicFanGirl09 3 жыл бұрын

I like that you mentioned that it’s ok to wear goggles if you want just the mermaid experience. I’ve tried opening my eyes for pictures, but I end up squinting. I wear my tail for the experience and it’s easier for me to feel like a mermaid when I can see clearly

@Amphitera 5 жыл бұрын

just do yourself a favor and use goggles/masks/clips. The more mermaids do it as a matter of fact, the more people get used to seeing it as natural (there is nothing natural about a chlorine pool anyway). Also, having eyes (and a brain) is nice. Both can get lost if you swim without protection.

@swordwhale1 4 жыл бұрын

to possibly quote Courtney, humans put so much stuff in the pool water we have to use masks, goggles etc... to quote my dive instructor about the pool: this stuff is dead, now out in a river or ocean, that's alive...

@beatricebrown1235 4 жыл бұрын

The secret to seeing underwater, Goggles.

@savvy9379 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't have a pool/public pool in the little town I live in, so I do all my swimming at the river. I always use goggles to avoid getting sand or dirt in my eyes, but the trick I learned is to take them off right before I surface! Illuuuusions lol

@mermaidestari2730 5 жыл бұрын

I've had to remind myself to smile so many times that now whenever I start getting contractions, I instinctively make a big smile😀😖

@UnicornGirl-qb1bo 5 жыл бұрын

I have a question! So Courtney, I always swim with my tail in my pool! It is part sea salt and part chlorine! Now every time I swim in the pool without goggles and I open my eyes I’m fine but when I’m done it kinda burn! Do you have any tips for it not to hurt? Thanks! ❤️🧜🏻‍♀️

@katherinelouise4603 5 жыл бұрын

If you don't have eye drops or you ran out, you can wet a paper towel with clean, cold water (drinking quality) and then squeeze it out into your eyes. Blink a couple of times and your eyes will feel much better!

@metteudengaard8831 5 жыл бұрын

Just made my first tail today. I made it after your videos and It looks great. 😊 thank you so much for these videos ❤️

@8-bit63 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could buy one of your tails.... but I only have like 200 bucks and I’m saving for a computer... but I love your tails and I wish I can buy one someday!

@allyherring845 5 жыл бұрын

Your the one who made me buy my first mermaid tail,I still have to get better with the kick though😆

@starfirebird3099 3 жыл бұрын

My swimming teacher as a kid forbade us from wearing goggles (I think the goal was to be prepared in case of falling in by accident) and I definitely got desensitized to it and "learned" to see (ie interpret the super blurry shapes)

@alysaaschwarz2392 5 жыл бұрын

I blink so much underwater😂

@francescamurray7777 Жыл бұрын

same it helps

@mochi5756 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Courtney, I was wondering if you make custom fabric tails for people. If you do what's your usual price point? Thank you.

@rosewood9033 5 жыл бұрын

I needed this, thank you

@sarahcampbell9496 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos help me so much

@JaredSloger 5 жыл бұрын

I know they make LED lights and objects that are waterproof, I wonder if you could create some sinkers or an assortment of contraptions to give you "markers" to look at while underwater. Perhaps have one strapped to the camera so if you have to look for the camera, there's a bright dot there to look at.

@marlenemejias8523 5 жыл бұрын

Mermaid frost is back! Amazing tips💙💙💙 I'm now mermaid Atlantis >:3

@ajmisscraycray 4 жыл бұрын

THE CHLORINE HAZE IS REAL Y'ALL! I was getting my lifeguard certification earlier this year and my one of my eyes hazed over the 2nd day of training it was rough!

@swordwhale1 4 жыл бұрын

yup, this is why I am the mermaid with a mask... also, I hate chlorine

@chpman2013 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a little kid, I used to be able to see clearly underwater without the use of goggles or a mask...but then one day, I guess the pool I was at had an overdose of chlorine and my eyes felt like they got fried, it hurt to open them but it also hurt to close them and I had to rely on goggles for clear underwater vision...I can somewhat see underwater naturally now, but it's still kind of blurred and uncomfortable, like I can see broad things like the black lines on the bottom of the pool, but I can't see the fine little details like the hair on my arms.

@uglytelevision 5 жыл бұрын

Ugh I wish it wasn't winter in Australia so I could go swim at the beach (they banned tails at my pool :( ) But also, I always open my eyes in the pool without goggles and whatnot. I'm blind above water and so it doesn't bother me to be so blind underwater in a pool. It's just normal eyesight for me haha, nothing different to if I didn't wear my glasses above water (literally the strongest lenses they had for my glasses, yeah I may as well be legally blind at some stage). But beaches and stuff I wear goggles because the water stings my eyes too much. If I swum in even a freshwater lake or something I'd still wear goggles, just because it's open water and I don't know it like I do the pool. I had those eyedrops once, and they didn't sting my eyes at all :\ But speaking of the eyedrops to use after swimming, I uh...yeah never used them in my 20 years. I just swim until my eyes sting then get out. Rinse them if I remember (doesn't happen often). The haze doesn't bother me, eh

@sarahcampbell9496 5 жыл бұрын

I am new to mermaiding

@rockinriver6372 4 жыл бұрын

If I ever make videos of me swimming in my tail, I’m just going to have my eyes closed underwater, bc chlorine can’t be good for your eyes

@cassidyskywalker9217 3 жыл бұрын

If you don’t do it to much, it’s fine! Just make sure you don’t over-do it!

@thefaceflowers5577 4 жыл бұрын

You should make a video what monofin you shouldn't if you have chronic foot pain

@visionaryventures12 5 жыл бұрын

So that’s how confusing it probably was for Daryl Hannah.

@pvnkbeauty2302 4 жыл бұрын

Ilysm! Great video

@user-mo4nt5mx4w 4 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video how to swim like a mermaid 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️

@jessicabutcher9136 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@iflykaya 3 жыл бұрын

I can barely open my eyes in the lake I like to swim at (never unsupervised) because it’s too cold for my eyes 😂

@iflykaya 3 жыл бұрын

But over chlorinated poolC no problem!

@iamalexaflint9789 5 жыл бұрын

What do you do after you swim, when your eyes get dry from the calorie?

@jolly.rancherrrrrrrrrrr3499 3 жыл бұрын

Ppl "Courtney how do you see underwater?" "What does lighting have to do with seeing underwater?" Me:so Courtney How do you see underwater😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@Jackie_Porras 5 жыл бұрын

yes finally its burns when i do open my eyes lol

@sarodorethedragon9865 5 жыл бұрын

So i got my orca tail in! Yay, first swim ever, double yay, swimming in a super smooth white fiber glass pool triple yay!!! realizing I cant tell where the walls of the pool are because everything is white except the sky above me and some of my tail and bumping my face into walls like an orca in a tank,,, *Roblocks oof* / added Experience! YAY?...

@MoonLight-rl6ph 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@edenee 4 жыл бұрын

My eyes got hazy before and I just continued swimming then my eyes were red and hurting for the hole day

@BlackColibri 10 ай бұрын

and if you use scleral lenses for farsighted people.. they should not fall out and their curvature compensates for the refraction of light in water..

@geogeek1758 4 жыл бұрын

Cool insights.

@avatomasi3951 5 жыл бұрын

What eyedrops should I bring?

@SapphireHenson 3 жыл бұрын

There's a small tribe In the that can see under water, I think it may be Hawaii somewhere, look it up 😊

@laurabeller9682 4 жыл бұрын

THANKS YOU

@bunnyimp4822 Жыл бұрын

Dream invention: invisible swimming goggles

@rainbowlover6449 4 жыл бұрын

HII

@NashaBelle78 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😘❤️

@Lunarwulve 5 жыл бұрын

How is there only 22 comments!?

@Lunarwulve 5 жыл бұрын

OMG Thank you for liking it! You made my day! You probabaly get this a lot hehe. Thanks again

@bryannaokelley6181 5 жыл бұрын

What bothers me because it makes sense but still doesnt work is that without glasses, it looks the same as it does trying to see under water. But my glasses fix that, and it doesnt work under water and I know it shouldn't but I wish it did loool

@saultrzs6900 5 жыл бұрын

My eyes hazed over four hours and it was scary

@soundmanpt 4 жыл бұрын

As a retired optician I found your video very informative as well as very interesting. Not being a swimmer myself I was surprised to learn that it's nearly impossible to see underwater. You do an amazing job of as you say "faking it" because in watching you underwater your eyes seemed to be completely focused as you looked in the direction of the camera. I am curious because I watched several videos of you underwater in your mermaid suit wearing glasses. If you can't see very well underwater anyway why were you wearing your glasses? By the way those drops you seem to hate having put into your eyes are called "dilating drops" and the purpose of them is to check your eye pressures and to relax your eyes and eliminate any eye strain you may have. With the drops in it allows the optometrist to get a very good look at the back of your eyes. One of the things he / she is checking for is any early signs of glaucoma. The drops also provides your eyes with a much more accurate prescription for your glasses then not dilating your eyes. Of course the down side is that for about 4 - 6 hours your eyes are going to remain dilated and your eyesight is going to be rather blurry even with your glasses being on and you're not wanting to be in any sunlight. You truly do look like what I would expect a mermaid to look like the way you move and look in the water.

@CourtneyMermaid 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching me video and for your comment! It isn't me wearing the glasses, that's Nerdmaid Faith and they don't help her see underwater, it's purely for the look she wants to achieve. :)

@fareedah885 Жыл бұрын

Courtney I can see underwater so I still need to hold my breath longer and see very well underwater so I'm watching this video

@kelda2608 3 жыл бұрын

Whenever I open my eyes underwater, it makes my breath hold much shorter and its really annoying 🙃

@rainbowlover6449 4 жыл бұрын

@millefolium9303 Жыл бұрын

Someone should design goggles/swim mask for mermaids that actually look good and like they are part of the mermaid. Either completely transparent that look more natural and less bulky, or with a mermaidy design with like fish scales.

@CourtneyMermaid Жыл бұрын

I did end up making myself a pair at the beginning of the year that is mostly transparent with some subtle sequin/fish scale detailing.

@Marioandluigi895 3 жыл бұрын

How do you do that

@trishellearledge3903 4 жыл бұрын

Do you sell these tales and how can I contact you to get one

@CourtneyMermaid 4 жыл бұрын

I do make and sell custom mermaid tails, I am not currently accepting orders as I am still full up. Keep an eye on my social media for the next available slots. Thank you for your interest! ♥

@ViporCloud14 4 жыл бұрын

Anybody else out there that can mouth words without getting water up your nose?

@lowpokemonmaster051toyfang5 2 жыл бұрын

Tbh never felt pain when I started I did start at 4 Bc I hated hitting my head on the wall so I was like ok I’ll just open my eyes lol then I saw rainbows 😱😱😱

@stacyderrera2662 4 жыл бұрын

I can open my eyes under water in chlorine, salt, and mineral mineral is great

@marinettedupaincheng4749 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@swordwhale1 4 жыл бұрын

never smile with a dive mask on... you'll flood it...

@CourtneyMermaid 4 жыл бұрын

I learned that the hard way haha!

@vulpinelinguini 2 жыл бұрын

I’m already blind ABOVE water, my glasses prescription is like -4.5!!!

@amaarahachmat6457 3 жыл бұрын

I want to be a mermaid,but I don't have the money to be one :(

@Orla4448 3 жыл бұрын

I can se under water like

@Contade06 2 жыл бұрын

I have realised that I have absolutely no pain at all while seeing underwater.

@oswaldcannon9483 3 жыл бұрын

Speaking of, my underwater vision is the same as my eyesight without glasses (sobbing)

@adriannaplays6388 2 жыл бұрын

That is very weird when I go swimming and there is no lights in the pool I can see 100% ok I can see everything around me

@RoseKey22222 3 жыл бұрын

Hooo ra

@ballaba820 2 жыл бұрын

How do you breathe under water

@outkastkreations Жыл бұрын

What if there is chlorine

@Gazer32146 Жыл бұрын

When I open my eyes in the pool I can't see

@PersephoneH Жыл бұрын

Part of mermaiding is acting haha

@hannahgrim6804 2 жыл бұрын

Wait.... I can see underwater?

@hatsuko9892 3 жыл бұрын

i can see underwater with no goggles but it is BLURRY

@kyleighwhite1409 2 жыл бұрын

Wear goggles but disguise them as a mask

@yalitzaroxelyherrerabaxter8620 2 жыл бұрын