EXHIBIT 32.1

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                  PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of IRIDEX Corporation (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ending April 3, 2004, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  on  the date hereof (the "Report"), Theodore A. Boutacoff,
Chief  Executive  Officer, and Larry Tannenbaum, Chief Financial Officer, of the
Company,  each  certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to  Section  906  of  the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act  of  2002,  that:

     (1)  The  Report  fully  complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934;  and

     (2)   The  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly presents, in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.

Date: May 18, 2004


                                   By:  /s/  THEODORE  A.  BOUTACOFF
                                   ---------------------------------
                                   Name: Theodore A. Boutacoff
                                   Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
                                              (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 18, 2004

                                   By:  /s/  LARRY  TANNENBAUM
                                   ---------------------------
                                   Name: Larry Tannenbaum
                                   Title: Chief Financial Officer and Vice
                                   President, Administration
                                   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)