fēnix 8 Series Owner's Manual

From the watch face, press

.

Select Activities.

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 (Customizing Your Favorite Activities List).

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.

Review the settings on the dive pre-check screen, and press

until the primary dive data screen appears.

NOTE: If necessary, you can press

to edit the dive activity options, such as the gas, water type, and alerts.

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:

Press to scroll through the data screens and dive compass.
Press to view the in-dive menu.

When you are ready to end the dive, ascend to the surface.

Your rate of ascent appears on the gauge.


Green	Good. Ascent is less than 7.9 m (26 ft.) per minute.
Yellow	Moderately high. Ascent is between 7.9 and 10.1 m (26 and 33 ft.) per minute.
Red	Too high. Ascent is greater than 10.1 m (33 ft.) per minute.

Keep your wrist out of the water until the watch acquires GPS signals and saves your dive exit location (optional).

Select an option:

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 , and select Stop Dive.

The watch saves the dive activity.

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