We’ve covered many stories of people recovering their Apple devices after losing them for days or even months in challenging situations, and that’s what happened to Jared Brick. After losing his Apple Watch in the Caribbean over a year ago, Apple’s Find My helped Brick get his hands back on his watch — and it still works.
Apple Watch lost in the ocean recovered after a year
Brick told his story in a video he posted on YouTube. According to him, it all happened during a trip to the Caribbean in June 2022 to celebrate his son’s birthday. Brick says he bought new Apple watches for himself and his son so his son could communicate with him at all times, even without a phone nearby.
The owner of the Apple Watch says he went diving twice a day without taking the watch off his wrist – after all, the Apple Watch is certified water-resistant to depths of up to 50 meters. But one day, after returning from a dive, Brick realized that the Apple Watch was no longer on his wrist.
“I put it on and poof, it’s gone, it slips off my wrist and into the water. “I didn’t realize it at the time, so confused by the true beauty of that place,” Brick said.
He then used Apple’s Find My to mark the device as lost. Brick admits that he always fantasized about someone finding the Apple Watch and returning it to him, though he didn’t believe it would actually happen. But it was done.
In December of last year, he received a voicemail from someone in the Caribbean claiming to have found the Apple Watch. The device was still working and thanks to Find My, it displayed a message with Brick’s phone number. The person returned the Apple Watch back to its owner in California, who confirmed that it was his lost watch and that it was indeed working.
“So amazing, so big thanks to Jonathan in the Caribbean for finding it, contacting me, sending it back to me, and to Apple for creating such amazing technology that works,” Brick celebrated after returning the Apple Watch.
Apple’s Find My to the rescue
Last year, we published two similar stories involving the Apple Watch. In one of them, a man lost his watch during a schooner trip. In another case, a 9 to 5 Mac reader lost his Apple Watch Ultra after being submerged in a lake. Find My helped them both recover their Apple Watch.
It’s worth noting that Apple’s Find My also works offline by sending signals to other nearby Apple devices. That’s why it’s important to make sure the feature is enabled on your devices.
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