People who wear glasses - do you wear prescription swimming goggles?

It's probably better to just wear contacts under the swim goggles.

I wear glasses all day and I swim once a day. But I don't get perscription goggles because I lose them to frequently. It's alright though, all i need too see is the black line

No, no need never needed to see anything clearly underwater walls and shite are big enough

I didn't even know that was a thing. But I'm only mildly far-sighted.

I'm far-sighted, so I don't wear glasses when I swim. people's faces on the other side of the pool don't interest me, anyway. So long as I can see the crosses, I'm good.

I'm also a big fan of Sweds, but Speedo Vanquisher was a pretty good goggle and is available in prescription for under $20. I remember when the basic Vanquishers first came out and were $22-25.

Contacts and goggles. Doesn't matter what kind of goggles. I been wearing Sweedes for ~31 years of competitive swimming. Been wearing contacts for a solid 25 years now. I take them out and clean/soak every night, but rarely immediately after I swim. Never a problem and I've been in some funky pools and water holes over the years.

I like to have crystal clear vision while swimming exercise/workouts. Its nice to see the walls right and what's going on around me. As well as the pace clock, which I use religiously. Everything I do is on intervals or pace.

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different prescriptions for the left and right eyes?

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In the past when I've looked into this, and this is admittedly years and years ago, they recommended that you buy two pairs and criss-cross them so that you had the right Rx in each eye (one pair will have upside down logos).

How far apart are your two eyes in diopters? If less than 1.5, I would order something in between. These aren't for you to have 20/20 vision and be able to read books. They're so you can see what's going on around you pretty decently and see a pace clock.

I always wear my contacts, even if I'm swimming at the pool or at the beach.