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Can I use my Garmin Forerunner 55 for Open Water Swimming?

Barry H over 2 years ago

What is the best way track the distance for open water swimming??

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tmk2 over 2 years ago in reply to rentagreement +2

rentagreement said:
and an open water device app would be better for that?

Yes.

rentagreement said:
Just curious what other devices like 745 and 945 offer differently.

They have special algorithms for compensating…

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0 1491127 over 2 years ago

I'm confused by the replies here that say GPS doesn't work when the watch is submerged. The Garmin Instinct has an open water mode and works perfectly well for tracking my swims via GPS. I get that the 55 doesn't have that mode, but I'm failing to understand why people are arguing that GPS signal would be the problem...