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Linking Accounts

It is possible to link your Garmin Connect account to other websites, such as GPS-Speedsurfing, Hoolan, Waterspeed, Strava, and Relive.

This will ensure that your sessions are automatically uploaded to these websites, without doing manual data exports and data imports.

Some of the more popular choices are described in the following sections.

GPS-Speedsurfing

You can link your Garmin Connect account to GPS-Speedsurfing (GP3S) using the My Devices page.

This is quickly demonstrated in a short video on YouTube, should you require further assistance.

Dashboard -> My Items -> My Devices

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Select the Garmin option under (re-)Connect a device which will then walk you through the process, probably requiring you to confirm your Garmin Connect username + password.

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Once the connection process has been completed all of your subsequent watersports sessions will automatically be uploaded to GP3S, allowing you to quickly post to any of the GP3S sites.

What actually happens is the FIT files for your sessions are automatically processed by GP3S, whereby obvious spikes are removed. However, some spikes (especially Sony GNSS chipset) can slip through the filters.

Hoolan + Waterspeed

Hoolan and Waterspeed are popular apps for Apple watch (and iPhone) owners. Hoolan and Waterspeed can both be linked to your Garmin Connect account, ensuring that watersport activities are automatically uploaded to their platforms.

The integration with Hoolan definitely makes use of the FIT files and the Doppler-derived speeds, but I have not been able to verify whether the integration with Waterspeed does the same thing.

Strava + Relive

You can link your Garmin Connect account to Strava and Relive, but I feel obliged to provide a warning. Strava does NOT know how to process the speed data recorded by your Garmin watch and can therefore result in fictitious speeds.

If you want to know why, Strava does not process the Doppler-derived speeds from the GPS / GNSS chipset and is therefore prone to producing spikes. These spikes may be small (e.g. just a few knots), or large (e.g. tens of knots).

Strava is great as an activity diary, recording where you sailed and how far, but you should really disregard any of the max speeds being reported. Sadly, you can’t just remove the obvious spikes and assume the rest of the speeds are good.

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