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WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

BUILT FOR DIVING
The 1.2-inch AMOLED display provides easy reading at any depth, with a sapphire lens and leakproof buttons — plus a 10 ATM dive rating.

DIVE MODES
Track all types of diving, including recreational, advanced, technical, freediving and pool apnea.

ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGN
100% of the plastic used in the watch’s housing, bezel and buttons is made with recycled ocean-bound plastics.

SURFACE MULTI-GNSS SUPPORT
Mark entry and exit points so you can see exactly where you started and ended your dive.

DIVE READINESS
Get insights into how physically prepared you are for your next dive based on your sleep, stress, recent exercise and dives.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEATURES
Know yourself with 24/7 health monitoring features, including heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, Pulse Ox1 and more.
GO DEEP ON FEATURES
DIVE
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
ACTIVITY TRACKING
CONNECTIVITY
What You'll Love |
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Sleep Score and Insights | |
Battery life (smartwatch mode) | up to 10 days (4 days always-on) |
Daily Suggested Workouts | |
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen | yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day) |
Garmin Pay™ | |
Training readiness | |
Training status | |
Display type | AMOLED |
Touchscreen | |
Water Rating | Dive (100 meters) |
General |
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Strap material | silicone |
Lens Material | sapphire crystal |
Bezel Material | fiber-reinforced ocean-bound plastic |
Case Material | fiber-reinforced ocean-bound plastic |
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 | 65 g (case only: 41 g) |
Leakproof inductive buttons | |
Display Size | "1.2"(30.4mm)diameter |
Display resolution | 390 x 390 pixels |
Color display | |
Large font option | |
Battery life | Dive Mode: Up to 27 hours Smartwatch: Up to 10 days (4 days always-on) Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 12 days GPS Only: Up to 20 hours All Satellite Systems: Up to 15 hours Max Battery GPS: Up to 44 hours Expedition GPS: Up to 10 days |
Charging method | Garmin proprietary clip charger |
Memory/History | 4 GB |
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) | |
Daily resting heart rate | |
Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
Respiration Rate(24x7) | |
Fitness Age | |
Body Battery™ energy monitor | |
All-day stress | |
Relaxation reminders | |
Relaxation breathing timer | |
Breathwork | |
Sleep | |
Sleep coach | |
Nap detection | |
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® Smart, ANT+® |
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | |
On-device Connect IQ™ Store | |
Smart Notifications | |
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | |
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) | |
Morning report | |
Calendar | |
Weather forecasts | |
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | |
Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | |
Controls smartphone music | |
Find My Phone | |
Find My Watch | |
Find My Phone during GPS activity | |
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app | |
VIRB® Remote | |
Smart trainer control | |
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | |
Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Red shift mode | |
Garmin Share |
Workout & Training Plans |
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Cardio workouts | |
Strength workouts | |
HIIT workouts | |
Yoga workouts | |
Pilates workouts | |
On-screen workout animations | |
On-screen workout muscle maps |
Activity Profiles |
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Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing |
Multisport | Swimming/Running, Triathlon |
Wellness | Walking, Pilates, Yoga , Indoor Walking |
Indoor running | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running |
Outdoor running | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Obstacle Racing |
Outdoor recreation | Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Disc Golf, Archery |
Cycling | Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross, BMX |
Swim | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
On the Water | Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating, Water Skiing, Wakeboarding, Wakesurfing, Tubing, Snorkeling, Whitewater |
Motor sports | Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling |
Racket sports | Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
Snow & winter | Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing |
Team sports | Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
In the ring | Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts |
Dive | Diving |
Other activity profiles | Tactical, Inline Skating |
Safety & Tracking Features |
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Incident Detection during select activities | |
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | |
Assistance | |
LiveTrack | |
Live Event Sharing |
Tactical Features |
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Dual grid coordinates | |
XERO™ Locations |
Gaming Features |
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Gaming Activity | |
GameOn™ app compatible |
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 | |
Pool APNEA | |
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 | yes |
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) |
Dive readiness |
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 | |
Calories burned | |
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 | |
Race glance/widget | |
HRV Status | |
HR Broadcast(broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | |
Respiration Rate(During Exercise) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
GPS speed and distance | |
Customizable activity profiles | |
Auto Pause® | |
Interval training | |
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | |
Advanced workouts | |
Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | |
HRM running pace and distance | |
Auto Lap® | |
Manual Lap | |
Configurable lap alerts | |
Heat and Altitude Acclimation | |
VO2 Max(Run) | |
VO2 Max(Trail Run) | |
Training Load | |
Trainng Effect | |
Training Effect(Anaerobic) | |
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | |
Custom alerts | |
Audio prompts | |
Finish time | |
Virtual Partner | |
Race an Activity | |
Auto multisport activities | |
Manual multisport activities | |
Touch and/or button lock | |
Hot keys | |
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 | |
Vertical Oscillation and Ratio | |
Ground contact time and balance | |
Stride Length(Real Time) | |
Cadence(provides real-time number of steps per minute) | |
Running Power | |
Grade-adjusted pace | |
Performance Condition | |
Lactate Thresholds | yes (with compatible accessory) |
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | |
Run workouts | |
Trail run auto climb | |
Race Predictor | |
Foot pod capable | |
Run/Walk/Stand detection |
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 | |
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 | |
Reference point | |
Elevation profile | |
Distance to destination | |
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | |
Vertical speed | |
Total ascent/descent | |
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only) | |
Future elevation plot | |
GPS coordinates | |
Sight 'N Go | |
Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Fish forecast | |
Projected waypoint | |
Sun and moon information | |
Expedition GPS Activity | |
Tides | |
Tide glance |