Using stopwatch in pool

Hi MikePanter,

You won't be able to touch the screen of your Apple Watch while under water. However, the built-in swimming workouts have the ability to track your sets and splits. You can learn how here:

1. On your iPhone, open the Fitness app.

2. Tap Show More next to Workouts.

3. Tap the workout that you want to view. 

The Pool Swim workout automatically tracks your splits and auto sets, while the Open Water Swim workout only tracks splits. Splits are your total workout time divided by distance. Auto sets show your rest and swim time separately.2 Your can view the type of strokes you performed during your swim, which can include:

Backstroke

Breaststroke

Butterfly

Freestyle

Kickboard

Mixed

You can also tap Show More next to Auto Sets to track your SWOLF score for each set, a metric commonly used by swimmers to track efficiency.

Here's the resource in its full context: Swim with your Apple Watch - Apple Support

We hope this helps.

Take care.