Dive planner
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Hi, I have just bought a Suunto Ocean as a long time Garmin user. Overall I think the watch is really cool and I like the fact that it combines outdoor and diving. That’s a big Plus.
However I was also irritated to find out that there is absolutely no planning feature in the Suunto Ocean, which is hard to accept for the flagship product. Especially since all the information is included on the watch anyway. This should not be too difficult to add. I really hope the software will be updated accordingly because with this defect it’s a big no go for my fellow diving colleagues, despite all the other nice features. At the end of the day a dive computer has to be functional and not just beautiful. Please do this upgrade !
And as a long time Garmin user, one small remark, I really miss the option to view my app data on a normal website on a normal computer…
Otherwise it’s a cool product and it performers well for the standard Diving features!
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@MF_Diver as far as I know, the (on watch) dive planner should come to the watch with Q4 2024 update
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Thx @isazi, I am glad to hear! That’s really the main feature this Dive computer needs. Can’t wait to see it!
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@isazi when is the Q4 update likely to land?
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Dive planner arrived with Q4 release https://forum.suunto.com/topic/12184/suunto-ocean-sw-update-2-38-42-2024-q4/2
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@pavel-samokha Yes, it’s nice. On the other hand, how do you plan your dive when using several gases? I have the impression that you can only plan with the use of a single active gas
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@Redhat6 I think you input the gases you have and the dive planner tells you the depth to change from one to the other. At least thats what my Mares does, if I’m not mistaken (never used it so far)
Race S
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The current NDL planner is very limited, with Suunto opting for the easy way out. It should allow users to plan consecutive dives using the watch or the app, and then transfer the data to the watch.
Considering that the Suunto Ocean is a recreational dive computer, having a good dive planner is essential.
Until we receive a better dive planner, I am using the free app “Diveplanner Tec & Rec” from the Play Store. Suunto could take inspiration from it.
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@VoiGAS said in Dive planner:
@Redhat6 I think you input the gases you have and the dive planner tells you the depth to change from one to the other. At least thats what my Mares does, if I’m not mistaken (never used it so far)
This is unfortunately not the case: I tried to prepare a dive with 3 gases, it only offers me to plan with the active gas, it does not give me the depths and gas change times
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@Redhat6 That doesn’t sound good and Unfortunatly the user manual of the Ocean is not updated to clarify it. Especially with multiple gases the planner would be useful… 🫤
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@VoiGAS Yes the product is still young. And I think that it is mainly intended for an audience who does recreational single-gas diving. Personally I use it as a backup to my dive computer
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I need to use it more, but I suspect that the Suunto D5 dive planner is better than the Ocean dive planner, Suunto’s brand new dive computer.
