I have the Apple Watch Ultra. I currently don’t use it in water at all. I will occasionally turn on the water mode thing in the task bar if I have to walk into the store etc and it is raining bad. My mom has mobility issues and wants to start walking in a pool a few times a week, I said I would go with her. Can I turn on the water mode thing in the task bar and have my arm/wrist under the water the whole time while we walk to track my heart rate etc (I have POTS, I have to keep track of it) without it ruining my watch. I am scared of ruining the watch. It is the most expensive thing I own and I am still paying it off in monthly payments. Is this really water proof? Like walking in a pool for an hour while my wrist is under water the whole time? Thanks in advance for calming my fears, lol.
I swam every day for a year with my Ultra. I went scuba diving multiple times, including going past 100’. I swam from Alcatraz twice and have done Ironmans in the rain with it. I’ve been to water parks and pretty much every water sport including jet skiing, water skiing, and surfing.
I really wouldn’t worry about it unless you’ve done some serious impact damage to it. I damaged mine in bike crash and traded it in for an Ultra 2, but even with the damage, I was still heavily swimming with it with no issues.
As someone else pointed out, the water lock only keeps the screen from accidental touch input and then ejects water from the speaker afterwards.
Thank you for commenting, your experience helps a lot, I am not worried about it now.