Snorkeling And Mermaiding - Suunto 9 PEAK PRO User Manual

Suunto 9 Peak Pro

4.6. Snorkeling and mermaiding

You can use your Suunto 9 Peak Pro for snorkeling and mermaid diving. These two activities
are normal sport modes and are selected just like any other sport mode, see 4. Recording an
exercise.
The Suunto 9 Peak Pro is capable of measuring depth up to 10 m. It is however waterproof up
to 100 m according to ISO 22810.
These sport modes have four exercise displays that focus on dive related data. The four
exercise displays are:
Surface
Navigation
Dive session
Underwater
NOTE: The touch screen is not activated when the watch is underwater.
The default view for Snorkeling and Mermaiding is the Surface view. While recording the
exercise, you can browse between the different views by pressing the middle button.
Suunto 9 Peak Pro automatically switches between surface and dive state. If you are more
than 1 m (3.2 ft) below the surface, the underwater view is activated.
When using the Snorkeling mode, the watch relies on GPS to calculate distance. Because
GPS signals do not travel under water, the watch needs to come out of the water periodically
to get a GPS fix.
These are challenging conditions for GPS, so it is important that you have a strong GPS signal
before you jump in the water. To ensure good GPS, you should:
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