Garmin Descent G2 Black

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

BUILT FOR DIVING

• The 1.2″ 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 surface 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.

DIVE

• Dive Log: Store dive logs on device, and review in the Garmin Dive app.
• Customisable Dive Modes: Add additional screens for each dive mode that features the fields you want to see.
• Two-Way Messaging and SOS: Pair with the inReach® Mini 2 satellite communicator and the inReach dive case (each sold separately) to communicate above the water.
• Dive Compass: Easily navigate below the waterline with the built-in 3-axis compass.
• Tide Data: Stay up to date on ocean conditions so you can catch the perfect wave. Just pair the watch with your compatible smartphone.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

• Daily Movements: Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist3.
• HRV Status: Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
• Wrist-Based Heart Rate: Descent G2 dive computer constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night.
• Stress Tracking: Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
• Health Snapshot: Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
• Pulse OX Sensor: Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep1.
• Mindful Breathing: Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
• Hydration: Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
• Respiration: See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
• Women’s Health Tracking: Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.

ACTIVITY TRACKING

• Built-In Sports Apps: Track activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
• Surfline® Camera: See conditions — such as tide, wave height, wind and surf rating — for each of the 5 nearest surf spots, when paired with the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone.
• Garmin Coach: Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt training plans.
• Workout Creation: Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
• Intensity Minutes: Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
• VO2 Max: See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
• Altitude And Heat Acclimation: See how you’re holding up to the current elevation or heat based on your health metrics.
• HIIT Workouts: Track your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata or custom workouts.
• Daily Suggested Workouts: View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride.
• Recovery Time: Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.

CONNECTIVITY

• Garmin Connect:See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more — in this free, zero-subscription app.
• Smart Notifications: Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your Apple® or Android™ smartphone.
• Garmin Pay™ Contactless Payments: Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
• Safety and Tracking: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location.
• Connect IQ™ Store: Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

Specifications

General

• Strap material: Silicone
• Lens material: Sapphire crystal
• Bezel material: Fibre-reinforced ocean-bound plastic
• Case material: Fibre-reinforced ocean-bound plastic
• QuickFit™ watch band compatible: Yes (22 m)
• Physical size: 5 x 45.5 x 15.2 mm
• Silicone band: 135-230 mm
• Extra Long Silicone Band: 128-373 mm
• Weight: 61 g
• Leakproof inductive buttons: Yes
• Display Size: 4 mm (1.2″) diameter
• Display Resolution: 390 x 390 pixels
• Colour display: Yes
• Large font option: Yes
• Battery life: Dive Mode: Up to 27 hours
• Smartwatch: Up to 10 days
• Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 12 days
• GPS: Up to 20 hours
• Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 44 hours
• Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 10 days
• Charging method: Garmin proprietary clip charger
• Memory/history: 4 GB

Daily smart features

• Connectivity BLUETOOTH® Smart, ANT+®
• Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps): Yes
• On-device Connect IQ™ Store: Yes
• Smart Notifications: Yes
• Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only): Yes
• View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only): Yes
• Morning report: Yes
• Calendar: Yes
• Weather forecasts: Yes
• Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile: Yes
• Battery Saver - customisable low power watch: Yes
• Controls smartphone music: Yes
• Plays and controls watch music: Yes
• Find my phone: Yes
• Find my watch: Yes
• Find My Phone during GPS activity: Yes
• Compatible with Garmin Messenger app: Yes
• VIRB® camera remote: Yes
• Smart trainer control: Yes
• Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile: Yes
• Smartphone compatibility: iPhone®, Android™
• Stocks: Yes

Diving features

• Dive activity maximum operating depth: 100 metres
• Single-gas mode: Yes
• Multi-gas mode: Yes
• Gauge mode: Yes
• APNOEA mode: Yes
• APNOEA hunt mode: Yes
• Pool APNEA: Yes
• Decompression model: Bühlmann ZHL-16c with gradient factors
• Nitrox support: Yes
• Trimix support: Yes
• Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR): Yes
• 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 customisable deco PO2 setting
• Auto start/end dive: Yes
• Custom end-dive timeout: Yes (20s to 10 m)
• Safety Stop: Yes (customisable off/3min/5min)
• Deep Stops: Yes (using custom gradient factors)
• Customisable conservatism: Yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors)
• Dive ascent/descent rate indicator: Yes
• Automatic altitude adjustment: Yes
• No fly time: Yes
• Dive planner: Yes (basic NDL + multi-gas deco planner)
• Tides: Yes
• Backlight: Yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth)
• Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations: Yes
• Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app: Yes
• Custom dive data screens: Yes
• Alerts & alarms: Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, gas switching. Customisable (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: Yes