Garmin Instinct Solar Charging Sports Watch Smartwatch Tidal Blue

Do what you love, longer with Instinct Solar. These rugged GPS smartwatches boasts solar charging — giving incredible battery life in smartwatch and Expedition modes while outdoors. Monitor how your body uses energy by tracking heart rate, stress, sleep1 and Pulse Ox2 — which helps give you a better understanding of your health and wellness. Get more out of the sports you love with preloaded activity profiles such as running, biking, swimming and more. Smart notifications3 at the wrist keep you connected to what matters. Multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) help you track wherever your adventures take you.

Key Features

Engineered for Endurance
Fibre-reinforced polymer case, chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® glass and a battery powered by the sun creates a device that’s built to endure.

Designed to Be Daring
Bold colours, high contrast displays, and purpose-built design bring to life a non-traditional smartwatch.

Solar Charging
Variable based on sun-exposure, Instinct can provide unprecedented battery life to those that explore under the sun.

Military Standard 810
Instinct is built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock and water resistance (rated to 100meters.

Power Manager
View how various settings and sensors impact your watch’s battery life, so you can make battery-extending changes on the fly.

Sports Apps
Use preloaded activity profiles for surfing, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, strength and more.

Wrist-Based Heart Rate
Get heart rate data1 along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest; gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater.

Pulse Ox2
For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox2 sensor uses light beams at your wrist to gauge how well your body is absorbing oxygen.

Stress Tracking
Heart rate variability is used to calculate your stress level score, so you can see if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

Body Battery™ Energy Monitor
Optimise your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.

Advanced Sleep Monitoring
Get a full picture of how you’re sleeping, with a breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages as well as Pulse Ox2.

Multi-GNSS Support
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.

ABC Sensors
Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and three-axis electronic compass.

Smart Notifications3
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible device.

Pair for Satellite Communication
Pair Instinct with an inReach® device (sold separately; active satellite subscription required) to view and send messages, get weather alerts on your wrist and trigger an SOS to the GEOS 24/7 emergency response team.