Costa fishing sunglasses are essential if your life revolves around the water. Let's face it when you're spending days on the water, your sunglasses are more than a fashion statement, they are a piece of equipment. Costa provides the clearest fishing sunglasses on the planet and builds their frames for performance with the highest clarity. Every pair is handcrafted in Daytona Beach, Florida. Costa fishing sunglasses are built to last and surpass any expectations.
Costa Sunglasses Buyers Guide
If you're going to be out on the water all day, you need to have fishing sunglasses you can rely on. Costa sunglasses are engineered to help with all your adventures, no matter how big or small. Thanks to Costa's lens technology and frame designs, you can see things you wouldn't normally see if you were wearing a different pair of sunglasses. Each Costa frame offers its own performance advantages and style features to fit different occasions. Your sunglasses are more than just gear, they are apart of you and play an impact on how you see and perform. When you're shopping for fishing sunglasses, you're really looking for the best performance. The three important factors to look for in fishing sunglasses are Protection, Durability, Comfort. All three of these Costa fishing sunglasses go above and beyond in.
Protection
Costa Fishing Sunglasses 580 Lenses
- Block all the Bad HEV Blue light
- All frames are polarized, cutting any harmful glares
- Enhances color and contrast
- 100% UV protected
- Filters out harsh yellow while increasing reds, greens, and blues
Spending the day of the water, you experience some of the harshest elements, which really emphasize the importance of top-quality fishing sunglasses. Designed by in-house light spectrum experts, Costa 580 lenses do what others could not, providing the clearest fishing sunglasses. 580 lenses enhance colors and increase contrast. Costa lenses absorb harmful high-energy blue light.
This polarization will cut haze and blur to offer a more clear vision allowing you to better see out on the water. Costa sunglasses are all 100% UV ray protected and will keep your eyes safe from any harmful rays that can be problematic for your eyes. Costa 580 lens technology enhances red, greens and blues and filters out any harsh yellows. By killing the yellow light in the visible light spectrum, it will boost the reds, greens, and blues. Costa lenses provide a more crisp, sharp and defined vision while you're out on the water.
Costa has seven different lens colors in multiple lens technologies ranging from low to extremely bright light. Each lens color is specific to your environment and activities to provide the best technology for you personally. To dive a little deeper with Costa Lenses, check out our Guide to Costa Lenses!
Costa Fishing Sunglasses Frame Protection
Protection is also important in the build of the frame. Costa offers wrap-around designs to provide full coverage on all sides. Don't let any harsh winds or bright lights interfere with your performance. Costa sunglasses are available in different frame designs to make sure you have the best frame protection for you personally!
Durability
580 G lenses are lightwave glass lenses that provide superior clarity and are scratch resistant. The mirrors are actually encapsulated, meaning they are between the glass layers making them scratch-proof. In the lens process, Costa puts the glass on last. This prevents any sea-salt corrosion and makes the lens very hard to scratch. 580 G is 20% thinner and 22% more light than the average polarized glass.
Costa 580 Glass Lens Benefits
Polycarbonate 580 Lenses
580 P lenses are polycarbonate lenses that offer impact resistance and is extremely lightweight. Polycarbonate lenses have a C-Wall molecular bond which makes the lenses more scratch resistant. If you need prescription Costa fishing sunglasses then you have the option to get Trivex lenses. Trivex is a combination of polycarbonate and glass lenses. It is lighter than glass, more impact resistant than polycarbonate, and almost as scratch resistant as polycarbonate lenses.
Costa 580 Polycarbonate Lens features
Frame Durability
Costa offers a few frame qualities and options to make sure everyone has a frame that can meet their specific needs. Each of the frames has its own performance advantages and different styles. Regardless if you need sport or everyday wear, there is a Costa frame perfect for you. Three material options are TR-90, Monel Metal, and Beta Titanium
TR-90 co-injected Nylon
- Tough and durable
- Environmentally friendly bio-resin process
- Premier material for performance
- Heat and cold resistant
- Flexible yet durable (easily molded to your preferred shape)
- Most comfortable and best fit
Monel Metal
- Marine-grade corrosion resistant
- Lightweight
- Hypoallergenic titanium
- Best for on the water
Beta Titanium
- Made by combining titanium with other metals
- extremely durable and strong
- Flexible and helps reduce damage and broken frames
- Reverts back to original shape
- Best for sports
Comfort
Hydrolite Nose Pads & Temples
Uniquely Costa fuses the hydrolite onto the frame. If glasses are glued, the heat can sometimes cause problems. This is why Costa fuses their frames together, making their sunglasses last long and built stronger. Hydrolite Rubber is used on the sunglasses comfort spots, aka the nose pads and temples. Hydrolite is a hypoallergenic rubber that will prevent any slippage making sure the sunglasses will stay in place during movements. Even if it's a very hot day and you're sweating a lot, the glasses will actually have a better grip to stay in place.
Hinges
Don't forget the importance of quality hinges. Costa corrosion-resistant and stainless steel hinges are extremely flexible. Costa hinges will retain their shape and give you a perfect fit for your face. The four types of hinges are Integral, optical spring, snap hinge, and five-barrel optical.
Omni Fit
Costa designs their sunglasses unique to your environment and lifestyle. Costa fishing sunglasses are even available in different styles and fits, so you are sure to find sunglasses basically crafted specifically for you! If you're a big headed guy and need a larger fit, you should try out the Costa Omni Fit. Omni fit will have a wider width across the face and have shorter temples.
Best Costa Fishing Sunglasses
Costa Rincon
Costa Rincon in black with 580G blue mirror lens
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Costa Slack Tide
Costa Slack Tide in Matte Black/ Tortoise with 580 Grey lens
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Costa Reefton
Costa Reefton in black with 580G Green mirrored lenses
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Costa Tuna Alley
Costa Tuna Alley Sunglasses with Blue 580 Lenses.
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Costa Fantail
Costa Fantail in camo grey with 580G Green mirrored lenses
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Costa Blackfin
Costa Blackfin sunglasses with green mirror 580 lenses.
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Prescription Costa Fishing Sunglasses Online at SportRx
Costa fishing sunglasses are everything you look for to stand up to the toughest elements out on the water. They set new standards on protection, durability, and comfort. Need a little extra help making sure you don't miss a single fish? Prescription Costa Fishing sunglasses are available online at SportRx! If you have any questions about prescription fishing sunglasses, or anything vision related, contact a SportRx optician and they will happily help you craft your new shades! Costa also has sunglasses readers to see a little better close up. Check out, C-Mates Reading Sunglasses for when the sun goes down or to make baiting a hook a little easier.
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