Island Tribe Clear Gel
if you search for "tame the sun" on google, you should find a list of local stockists.

Invisible zinc 50+ works great, stays where you put it, wont run into your eyes and burn them.
Its slightly visible not completely invisible..
Get it a most shops or chemist

invisiblezinc.com/products/invisible-zinc-4hr-water-resistant-spf50-uva-uvb/

Or you can use a blue Power Ranger set up like I do when its 30-40+ degrees 100% block out !

For the face I use Surfmud, stays on really well. A similar local Aussie product is called Mojo Surf Zinc.

I've found if you cook any sunblock in a hot car it turns to a tube of eye stinging ya back, kinda like revenge of the sunblock.

Aldi $2.50 - made in Australia

+1 for Surf Mud.

Another good barrier type is Vertra barrier stick, it's a titanium dioxide based stick and you can get a good flesh coloured one.
Any zinc cream will work.

I've tried the Island Tribe and it didn't work for me. And I didn't like the greasiness of it.

I've tried nearly every sunscreen you can get, all the cream based ones were useless for me for my face.
I don't need it for my arms or legs unless I'm out in the sun all day, but half an hour on the water and my face looks like a tomato!
Drove me nuts! I was burning through everything I tried.
It must be the glare factor. I can go for a 4hr bike ride without sunscreen and not burn at all.

And to get it off use baby wipes, or makeup wipes.
Just don't flush them down the loo, they're a major enviro problem for waste water treatment. Bin them.

The Blue Power Ranger getup.

100% sunblock, 100% normal visibility, head protection, double eye protection from helmet visor - no reflected sun burn - no fogging no heat stroke no chemicals soaking into skin and I laugh when red faced sunburnt people covererd in zinc ask me... why do I wear a mask lol

1x gath hat
1x biker mask
1x big lense Fish eye polarised glasses (the extra Elton john size sits over mask.
1x dust mask filter ( gutted for glue on mouth breather..
1x old rashie cut and sewn to mask, to cover neck and tuck into wetsuit.

Warning !!!
Unless you like 'Waterboarding Torture' do not try "without" beather added... wet neoprene or cloth will Not let you Breath from your mouth.

Eezee

One of my friends died from skin cancer.. dont be one of the Wnkers who put off others from whatever means to protect themselves - by trying to be a fashion policemen.

SaveTheWhales said..
Eezee

One of my friends died from skin cancer.. dont be one of the Wnkers who put off others from whatever means to protect themselves - by trying to be a fashion policemen.

Fair call mate.
I was just trying to have a laugh, but didn't think of that side of things.
My apologies for being a turd. I'm sorry for your loss.

No harm no foul I hope...?

Yeh banana boat stings my eyes. Invisible zinc and the tribal seems to work for my son and I on our face and just some coles stuff for the rest of the body.

Big beard, sunnies, surf hat, and hooded rash vest to protect my neck for me. Put sunscreen on my hands, feet, nose, lips and around eyes. Biggest issue is that there's a bit of a gap near the top of the brim, needs to be wider.

In my experience the whole "sunscreen in your eyes" can be largely avoided by two things:

1) wiping it out of your eyebrows - excess cream sits in there, and as soon as you get wet, it washes into your eyes

2) putting sunscreen on 10 minutes or more before (like the packet says ), rather than the last thing you do before heading out.

ActionSportsWA said..
Hi Guys,

Being a retailer for many years, we have tried lots of sunscreens and there is a clear winner. Island Tribe Gel. Unbelievably good sunscreen. Doesn't come off in the water, doesn't sting the eyes and full protection from the sun. There is no better!

DM

Hi Darren

Where do you get it from?

I've been using the banana boat faces for a couple of years. Works well and doesn't get in my eyes.

+1 Island Tribe Gel

Better though is ALoe Gater gel. In the USA they advertised 8hr protection. EBay it. It's unreal.