Garmin Descent™ Mk2 diving computer
Dive computer GARMIN Descent ™ Mk2
Advanced features of the Garmin Descent Mk2 watch
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Dive modes
Enjoy multiple dive modes: single gas, multi-gas (including nitrox and trimix), depth gauge, freediving, freediving hunting and closed circuit rebreather.
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Customisable Dive Modes
Add additional screens for each dive mode with the fields you need.
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Automatic GPS location of dives
Track your entry and exit points from the water 1 with advanced satellite connectivity.
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Dive Log
Store and view data from up to 200 dives, and share it via the Garmin Dive app.
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Inreach compatible
Pair your device with the inReach satellite communication system2 and take it underwater with the inReach Dive Box.
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Performance Metrics
View advanced training data including Running Dynamics, heat and altitude adjusted VO2 Max, recovery support and more3.
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Sports Applications
Use preloaded activity profiles for trail running, track running, swimming, running, cycling, hiking, rowing, skiing, golf, surfing, climbing and more.
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Special features for SURFING
Relive your surfing sessions. Descent MK2 is connected with Surfline Sessions™, which creates a video of every wave you ride in front of a Surfline camera. So you can watch and share them after your activity.
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ABC Surface Sensors
Track your next route with ABC sensors including an altimeter for elevation data, a barometer to monitor the weather and a 3-axis electronic compass to orient yourself.
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Wrist heart rate
Optical heart rate technology3 measures activity intensity and heart rate variability to calculate your stress level. It also allows you to track your heart rate underwater without a heart rate belt.
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Pulse Oximeter
For altitude acclimatisation or sleep analysis, a pulse oximeter4 uses light beams on your wrist to assess your body's oxygen uptake.
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Detailed navigation
Follow a route or path with detailed navigation that shows you the next turn in advance.
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Setting up routes to and from
Enter the distance you want to travel and get suggested routes back to your starting point. The popular Trendline™ route generator helps you find the best local routes.
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Tracking and safety features
If you feel in danger or your watch detects that an incident has occurred, the assistance and incident detection features5 send your location to the emergency services. Not available in dive mode.
Garmin Descent Mk2 watch details and specifications
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General
GLASS MATERIAL |
Sapphire crystal glass |
BEZEL MATERIAL |
Stainless steel |
HOUSING MATERIAL |
Fiber-reinforced polymer with metal case back |
COMPATIBLE WITH QUICKFIT WATCH STRAPS™ |
Yes (26 mm) |
BRACELET |
Silicone |
CASE SIZE, THE X LO X HA |
52 x 52 x 17.8 mm |
COLOR SCREEN |
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DISPLAY FORMAT (WIDTH BY HEIGHT) |
35.56 mm (1.4 in.) diameter |
SCREEN DEFINITION (WIDTH BY HEIGHT) |
280 x 280 px |
DISPLAY TYPE |
Antireflective, transflective MIP |
WEIGHT |
Silicone bracelet: 103.8 g |
Diving (designed in accordance with EN13319) |
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BATTERY LIFE |
Smartwatch: up to 16 days |
MEMORY/HISTORY |
32 GB |
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Clock functions
TIME/DATE |
✔️ |
TIME SYNCHRONIZATION WITH GPS |
✔️ |
AUTOMATIC SUMMER TIME |
✔️ |
WAKING UP |
✔️ |
TIMER |
✔️ |
STOPWATCH |
✔️ |
SUNRISE/SUNSET HOURS |
✔️ |
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Health surveillance
WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR (CONTINUOUS EVERY SECOND) |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Yes (top and bottom) |
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RESPIRATION RATE (24X7) |
✔️ |
PULSE OXIMETER |
Yes (spot check and optional all-day and sleepy acclimation) |
PHYSICAL AGE |
Yes (in the application) |
MONITEUR D'ÉNERGIE BODY BATTERY™ |
✔️ |
STRESS MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE DAY |
✔️ |
RELAXATION TIMER |
✔️ |
SLEEP |
✔️ |
SLEEP MONITORING (SLEEP SCORE + INSIGHTS) |
✔️ |
HYDRATION |
Yes (in Garmin Connect ™) |
MONITORING WOMEN’S HEALTH |
Yes (in Garmin Connect ™) |
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Sensors
GPS |
✔️ |
GLONASS |
✔️ |
GALILEO |
✔️ |
GARMIN ELEVATE D WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR™ |
✔️ |
BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER |
✔️ |
COMPASSES |
✔️ |
GYROSCOPE |
✔️ |
ACCELEROMETER |
✔️ |
THERMOMETER |
✔️ |
DEPTH SENSOR |
✔️ |
PULSE OXIMETER FOR ACCLIMATION |
✔️ |
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Daily smart features
CONNECTIVITY |
Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
CONNECT IQ™ (WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND DOWNLOADABLE APPLICATIONS) |
✔️ |
SMART NOTIFICATIONS |
✔️ |
REPLY/DECLINE TEXT MESSAGE (ANDROID™ ONLY) |
✔️ |
CALENDAR |
✔️ |
WEATHER FORECAST |
✔️ |
ENERGY SAVING: CUSTOMIZABLE LOW CONSUMPTION WATCH |
✔️ |
MUSIC FUNCTION |
✔️ |
PLAYS MUSIC |
✔️ |
MUSIC STORAGE |
Up to 2000 songs |
FIND MY PHONE |
✔️ |
FIND MY WATCH FEATURE |
✔️ |
REMOTE CONTROL VIRB® |
✔️ |
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY |
iPhone®, Android™ |
COMPATIBLE AVEC GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE |
✔️ |
GARMIN PAY™ |
✔️ |
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Monitoring ans security functions
LIVETRACK |
✔️ |
GROUP LIVETRACK |
✔️ |
REAL-TIME EVENT SHARING |
✔️ |
INCIDENT DETECTION DURING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES |
✔️ |
ASSISTANCE |
✔️ |
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Diving characteristics
MAXIMUM OPERATING DEPTH OF DIVING ACTIVITY |
100 meters |
MONOGAS MODE |
✔️ |
MULTIGAS MODE |
✔️ |
DEPTH GAUGE MODE |
✔️ |
APNEA MODE |
✔️ |
APNEA HUNTING MODE |
✔️ |
DECOMPRESSION MODEL |
Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors |
NITROX SUPPORT |
✔️ |
HANDLING THE TRIMIX |
✔️ |
CLOSED-CIRCUIT RECYCLER |
✔️ |
GAS MIXTURES |
Air, nitrox and trimix, up to 100% O2; 1 background gas and up to 11 decompression and/or emergency gases. |
PO2 |
Up to 2.0 with customizable decompression PPO2 setting |
AUTOMATIC DIVE START/STOP |
✔️ |
CUSTOMIZED DIVE COMPLETION TIME |
Yes (20 seconds to 30 minutes) |
SAFETY STOP |
Yes (customizable deactivation / 3 minutes / 5 minutes) |
DEEP LANDINGS |
Yes (with custom gradient factors) |
CUSTOMIZABLE CONSERVATISM |
Yes (low/medium/high or customized with gradient factors) |
CLIMB/DESCENT SPEED INDICATOR |
✔️ |
AUTOMATIC ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT |
✔️ |
TIME TO RESUME FLIGHT |
Yes (up to 24 hours) |
DIVE PLANNER |
Yes (Basic Non Printout Limit + Multi Gas Decompression Planner) |
TIDES |
✔️ |
BACKLIGHTING |
Yes (configurable duration and intensity; Automatic deep activation) |
AUTOMATICALLY RECORDS DIVES AND RESURFACING POSITIONS |
✔️ |
CUSTOM DIVE DATA SCREENS |
✔️ |
SYNCHRONIZE DIVE LOG WITH GARMIN DIVE APPLICATION™ |
✔️ |
ALERTS AND ALARMS |
Audible and vibrating alarms for: climb speed, PPO2, central nervous system/oxygen tolerance, non-decompression limit, decompression, gas change. Customizable audible and/or vibrating alarms (up to 40) for each dive mode, based on depth or duration |
3AXIS DIVE COMPASS |
Yes (with adjustable tracked heading, fast 90° right, 90° left and reverse). Indicates degrees and reverse direction to set the heading followed |
DECOMPRESSION LOCK MISSED |
Yes (can be turned off before diving with user permission) |
TISSUE RESIDUAL GAS CHARGE RESET |
Yes (surface with user permission) |
DIVER TO SURFACE STATUS WIDGET |
Yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, central nervous system, oxygen tolerance and tissue compartment status) |
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Marine functions
PRELOADED NAVIGATION PROFILES |
Boat |
BAROMETER AND INTEGRATED TIDE SCHEDULE |
✔️ |
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Training, planning and analysis functions
FC ZONES |
✔️ |
HEART RATE ALARMS |
✔️ |
CALORIES BASED ON HEART RATE |
✔️ |
PERCENT MAXIMUM HEART RATE |
✔️ |
PERCENTAGE OF RESERVE HEART RATE |
✔️ |
RECOVERY TIME |
✔️ |
AUTOMATIC MAXIMUM HEART RATE |
✔️ |
HEART RATE VARIABILITY STRESS TEST (MEASURES YOUR HEART RATE VARIABILITY FOR 3 MINUTES TO GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF YOUR LEVEL OF EFFORT; THE SCALE RANGES FROM 1 TO 100, WHERE THE LOWEST SCORES INDICATE A LOW LEVEL OF EFFORT) |
Yes (with compatible accessory) |
HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HEART RATE DATA VIA THE ANT+™ NETWORK TO COUPLED DEVICES) |
✔️ |
BREATHING FREQUENCY (DURING EXERCISE) |
Yes (with compatible accessory) |
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE |
✔️ |
CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES |
✔️ |
CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES |
✔️ |
AUTO PAUSE® |
✔️ |
SPLIT DRIVES |
✔️ |
ADVANCED TRAINING |
✔️ |
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PROGRAMS |
✔️ |
POWER MODES: CUSTOMIZABLE BATTERY SETTINGS DURING AN ACTIVITY |
✔️ |
AUTO LAP® |
✔️ |
MANUAL CIRCUIT |
✔️ |
CONFIGURABLE CIRCUIT ALERTS |
✔️ |
ACCLIMATIZATION TO HEAT AND ALTITUDE |
✔️ |
VO2 MAX (STROKE) |
✔️ |
TRAINING STATUS |
✔️ |
DRIVING LOAD |
✔️ |
PURPOSE OF TRAINING LOAD |
✔️ |
TRAINING EFFECT (AÉROBIE) |
✔️ |
TRAINING EFFECT (ANAÉROBIE) |
✔️ |
MAIN BENEFIT (TRAINING EFFECT LABELS) |
✔️ |
IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME |
✔️ |
DAILY TRAINING SUGGESTIONS |
✔️ |
CUSTOMIZABLE ALERTS |
✔️ |
AUDIO INSTRUCTIONS |
✔️ |
END TIME |
✔️ |
VIRTUAL PARTNER |
✔️ |
VIRTUAL RACER™ |
✔️ |
AUTOMATIC MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES |
✔️ |
MANUAL MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES |
✔️ |
ROUTE GUIDANCE |
✔️ |
SEGMENTS (LIVE, GARMIN) |
✔️ |
STRAVA FUNCTIONS (TAG, DYNAMIC SEGMENTS) |
✔️ |
ROUND TRIP ROUTE GENERATOR (RACE/CYCLING) |
✔️ |
TRENDLINE POPULAR ROUTE GENERATOR™ |
Yes (available as a portable card theme) |
TOUCH SCREEN LOCK AND/OR BUTTONS |
✔️ |
SHORTCUT BUTTONS |
✔️ |
AUTOMATIC SCROLLING |
✔️ |
HISTORY OF WATCH ACTIVITIES |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Functions for swimming
SWIMMING PROFILES AVAILABLE |
Swimming pool, open water, swimming/running |
OPEN WATER SWIMMING METRICS (DISTANCE, PACE, NUMBER/FREQUENCY OF MOVEMENT, CALORIES) |
✔️ |
SWIMMING METRICS (LENGTH, DISTANCE, PACE, NUMBER/FREQUENCY OF MOTION, CALORIES) |
✔️ |
DETECTION OF STROKE TYPE (FREE, BACK, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) |
✔️ |
RECORDING OF EXERCISES |
✔️ |
BASIC REST TIMER (FROM 0) |
✔️ |
REST TIMER WITH “REPEAT ON” |
✔️ |
AUTOMATIC REST |
✔️ |
DISTANCE AND DURATION ALARMS |
✔️ |
SPEED ALERT (POOL ONLY) |
✔️ |
COUNTDOWN START |
✔️ |
SWIMMING TRAINING |
✔️ |
CRITICAL STROKE SPEED |
✔️ |
UNDERWATER WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR |
✔️ |
HEART RATE (REAL-TIME MONITORING DURING BREAKS, INTERVAL AND SESSION STATISTICS DURING BREAKS, AUTOMATIC HEART RATE DOWNLOAD AFTER SWIMMING TRAINING) |
Yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |