Best swimming watches UK 2022: sports watches and fitness trackers to track swims from Suunto, Garmin, Coris

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The Coros Vertix 2.0 is one of our all-time favourite adventure watches, so it’s worth noting that it has an excellent swim mode as well as all the other outward-bound orientated tracking it provides.

It connects seamlessly to a number of different GPS technologies, so we think it’d be a great option for open water swimming, and it also boasts incredible battery life, 32GB of storage for music and maps and a bright, clear screen.

It might be a bit bulky for some - it’s quite a weight on your wrist, but if you’re tracking your swims out in the open it is very much recommended.

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It’s one of the more premium options on this list, but Garmin know a thing or two about creating niche tracking watches, and the Swim 2 is no exception to this.

It’s a great GPS swimming smartwatch option - monitoring heart rate, track distance, pace, stroke count and more in both pool and open water settings.

Pacing alerts, drills and dedicated workouts also allow you to track your progress efficiently and measure your improvement. One of the best options out there for dedicated swim training.

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We’re a fan of Suunto’s ever-expanding range of mid to premium range smartwatches for workouts and training, and we think the Suunto 5 Peak is the best option if swimming’s your main sport.

We like how light it feels on the wrist, the GPS works very well and we also like the fact it syncs with your swim.com profile - the largest swim training and tracking community on the web.

It provides real-time swim tracking when it comes to stroke and performance, and additionally helps with interval training too.

The Suunto App also shows you where you can find popular open water swim spots all over the world too - a nice touch.

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Although it’s simple in its concept and doesn’t necessarily have the same tracking options as some of the smart watches or swimming watches on this list, for £30 the Nabaiji Swimming Pool watch is an excellent option.

It is also incredibly simple to use - it will track strokes and swimming length for 25, 33 and 50 metre pools and has a nice no-frills, simplistic design.

It’s waterproof down to 30m and it’s easy to just change the batteries in the back.

No nonsense and a great buy if pool swimming is your core sport.

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Fitbit hardly needs any introduction - it produces some of the most recognisable fitness trackers out there.

We really liked the Versa 3 option, which is well designed, integrates perfectly with the Fitbit app and has a number of nice little features like stress management scores and menstrual health tracking in addition to its core offering.

It produces good results from both swimming and normal exercise modes, and if you’re looking for a watch for everyday wear, the smart watch style notifications give you a good amount of information when you’re on the move.

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This is a nice affordable option from Amazfit, which manages to combine a range of excellent sports tracking modes with a rugged, adventure-proof design.

We also like Amazfit Stratos 3, which does a good job of pool swim tracking, but this option is more durable, currently reduced on Amazon and offers open water swim tracking too, which is excellent for the more wild-swim orientated users.