Non-Celluar Apple Watch at the Beach Question

[Woodcrest64]

If my wife goes paddle boarding with an Apple Watch Series 4 non-cellular how far can she go from her Apple iPhone X in terms of still getting notifications and calls if the phone is on the beach? I heard Bluetooth 5.0 is a lot better in terms of range.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

If perfectly clear line of sight, call it 100 feet. But toward the edge, it will start cutting out. Note that if the phone is sitting in a bag on the sand, range will be cut quite a bit. By "perfectly clear line of sight" I mean the phone is sitting in the open, raised off the ground. (On the seat of a not-metal chair with maybe a shirt covering it.)

 

[Lee_Bo]

If perfectly clear line of sight, call it 100 feet. But toward the edge, it will start cutting out. Note that if the phone is sitting in a bag on the sand, range will be cut quite a bit. By "perfectly clear line of sight" I mean the phone is sitting in the open, raised off the ground. (On the seat of a not-metal chair with maybe a shirt covering it.)

Pretty much this.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Agreed, from my experience 100ft would be the most you could expect if phone was in line of site.