Navigating With The Dive Compass; Using The Gauge Dive Stopwatch; Using The Basic Dive Stopwatch - Garmin DESCENT MK3 Series Owner's Manual

Navigating with the Dive Compass

1 During a Single-Gas, Multi-Gas, CCR, or Gauge dive, scroll to the dive compass.
The compass indicates your directional heading
2 Press START to set the heading.
The compass indicates deviations
3 Press START, and select an option:
• To reset the heading, select Reset Heading.
• To change the heading by 180 degrees, select Set to Recip..
NOTE: The compass indicates the reciprocal heading with a red mark.
• To set to a 90-degree heading left or right, select Set to 90L or Set to 90R.
• To clear the heading, select Clear Heading.

Using the Gauge Dive Stopwatch

1 Start a Gauge dive.
2 Press START, and select Reset Avg. Depth to set the average depth to your current depth.
3 Press START, and select Start Stopwatch.
4 Select an option:
• To stop using the stopwatch, press START, and select Stop Stopwatch.
• To restart the stopwatch, press START, and select Reset Stopwatch.

Using the Basic Dive Stopwatch

1 Select an option:
• Add the Stopwatch Timer data screen to the Single-Gas, Multi-Gas, CCR, or Gauge dive mode.
• Enable the STOPWATCH surface data screen for the Apnea or Apnea Hunt dive mode.
2 During a gas dive or apnea surface interval, scroll to the stopwatch screen.
TIP: During an apnea surface interval, you can press and hold START to open the stopwatch and start the
timer, even if the screen is not enabled.
3 Press START to start the timer.
4 Press STOP to stop the timer.
5 Press BACK to reset the timer.
Diving
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from the set heading .
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