Apple Watch Series 2 is Fine for Swimming, but Scuba Diving and Waterskiing Not Recommended

[pentrix2]

The Watch is rated to IPX7 I believe that only covers temporary submersion up to max depth of 1M. Scuba diving exceeds that.

Waterskiing... fine in itself but when you go flying across the water like a rag doll it is the equivalent as smashing against the pavement. Why would you do that to your watch ?

This is not so much a shocking revelation as common sense.
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You come off a board at lower velocity so it is no different than a dive in to a pool really as for as the stresses on the device are concerned.

Yet people are confused. They think water resistance is same as water proof. Truly revolutionary Apple fan boys, a watch that is water resistance. My McDonald's watch from a happy meal goes deeper than this piece of crap crap

 

[IJ Reilly]

I've already used my Apple Watch 1 for waterskiing 3 times now. Not to mention dozens of times swimming in pools, lakes, and even salty oceans. Works like a champ. I bought my watch to use it, not baby it.

I bought mine to keep it, not see it sink to the bottom of the ocean.

 

[Datalinks]

Will the HRM work while swimming?

 

[Kabeyun]

This guy -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Nitsch

Crazy! (But no snorkel.)

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

I bought mine to keep it, not see it sink to the bottom of the ocean.

Why would it sink to the bottom of the ocean? Does your watch have an issue with its clasp?

 

[IJ Reilly]

Why would it sink to the bottom of the ocean? Does your watch have an issue with its clasp?

My watch doesn't have a clasp but the bands do. I have four bands, three of them the Sport-type. These use the pin-and-tuck method of securing, which I have noticed is not 100% secure. If the pin pops the hole, which by design does not require a lot of effort, then the watch is gone.

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

My watch doesn't have a clasp but the bands do. I have four bands, three of them the Sport-type. These use the pin-and-tuck method of securing, which I have noticed is not 100% secure. If the pin pops the hole, which by design does not require a lot of effort, then the watch is gone.

Interesting. I've used the sport band every day for the past 16 months (day and night for the past 9) through probably 1,000 miles of running, many hours of swimming, skiing (water and snow), volleyball, yoga, weight lifting, hiking, and I'm sure many of other things. Not once has it ever come unclasped or even felt like it came anywhere close to coming unclasped. If yours is coming off then either it's defective or I just managed to get a really good one.

 

[960design]

Waterskied all summer with Watch 1.

Same here, with the Watch 1. Continually run with it in the rain, dive and swim up to about 10 feet in the ocean. Swim around the boat all summer, no issues.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Interesting. I've used the sport band every day for the past 16 months (day and night for the past 9) through probably 1,000 miles of running, many hours of swimming, skiing (water and snow), volleyball, yoga, weight lifting, hiking, and I'm sure many of other things. Not once has it ever come unclasped or even felt like it came anywhere close to coming unclasped. If yours is coming off then either it's defective or I just managed to get a really good one.

Though I am no athlete I've worn mine for just as long in all sorts of situations too. Though none of mine have fallen off either, I note the lack of great force required to unplug the pin from the hole, and a few times I've put the watch on without noticing that I hadn't got the pin all the way through and it came loose. I would personally draw the line on wearing it somewhere that could happen, and if it did, I'd never see the watch again. Also stopped wearing it for yoga for the simple reason that it adds nothing to the practice and kind of gets in the way.