Garmin Descent Mk3 43mm Dive Computer Smartwatch
(Stainless Steel with Fog Gray Silicone Band)
The Garmin Descent Mk3 43mm Dive Computer Smartwatch is a state-of-the-art dive computer that is not only a reliable tool for tracking important dive metrics, but it also doubles as a sophisticated smartwatch, keeping you connected even when you're exploring the depths.
The Garmin Descent Mk3 is packed with advanced features that cater to the needs of both recreational and professional divers. With a 200-meter dive rating, this dive computer is built to withstand the pressures of deep dives, providing you with confidence and peace of mind during your underwater excursions.
Key Features & Technology:
Dive Features
- Long Battery Life: Stay in the water longer with up to 30 hours in dive mode plus up to 10 days in smartwatch mode.
- Garmin Dive App: Pair the app with your Descent dive computer to automatically sync and upload your dive logs.
- Lume Mode: To aid readability and help maintain night vision, an ambient light sensor gives a green luminescence to your watch face in low-light conditions
- Dive Compass: Built-in ABC sensors, including an underwater compass, help navigate every part of your dive.
- Surface GPS: Track your entry and exit points on the surface with advanced satellite connectivity.
- Reference Point: Use this GPS tool for surface navigation to a dive site, so you can drop right onto your target every time.
- Variometer: This tool helps you monitor your freedive descent and ascent rates through tone and vibration feedback.
- Big Numbers Mode: Get a simplified dive screen on your wrist, with larger text to see critical diving data.
- Tide Data: Stay up to date on ocean conditions by pairing your Descent device with your compatible smartphone.
- Inreach® Device Compatible: Pair with inReach devices1 and the inReach dive case for satellite messaging off-grid
Health & Fitness Features
- Sports Apps: Use preloaded activity profiles for trail running, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, skiing, golfing and more.
- Surf Activity: Record the number of waves surfed, maximum speed reached, distance traveled, and more.
- Surfline® Camera: Create a video of every wave you ride in front of a Surfline camera with Surfline Sessions™ technology. Use the Surfline widget to see tide, wave height, wind and surf rating for each of the five nearest surf spots2.
- VO2 Max: See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
- Recovery Time: Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
- Daily Suggested Workouts: View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride.
- Wrist-based Heart Rate: The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities.
- Pulse OX Sensor: Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep, and gain awareness of how you’re adapting to altitude.
- Jet Lag Advisor: Help to minimize the effects of jet lag with guidance on light exposure, sleep schedule and exercise.
- Sleep Monitoring & Sleep Score: Understand your body’s recovery with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights for improved sleep quality.
- Women's Health Tracking: Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
Navigation & Orientation Features
- SATIQ™ Technology: Get superior positioning accuracy with multi-band GPS while optimizing battery life
- Multicontinent Topo Maps: Preloaded TopoActive maps from around the world keep your explorations on track.
- ABC Sensors: Navigate your next trail with an altimeter, barometer and 3-axis electronic compass.
- Courses with Turn-by-Turn Technology: Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect™ app, or sync from your favorite third-party platforms, and get turn-by-turn directions.
Connected Lifestyle Features
- Safety & Tracking Features: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location.
- Music: Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
- GARMIN PAY™ Contactless Payments: Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
- Smart Notifications: Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
- CONNECT IQ™ Store: Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired smartwatch.
Features & Technology
1. Dive modes: Whether you're a recreational diver exploring coral reefs or a technical diver exploring deep wrecks, the Descent Mk3 has you covered with its wide range of dive modes. From single gas dives to nitrox and trimix dives, this dive computer can handle it all. It even supports closed-circuit rebreather diving, ensuring that you have the flexibility to explore different diving disciplines.Related Underwater Gear Categories:
- Smaller (43mm) sized dive computer for those who prefer a more delicate style watch or have smaller features.
- Multiple dive modes for single and multiple gas dives (including nitrox and trimix), gauge, apnea, apnea hunt and closed-circuit rebreather.
- The Garmin Dive Readiness tool improves your dive safety and confidence, showing how lifestyle factors such as sleep, exercise, stress and even jet lag can affect your body.
- Colour diveview maps of over 4000 dive sites help you navigate and find new sites to dive, offering bathymetric depth contours.
- Customise your dive by adding additional screens for the dive mode desired
- Share and review data, track gear, post photos, take notes and more with the Garmin Dive Log app.
- 200m dive-rated case, bright colour display, sapphire lens, and leakproof metal inductive buttons allow you to go deep with confidence
- Descent Mk3 – 43 mm, stainless steel with fog gray silicone band
- Fog gray extra-long adjustment strap
- USB-C clip charging/data cable
- Documentation