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Open water swimming

Hello

I tried swim in open water.

I turn on swim in open water activity, after this I see the screen with time and distance. I stay, not swim but distance increases. I were staying for 3min. but distance increased by 50 meters. What is the reason of such behavior?

If I use running activity and stand still I can see that distance changes but only by 0.04 meters.

I used GPS+GLONASS mode.

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philipshambrook over 5 years ago in reply to abdulax +2

GPS drift for example.

abdulax said:
change by only 0.04 meters

I think you mean 40m (0.04km) which is not far off what you say you see with the swimming activity loaded. Remember, swimming shows you metres…
JthanTris over 5 years ago +1

It works to put the watch under your swim cap (except for backstroke). I also sometimes put it in my safety buoy, which has a dry pouch.

I track as a "walk," then edit it in Garmin Connect to be an "open…
philipshambrook over 4 years ago in reply to PG +1

We’ve not been able to swim for a few weeks but here’s one of the swims from my wife’s 945 - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/4598205743

The course is out and back along a buoy…

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0 philipshambrook over 3 years ago

First open water swim with the 945 and the latest software release 5.20 and the first of the swim season here in the south. Still working well...

0 jmto over 3 years ago in reply to philipshambrook

What's the water temp? :) Here in north, it got already under 10 °C and I'm not swimming in that anymore. Popular place that has sensors says that the water is 8,6 °C, granted atm is warmer than air which is at 5,2 °C :)