About Garmin Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch
Garmin Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch
This is the smaller, watch-style dive computer that features multiple modes as well as multisport training and smart features.
THE DIVE COMPUTER FOR BOTH YOUR WORLDS
QUALITY BY DESIGN
The advanced, watch-style dive computer with a rugged yet sophisticated design that features a sunlight readable 1.2” color display.
PREMIUM MATERIALS
Fit the look to your lifestyle with a stylish stainless steel bezel and sapphire crystal lens.
SURFACE MULTI-GNSS
Track your entry and exit points with advanced satellite connectivity.
DIVE MODES
Get multiple dive modes for single and multiple gas dives (including nitrox and trimix), gauge, apnea, apnea hunt and closed-circuit rebreather.
INREACH® COMPATIBLE
Pair with inReach satellite communicators and the inReach dive case.
DIVE LOG
Store and review data for up to 200 dives — and share via the Garmin Dive app.
PERFORMANCE METRICS
View advanced training metrics that include running dynamics, heat- and altitude-adjusted VO2 max, recovery advisor and more.
SPORTS APPS
Use preloaded activity profiles for trail running, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, skiing, golfing and more.
ANIMATED WORKOUTS
Easily follow animated workouts for cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates. View workouts right on your watch screen.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily run and ride suggestions based on your current training load and status.
ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING
Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages as well as Pulse Ox and respiration data. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your stress score and other insights.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
Optical heart rate technology gauges activity intensity as well as heart rate variability to calculate your stress level. It also tracks underwater without a heart rate strap.
ABC SURFACE SENSORS
Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis compass.
MULTI-GNSS SUPPORT
Access multiple global navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.
TOPO AND SKI MAPS
Use topographical maps to navigate your adventures and view run names and difficulty ratings for 2,000 worldwide ski resorts.
TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION
Follow a route or course with help from turn-by-turn directions, which let you know ahead of time when the next turn is coming.
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features9 send your location to emergency contacts.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your wrist when paired with a compatible device.
CONNECT IQ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.
GARMIN PAY
Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payments1 through participating providers.
The Dive Computer for Both Your Worlds
The Garmin Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch is the smaller, watch-style dive computer that features multiple modes as well as multisport training and smart features. Choose from multiple dive modes for your underwater adventure. Measure your performance, and track your stats above water. More sports apps, such as golfing and skiing, mean more ways to play. This smart dive computer features Garmin Pay contactless payments (1), music storage and notifications (2). Review dives in the Garmin Dive app (3). Battery life doesn't limit you. Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode.
Plunge-To-A-Whole New Depth of Capability
Dive Modes:
Get multiple dive modes for single and multiple gas dives (including nitrox and trimix), gauge, apnea, apnea hunt and closed-circuit rebreather. Customizable Dive Modes: Add additional screens for each dive mode that features the fields you want to see. Surface Multi-GNSS: Track your entry and exit points (4) with advanced satellite connectivity. Dive Log: Store and review data for up to 200 dives - and share via the Garmin Dive app. Compatible with inReach: Pair with inReach satellite communicators (4) and the inReach dive case (each sold separately).
Push Performance-To-A-Whole-New-Level
Sports Apps: Use preloaded activity profiles for trail running, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, skiing, golfing and more. Surf-Ready Features: Get ready to catch some waves. Use the Surfline Sessions app on your compatible smartphone with your paired Descent Mk2S dive computer to create a video of every wave you ride in front of your Surfline camera. Watch the videos later to see how you did. Backcountry Ski: Stay informed when you're in the snow. This preloaded profile can distinguish between skiing and climbing. It automatically shows metrics specific to either ascent or descent. XC Ski Dynamics: When paired with the HRM-Pro chest strap (sold separately), the ski power metric helps measure the actual exercise load of cross-country workouts. MTB Dynamics: Track the details of every ride with mountain biking metrics plus specialized grit and flow measurements that rate trail difficulty and how smoothly you descend, giving you a score to beat next time. Performance Metrics: View advanced training metrics that include running dynamics, heat- and altitude-adjusted VO2 max, recovery advisor and more (5).
Trail Run VO2 Max: Trail run VO2 max tracks your cardiovascular fitness level and adjusts based on the trail conditions. Recovery Advisor: Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery advisor will let you know how long to rest before another big effort. Daily Suggested Workouts: For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily run and ride suggestions based on your current training load and status. Animated Workouts: Easily follow animated workouts for cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates. View workouts right on your watch screen. Wrist-Based Heart Rate: Optical heart rate (6) technology gauges activity intensity as well as heart rate variability to calculate your stress level. It also tracks underwater without a heart rate strap. Pulse Ox Sensor: For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox (6) sensor uses light beams at your wrist to gauge how well your body is absorbing oxygen. All Day Respiration: Track how you're breathing throughout the day, during sleep, and during breathwork and activities such as yoga. Advanced Sleep Monitoring: Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages (5) as well as Pulse Ox (6) and respiration data. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your stress score and other insights. Women's Health Tracking: Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. See details on your wrist by downloading the Menstrual Cycle Tracking widget and Pregnancy Tracking app from the Connect IQ Store (7).
You Reach New Heights. Your Watch Goes with You
Multi-GNSS Support:Access multiple global navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone. Topo and Ski Maps: Use topographical maps to navigate your adventures and view run names and difficulty ratings for 2,000 worldwide ski resorts. ABC Surface Sensors: Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis compass. PacePro Technology: A first-of-its-kind PacePro feature helps keep you on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course. Turn-By-Turn Navigation: Follow a route or course with help from turn-by-turn directions, which let you know ahead of time when the next turn is coming. Round-Trip Routing: Enter a distance you want to travel, and get suggested routes that will bring you back to your starting point. Trendline popularity routing helps you find the best local paths.
Enhance Your Everyday
Music: Store up to 2,000 songs, or access music apps from your compatible services, including Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music. Garmin Pay: Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payments (1) through participating providers. Smart Notifications: Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your wrist when paired with a compatible device. Safety and Tracking Features: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features (8) send your location to emergency contacts. Connect IQ Store: Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.
The Garmin Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch lens is a sapphire crystal, has a stainless-steel bezel, the case is a fiber-reinforced polymer, and the wrist band is made from silicone rubber, all for strength, durability, and for a great look. The computer/watch measures (L x W x H) 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.56" (43 x 43 x 14.15mm), fits wrist a circumference of 5" to 8.8" (128mm to 224mm) with the standard wrist band and wrists measuring 4.96" to 14.2" (126mm to 360mm) with the included extra-long wrist band. The computer/watch color display is a sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) type with a 1.2" (30.4mm) diameter, and a resolution of 240 x 240 pixels. The computer/watch and band weigh 2.12 oz (60g).
The rechargeable, built-in lithium-ion battery has a battery life as follows: Smartwatch: Up to 7days. Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 21 days. GPS: Up to 18 hours. GPS + Music: Up to 6 hours. GPS + Music: Up to 6 hours. Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 32 hours. Dive Mode: Up to 30 hours. The Garmin Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch has a water rating to 330' (100m) and has a memory/history of 32 GB. Included with the computer/watch are an extra-long adjustment strap, charging/data cable, documentation and owner's manual.
(1) View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information
(2) When paired with your compatible smartphone
(3) Requires app loaded on your compatible smartphone paired to Descent Mk2S
(4) Active satellite subscription required. Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit the use of satellite communication devices. It is your responsibility to know and follow all applicable laws in the jurisdictions where the satellite communication device is intended to be used. Satellite communication does not work underwater.
(5) Activity tracking and fitness metric accuracy
(6) This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries
(7) When paired with your computer or compatible smartphone downloaded with the Connect IQ Store app
(8) When paired with a compatible smartphone. See safety and tracking features requirements and limitations
Warranty Information
This product has a limited warranty of 24 months.
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Garmin Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch Features
- Descent MK2S Dive Smart Watch:
- Dive Computer for Both Your Worlds
- Smaller, Watch-Style Dive Computer
- Multiple Modes As-Well-As Multisport Training & Smart Features:
Multiple Dive Modes for Underwater Adventure
Measure Your Performance, & Track Your Stats Above Water
More Sports Apps, Such-As Golfing & Skiing
More Ways to Play - Garmin Pay Contactless Payments (1)
- Music Storage & Notifications (2)
- Review Dives-In Garmin Dive app (3)
- Battery Life Doesn't Limit You: Up to 7 Days In-Smartwatch-Mode
- Plunge-To-A-Whole New Depth of Capability
- Dive Modes:
Single & Multiple Gas Dives:
Nitrox & Trimix, Gauge, Apnea, Apnea Hunt & Closed-Circuit Rebreather
Customizable Dive Modes: Add Additional Screens for Each Dive Mode
Surface Multi-GNSS: Track Entry & Exit Points (4) w/Advanced Satellite Connectivity - Dive Log:
Store & Review Data for Up to 200 Dives
Share via Garmin Dive app - Compatible w/inReach: Pair w/inReach Satellite Communicators (4)
inReach Dive Case (each sold separately) - Push Performance-To-A-Whole-New-Level
- Sports Apps:
Use Preloaded Activity Profiles for
Trail Running & Swimming br>Running & Biking
Hiking & Rowing
skiing, Golfing & More - Surf-Ready Features:
Get Ready to Catch Some Waves
Use Surfline Sessions app On Compatible Smartphone w/Paired Descent Mk2S
Create Video of Every Wave You Ride In Front of Your Surfline Camera
Watch Videos Later to See-How-You-Did - Backcountry Ski:
Stay Informed In-the-Snow
Preloaded Profile Distinguish Between Skiing & Climbing
Automatically Shows Metrics Specific to Either Ascent or Descent - XC Ski Dynamics:
Paired w/HRM-Pro Chest Strap (sold separately)
Ski Power Metric Helps Measure Actual Exercise Load of Cross-Country Workouts - MTB Dynamics:
Track Details of Every Ride w/Mountain Biking Metrics
Plus Specialized Grit & Flow Measurements
Rates Trail Difficulty & How Smoothly You Descend
Gives You Score to Beat Next Time - Performance Metrics:
View Advanced Training Metrics
Include Running Dynamics
Heat & Altitude Adjusted VO2 Max
Recovery Advisor & More (5) - Trail Run VO2 Max:
Tracks Your Cardiovascular Fitness Level
Adjusts Based-On Trail Conditions - Recovery Advisor:
Body Recover Time Between Training Sessions Is-Crucial
After Workout, Built-In Recovery Advisor
Let You Know How-Long-to-Rest Before Another Big Effort - Daily Suggested Workouts:
Training Guidance Takes You & Your Fitness Level into Account
Get Daily Run & Ride Suggestions
Based On-Current Training Load & Status - Animated Workouts:
Easily Follow Animated Workouts
Cardio, Strength, Yoga & Pilates
View Workouts Right On Watch Screen - Wrist-Based Heart Rate:
Optical Heart Rate (6) Technology
Gauges Activity Intensity
Heart Rate Variability
Calculate Stress Level
Tracks Underwater w/o Heart Rate Strap - Pulse OX Sensor:
For Altitude Acclimation or Sleep Monitoring
(6) Sensor Uses Light Beams at Your Wrist to Gauge How Well Body Absorbs Oxygen - All Day Respiration Tracking:
See Breathing Thru-Out Day
During Sleep, Breathwork & Yoga Activities
How Effected - Advanced Sleep Monitoring:
Full Breakdown of Your Light, Deep & REM Sleep Stages (5)
Pulse Ox (6) & Respiration Data
View-It-All-On Dedicated Widget
Includes Stress Score & Other Insights - Women's Health Tracking: Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. See details on your wrist by downloading the Menstrual Cycle Tracking widget and Pregnancy Tracking app from the Connect IQ Store
- Women's Health Tracking:
Use Garmin Connect app
Track Menstrual Cycle or Pregnancy
Log Symptoms
Get Exercise & Nutrition Education & More
See Details On-Your Wrist by Downloading Menstrual Cycle Tracking Widget & Pregnancy Tracking app
See Connect IQ Store - You Reach New Heights, Your Watch Goes w/You
- Multi-GNSS Support:
Access Multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS & Galileo)
Track In-More Challenging Environments than GPS Alone - TOPO & Ski Maps:
Use Topographical Maps to Navigate Adventures
View Run Names & Difficulty Ratings for 2,000 Worldwide Ski Resorts - ABC Sensors:
Navigate Next Trail w/ABC Sensors
Including Altimeter for Elevation Data
Barometer to Monitor Weather
Three-Axis Electronic Compass - PacePro:
First-of-Its-Kind
Helps Keep You On-Pace
Grade-Adjusted Guidance
As You Run-Course - Turn-by-Turn Navigation:
Follow Route or Course w/Help from Turn-by-Turn Directions
Lets-You-Know Ahead-of-Time when Next Turn Is-Coming - Round Trip Routing:
Enter Distance You Want to Travel
Get Suggested Routes-That-Will-Bring-You-Back to Starting Point
Trendline Popularity Routing Helps You Find Best Local Paths - Enhance Your Everyday
- Music:
Store Up to 2,000 Songs
Access Music Apps from Compatible Services
Including Spotify, Deezer & Amazon Music - Garmin Pay:
Breeze-Thru Checkout Lines:
Select Transit Systems w/Garmin Pay
Contactless Payment Solution (1) - Smart Notifications:
Receive Emails, Texts & Alerts
Right-On-Your-Wrist
When Paired w/Compatible Device - Safety & Tracking Features:
If Feeling Unsafe or Watch Senses Incident Occurred
Assistance & Incident Detection Features (8)
Send Your Location to Emergency Contacts - Connect IQ Store:
Download Custom Watch Faces
Add Data Fields
Get Apps & Widgets from Connect IQ Store - Sapphire Crystal
- Sunlight-Visible, Transflective Memory-In-Pixel (MIP) Display
- Display Resolution: 240 x 240 Pixels
- Depth Rating: 330' (100m/10ATM)
- Memory/History: 32GB
- Bezel: Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) Coated Titanium
- Case: Fiber-Reinforced Polymer w/Metal Rear Cover
- Silicone Wrist Bands
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.56" (43 x 43mm x14.15mm)
- Display Diameter: 1.2" (30.4mm)
- Band Wrist Fit (Circumference):
Standard Band: 5" to 8.8" (128mm to 224mm)
Extra-Long Band: 4.96" to 14.2: (126mm to 360mm) - Weight:
2.12 oz (60g) w/Band - Power: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery
- Battery Life:
Smartwatch: Up to 7 Days
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 21 Days
GPS: Up to 18 Hours
GPS + Music: Up to 6 Hours
GPS + Music: Up to 6 Hours
Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 32 Hours
Dive Mode: Up to 30 Hours - Includes:
Extra-Long Adjustment Strap
Charging/Data Cable
Owner's Manual
Documentation - (1) View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information
- (2) When paired with your compatible smartphone
- (3) Requires app loaded on your compatible smartphone paired to Descent Mk2S
- (4) Active satellite subscription required. Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit the use of satellite communication devices. It is your responsibility to know and follow all applicable laws in the jurisdictions where the satellite communication device is intended to be used. Satellite communication does not work underwater
- (5) Activity tracking and fitness metric accuracy
- (6) This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries
- (7) When paired with your computer or compatible smartphone downloaded with the Connect IQ Store app
- (8) When paired with a compatible smartphone. See safety and tracking features requirements and limitations