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BATTERY LIFE
Stay in the water longer with up to 25 hours in dive mode, up to 124 days in smartwatch mode when solar charging2 and up to 39 hours in GPS mode when solar charging.
ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE
This rugged dive computer is water-rated to 100 meters, features a sapphire lens and is rated to MIL-STD-810.
DESIGNED TO BE DARING
With a high-contrast display and purpose-built design, this device is meant to wow you.
Deep Feature Set
DIVE MODES
Get multiple dive modes for single and multiple gas dives (including nitrox and trimix), gauge, apnea, apnea hunt and closed-circuit rebreather.
SURFACE MULTI-GNSS
Track your entry and exit points4 with advanced satellite connectivity.
DIVE LOG
Store and review data for up to 200 dives — and share via the Garmin Dive app.
CUSTOMIZABLE DIVE MODES
Add additional screens for each dive mode that features the fields you want to see.
COMPATIBLE WITH INREACH®
Pair with inReach satellite communicators and the inReach dive case (each sold separately).
DIVE COMPASS
Easily navigate below the waterline with the built-in 3-axis compass.
TIDE DATA
Stay up to date on ocean conditions so you can catch the perfect wave. Just pair the watch with your compatible smartphone.
SURFLINE
See conditions — such as tide, wave height, wind and surf rating — for each of the five nearest surf spots, when paired with the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone.
What You'll Love |
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| Sleep score and insights | |
| Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 21 days 4 months with solar |
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen | yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day) |
| Garmin Pay™ | |
| Training status | |
| Display type | Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Solar Charging | |
| Water rating | Dive (100 meters) |
General |
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| Strap material | silicone |
| Lens Material | Power Sapphire |
| Bezel Material | fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer |
| QuickFit® watch band compatible | yes (22 mm) |
| Physical size | 45.5 x 45.5 x 15.2 mm Silicone Band: 128-224 mm Extra Long Silicone Band: 128-373 mm |
| Weight | 66 g |
| Display Size | custom, two-window design: 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm) |
| Display resolution | 176 x 176 pixels |
| Battery life | Dive Mode: Up to 25 hours Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/4 months with solar * Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 48 days/Unlimited with solar* GPS: Up to 26 hours/39 hours with solar ** Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 56 hours/205 hours with solar** Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 27 days/Unlimited with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions **Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary clip charger |
| Memory/History | 32 MB |
Clock Features |
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| Time/date | |
| GPS Time Sync | |
| Automatic daylight saving time | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Timer | |
| Stopwatch | |
| Sunrise/sunset times | |
Health & Wellness Monitoring |
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| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | |
| Resting heart rate | |
| Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate | |
| Fitness age | |
| Body Battery™ energy monitor | |
| All-day stress | |
| Relaxation breathing timer | |
| Breathwork | |
| Sleep | |
| Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
| Women's health | yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
| Health snapshot | |
Sensors |
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| GPS | |
| GLONASS | |
| Galileo | |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | |
| Barometric altimeter | |
| Compass | |
| Gyroscope | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Thermometer | |
| Depth sensor | |
Daily Smart Features |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | |
| Smart Notifications | |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | |
| Calendar | |
| Weather forecasts | |
| Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | |
| Controls smartphone music | |
| Find My Phone | |
| Find My Watch | |
| VIRB® Remote | |
| Smart trainer control | |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Workout and Training Plans |
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| Daily Suggested Workout - Running | |
| Daily Suggested Workout - Cycling | |
| Daily Suggested Workout - Walking | |
| Garmin Running Coach | |
| Garmin Running Coach Experts | |
| Garmin Cycling Coach | |
| Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans | |
| Cardio workouts | |
| Strength workouts | |
| HIIT workouts | |
| Yoga workouts | |
| Pilates workouts | |
Activity Profiles |
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| Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing |
| Multisport | Swimming/Running |
| Wellness | Walking, Pilates, Yoga |
| Indoor running | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
| Outdoor running | Running, Trail Running |
| Outdoor recreation | Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding |
| Cycling | Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking |
| Swim | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
| On the Water | Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating |
| Racket sports | Tennis |
| Snow & winter | Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing |
| Other activity profiles | Tactical |
Safety and Tracking Features |
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| Incident Detection during select activities | |
| Assistance | |
| LiveTrack | |
Tactical Features |
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| Dual grid coordinates | |
| XERO™ Locations | |
Diving Features |
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| Dive activity maximum operating depth | 100 meters |
| Single-gas mode | |
| Multi-gas mode | |
| Gauge mode | |
| APNEA mode | |
| APNEA hunt mode | |
| Decompression model | Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors |
| Nitrox support | |
| Trimix support | |
| Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) | |
| Gas mixes | Air, Nitrox and Trimix up to 100% O2; 1 bottom gas and up to 11 deco and/or backup gasses. |
| PO2 | Up to 2.0 with customizable deco PO2 setting |
| Auto start/end dive | |
| Custom end-dive timeout | yes (20s to 10 m) |
| Safety Stop | yes (customizable off/3min/5min) |
| Deep Stops | yes (using custom gradient factors) |
| Customizable conservatism | yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors) |
| Dive ascent/descent rate indicator | |
| Automatic altitude adjustment | |
| No fly time | |
| Dive planner | yes (basic NDL + multi-gas deco planner) |
| Tides | |
| Backlight | yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth) |
| Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations | |
| Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app | |
| Custom dive data screens | |
| Alerts & alarms | Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, gas switching. Customizable (up to 40) audible and/or vibration per dive mode, based on depth or time |
| 3-axis dive compass | yes (with adjustable heading, quick change to 90R, 90L and reciprocal). Indicates degrees and direction back to set heading |
| Missed Deco Lockout | yes (can be disabled prior to dive with user acknowledgement) |
| Residual Tissue Loading Reset | yes (on the surface with user acknowledgement) |
| Surface diver status widget | yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, CNS, OTU and tissue compartment status) |
Boating Features |
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| Available Boating Profiles | Boating |
| Built-in barometer and tide tables | |
Activity Tracking Features |
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| Step counter | |
| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) | |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | |
| Calories burned | |
| Floors climbed | |
| Distance traveled | |
| Intensity minutes | |
| TrueUp™ | |
| Move IQ™ | |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Automatic rep counting | |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features |
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| Customizable data pages | |
| Downloadable training plans | |
| Course guidance | |
| HR zones | |
| HR alerts | |
| HR calories | |
| % HR max | |
| % HRR | |
| Recovery time | |
| Auto max HR | |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | yes (using ANT+) |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | |
| GPS speed and distance | |
| Customizable activity profiles | |
| Auto Pause® automatic timer halt | |
| Interval training | |
| Advanced workouts | |
| Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | |
| Auto Lap® interval tracking feature | |
| Manual lap | |
| Configurable lap alerts | |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | |
| VO2 Max (Run) | |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | |
| Training load | |
| Training effect | |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | |
| Improved recovery time | |
| Custom alerts | |
| Voice alerts | |
| Finish time | |
| Virtual Partner | |
| Race an Activity | |
| Auto multisport activities | |
| Manual multisport activities | |
| Touch and/or button lock | |
| Shortcuts | |
| Auto scroll | |
| Activity history on watch | |
| Physio TrueUp | |
| Unified training status | |
Running Features |
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace | |
| Running dynamics | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | |
| Performance condition | |
| Lactate threshold | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Run workouts | |
| Trail run auto climb | |
| Race predictor | |
| Foot pod capable | |
Golfing Features |
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| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | manual |
| Digital scorecard | |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | |
| Auto CourseView updates | |
| Green View with manual pin position | |
| Hazards and course targets | |
| PinPointer | |
| Round timer/odometer | |
| CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | |
| Tournament legal | |
Outdoor Recreation |
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| Point-to-point navigation | |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | |
| Back to start | |
| TracBack® | |
| UltraTrac mode | |
| Elevation profile | |
| Distance to destination | |
| Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | |
| Vertical speed | |
| Total ascent/descent | |
| Future elevation plot | |
| GPS coordinates | |
| Sight 'N Go | |
| Area calculation | |
| Projected waypoint | |
| Sun and moon information | |
| Expedition GPS Activity | |
| Tides | |





