should not fit like other shoes.

Hop on a boat, stroll on the beach, or walk to a meeting, CROCS shoes are the most comfortable and versatile shoes you'll ever own. CROCS shoes are a new breed of shoe that mixes the comfort of clogs with a space age material that has incredible benefits. The special Patented Closed Cell Resin (PCCR) of CROCS warms and softens with your body heat and molds to your feet. CROCS shoes feature European styling of the orthotic heel, built-in arch support, and tarsal bar position your feet for ultimate foot comfort and health. Because CROCS resin is closed cell, it is anti-microbial in nature. This means that it is resistant to the bacteria and fungus that cause shoe and foot odor. Smelly shoes are a thing of the past! With the heel strap in place, CROCS shoes are a perfect shoe for boating, diving, water sports and beach wear. Unlike sandals, CROCS shoes cover and protect your feet yet provide proper ventilation. Air, sand, and water easily pass through the CROCS shoe vents.

Another benefit of CROCS resin is that it has a very high co-efficient of friction. This fact makes CROCS shoes incredibly slip-resistant and they will not mark floors or boat decks. If you wear CROCS shoes in or around the water, you'll notice that they even float! If you get your CROCS dirty, just hose them off. You can even sterilize CROCS shoes in one part chlorine and ten parts water! Restore their original luster by applying a rubber cleaner such as Armour All.

They should fit very loosely. The sides of your foot should not really touch the sides of the shoe. Your toes should never make contact with the front of the shoe.

Once you have centered your foot on the foot-bed:

You should have about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch of space in front of your toes, behind your heel and when you lift the strap you should be able to comfortably get your finger between the strap and heel. In other words the fit should be “loose”.

I know that this goes against everything that you have ever been used to in a shoe, but these are the parameters that the shoe was designed to be worn under.

no pressure points ever!

The clog-type models generally run large and are designed to fit loosely and comfortably. Both the Cayman and Metro are individually sized and run a half-size large. For example, a 7 is actually a 7½ and accommodates both foot sizes. The Beach and Highland come in six sizes and also run large. Please see the sizing chart at the bottom of each model's page.

To insure that the strap is not pulling your foot into the front of the shoe, rotate the strap forward and determine if your foot rests comfortably in the foot bed and there is room all around your foot. If so, you have the proper size but the strap is too short. To alleviate this issue, work your fingers around the strap and stretch it as you go around being careful not to put excessive pressure on the rivet hole. Stretch the strap until it is just short of the back edge of the shoe. The resin material has memory and will stay at the proper length after one or two of these types of adjustments.