Dive Settings - Garmin Fenix 8 Series Owner's Manual

Dive Settings

You can customize the dive settings based on your needs. Not all settings are applicable for all dive modes.
From the watch face, press
Advanced Settings: Customizes advanced settings for diving activities
Apnea Discipline: Sets the discipline type for apnea diving.
Auto Save Timeout: Sets the length of time before the watch ends and saves a dive after surfacing.
Conservatism: Sets the level of conservatism for decompression calculations for scuba diving. Higher
conservatism provides a shorter bottom time and a longer ascent time.
Display Settings: Sets the screen brightness and timeout for diving activities.
Gas: Sets the gas blend used for scuba diving.
PO2: Sets the partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) thresholds, in bar, for warnings and critical alerts for scuba
diving (Dive Alerts, page 50). The PO2 Warning value is the threshold for the highest oxygen concentration
level that you are comfortable reaching. The PO2 Critical value is the threshold for the maximum oxygen
concentration level that you should reach.
Pool Mode: Enables pool mode for scuba diving. When the watch is in pool dive mode, the decompression
lockout feature functions normally, but dives are not saved to the dive log.
Safety Stop: Sets the safety stop duration for scuba diving.
Water Type: Set the water type for diving activities.
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, select Activities, select a dive activity, press , and select Activity Options.
(Advanced Dive Settings, page 49).
Apps and Activities