Boothbay Water Friendly Sandal (Women)

I've been wearing these and the TEVA versions of these for many years. I use them to walk/hike around a small Caribbean island: road walking, and across coral rubble beaches and rocky points of land. In and out of the water. They work great except the straps "stretch?" when they get wet so there is a smaller profile of where the loop and hook velcro is connecting....especially across the toes. I've even sewed an extra bit of velcro loop side (soft side) on the toe straps. I generally think it's crazy to buy an expensive thing and then alter it....but these are otherwise the best sandal for how I use them. My normal shoe size is 7.5 and the 7 fits me better than the 8 because I don't want a lot of extra rubber in front of my toes to get caught on rocks, etc. I'd rather risk having my toes closer to the front edge.