Apple Watch Ultra - Review 2023

Some smartwatches can tolerate water.  The Apple Watch Ultra is designed for it.  And the mountain you climbed over to get to the water.  And the trail you followed up the mountain.

It’s also one of just two smartwatches that made our list of waterproof watches.  Samsung recommends taking their watches no deeper than 5 feet for no longer than 30 minutes at a time. Meanwhile, Fitbit’s website lists 50M as a maximum depth for its waterproof watches, making them really only viable in the shower or a swimming pool based on our guide.

With a massive 49mm sapphire crystal screen on a titanium case, the Apple Watch Ultra was designed to be durable and the most waterproof smartwatch Apple has released to date.  It carries a water resistance rating of 100M and a certified rating of 40M for recreational scuba diving.

With the right app, customers can incorporate an actual dive computer into the watch’s functionality.  That’s right.  This watch was made for recreational diving. For more information on the functionality of the Dive Computer, check out our review specifically for this feature.

Don’t dive much? You’ll still find plenty of use for it in other outdoor environments with its improved compass and dual-frequency GPS. Alternatively, you can always just step into the office with a sweet-looking, geek-salivating smart watch.