How it works

1. Create your account

• Open the app and choose Register: username, email, password.
• You'll get a confirmation email – click the link to activate your account.
• Then log in. Tick Stay logged in to stay signed in on your device.

2. Your Device Token

• Log in and open your account / profile.
• Copy the Device Token shown there and paste it into the watch app settings.
• The token links your sessions to your account – it's the only thing each rider must set.

3. Install & set up the watch app

• On your Garmin watch, install WaterSession from the Connect IQ Store.
• In Garmin Connect (phone) → Devices → your watch → Connect IQ Apps → WaterSession → Settings.
• Paste your Device Token (required). Leave Spot empty to detect it automatically by GPS.
• Sync the watch.

4. The 5 watch screens

While recording, switch screens with UP/DOWN:

1. Speed – current speed big (knots + km/h), plus your max and time.
2. Jumps (wind sports) / Paddle (SUP) – count, airtime/strokes, best.
3. Totals – distance, average, 2 s peak.
4. km/h only – just the current speed in km/h (large) + max.
5. knots only – just the current speed in knots (large) + max.

The top of the screen shows REC (recording) or READY.

5. Sending your session

• Finish with START → choose Send (or Keep recording / Discard).
• A phone with Garmin Connect must be nearby – the watch uploads through it.
• The status shows sent (success), retry … or err ….
• No phone at the beach? It retries automatically; you can also use Resend last later.

6. Sports & the home rankings

• Switch sport at the top: Windsurf · Kitesurf · Wingsurf · SUP.
• The home page shows the Top 15 per category: Best 30 s, Top speed 2 s, Longest run and Total distance (one best session per rider).
• Wind sports also have Best airtime & Highest jump; SUP has Most strokes & Max cadence.
• Each row shows the weather of that session and a trust badge.

7. Filters & your saved start

• Open Filter in the sidebar: Group, Location (spot), Year, Month, Day and gear type.
• Advanced filters: max front wing (foil), max fin size and a weight range (compare similar riders).
• Save your selection as My start – it is preselected every time you open the app.

8. My Results – records, index & your rank

• Your records: top 2 s, top 30 s, longest run, highest jump and total distance.
• Performance Index = top 2 s ÷ (wind × sail size) × 100 – higher means you were fast with little wind and a small sail (a fair efficiency score for tracking progress).
• Your ranking position: your rank overall, or pick a spot in the filter to see your rank at that spot (for 2 s and 30 s).

9. My Results – personal bests, sessions & analysis

• Personal bests: your top-10 speed table, filterable by spot, year, board and max wind (e.g. how fast at ≤ 5 Bft?).
• View my sessions: list with a date filter; pick one to see the full analysis.
• Session detail: distance, average, peak speeds, jumps/paddling, detected runs, the GPS map, weather and trust.
• Complete my sessions: set spot / board / sail on watch sessions so they count in the ranking.

10. Spots & weather forecast

• The Spots tab: filter by country + spot for a description, photo gallery, webcam and live weather.
• 3-day forecast with a “worth it” traffic light (green/amber/red) from wind strength & the spot's best wind directions.
• Open a day for the hourly view (wind bars + frosted gust bars); toggle the thermal / sea-breeze potential.
• Upload your own spot photo – the newest 5 are shown with the uploader's name.

11. Spot-TV – the café / shop screen

• A full-screen live board for a café, shop or club. Open it from the Filter panel: pick a spot → Open Spot TV (then press F11 for full screen).
• Shows a leaderboard with medals and percentage bars (rank 1 = 100 %), the rider of the day, the current weather and the 3-day forecast.
• A QR code lets visitors join today's ranking, plus an optional sponsor logo & product deals.

12. Groups & community

• Create or join groups to compare within your crew; filter the rankings by group.
• Private groups need the owner's approval; the owner can invite/approve members.
• A news banner shows members' new records and top-3 results.

13. Share equipment

• Use the same boards/sails as family or friends? Share your equipment via a short code.
• Enter a mate's code under Import equipment to copy their gear list – no retyping.

14. Other watches / Apple Watch

• Any watch that exports a FIT file (e.g. Apple Watch via HealthFit) works too.
• Use Add session in the sidebar → choose equipment → upload the FIT file. Weather is added automatically; you get runs, map and the speed analysis.

15. Trust, fair play & privacy

• Every session gets a trust score from GPS physics: max acceleration, course change at speed, GPS noise, point density and a comparison with the spot best.
• Watch sessions also get an on-water check and a device-verified baseline. Please keep it fair – obvious outliers lose trust.
• Privacy: your GPS track is stored but shown only to you. The ranking shows name, spot, speed, equipment and weather. You can delete your data or account anytime.