Going Diving - Garmin Fenix 8 Series Owner's Manual

Going Diving

1 From the watch face, press
2 Select Activities.
3 Select Diving, and select Scuba Dive or Apnea Dive.
NOTE: The first time you do a diving activity, you must select the Diving category before choosing a dive
type. The selected dive type is added to your favorite activities list
page 55).
4 While keeping your wrist out of the water, wait until the watch acquires GPS signals and the status bar is
filled (optional).
The watch requires GPS signals to save your dive entry location.
5 Review the settings on the dive pre-check screen, and press
NOTE: If necessary, you can press
alerts.
6 Descend to start your dive.
The activity timer starts automatically when you reach a depth of 1.2 m (4 ft.).
NOTE: If you start a dive without selecting a dive mode, the watch uses the most recently used dive mode
and settings, and your dive entry location is not saved.
Select an option:
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• Press to scroll through the data screens and dive compass.
• Press to view the in-dive menu.
8 When you are ready to end the dive, ascend to the surface.
Your rate of ascent appears on the gauge.
Good. Ascent is less than 7.9 m (26 ft.) per minute.
Green
Moderately high. Ascent is between 7.9 and 10.1 m (26 and 33 ft.) per minute.
Yellow
Too high. Ascent is greater than 10.1 m (33 ft.) per minute.
Red
9 Keep your wrist out of the water until the watch acquires GPS signals and saves your dive exit location
(optional).
Select an option:
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For a Scuba Dive activity, wait for the Auto Save Timeout timer to count down.
•
NOTE: When you ascend to 1 m (3.3 ft.), the Auto Save Timeout timer begins counting down. You can
press , and select Stop Dive to save the dive before the timer finishes counting down.
• For an Apnea Dive activity, press
The watch saves the dive activity.
Apps and Activities
.
to edit the dive activity options, such as the gas, water type, and
, and select Stop Dive.
(Customizing Your Favorite Activities List,
until the primary dive data screen appears.
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