The Apple Watch Ultra has been rebranded as a dive computer by the Oceanic app, which allows users to log dives and track their experiences. The app creates post-dive summaries with all the necessary information, making it easier for divers to log their dives. The watch also displays a depth graph and offers a No Deco Dive Planner.
The Oceanic app is designed to turn the Apple Watch Ultra into a dive computer, dive planner, and dive tracker. It is compatible with third-party apps that can serve as a dive computer for recreational scuba diving up to 40 meters. However, the app advises against using the Apple Watch Ultra as your only computer on a dive.
The Apple Watch Ultra has a water resistance rating of 100 meters under ISO standard 22810. However, it should be used only by trained divers for dives of 130 feet (40 meters) or less. Always follow diving safety protocols and dive with a certified dive computer.
The Oceanic Plus app allows users to plan dives from either the Apple Watch Ultra or their iPhone. The watch offers a No Deco Dive Planner, but the app does not recommend using the Apple Watch Ultra as your only computer on a dive.
While the Apple Watch Ultra is waterproof up to 50 meters (164 ft), it is not suitable for diving below 40 meters due to diminishing water resistance over time. The watch is designed for recreational use and looks neat, but it should not be used for diving below 40 meters.
In conclusion, the Apple Watch Ultra is a versatile and versatile dive computer designed for recreational divers. It is compatible with third-party apps that can serve as a dive computer for recreational scuba diving up to 130 feet (40 meters).
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A very easy on the eye article review of what I personally think is a fantastic piece of Apple tech. But I was a little surprised to not see a “diver down” flag being displayed anywhere on either of the two boats! We once refused to make the two dives we had paid for (including lunch & unlimited soft drinks) during a trip to Egypt – because our “dive boat” wasn’t carrying a diver down flag in an area used by many divers each day plus curious jet ski users who continuously buzzed around over our heads causing a little panic in the less experienced divers in our group! Other than what I’ve just mentioned about the diver down flag being missing we really enjoyed perusal your article. 😊👏🏻 👍🏻👎🏻👌🏻🤚🏻👊🏻 Thorvald, UK.
I am generally fine with Apple creating a device & then opening it up to 3rd party app developers (most of the apps on my iPhone fit this category). However, I’m finding this same approach wearisome when it comes to fitness/outdoor activities. I don’t want subscriptions to oceanic, strong, outdoors maps etc. I’d rather just buy a Garmin & have all that holistically taken care of.
I’m in the market for one of these, but rumor is a 2nd gen unltea will be released alongside the iPhone 15. I’m curious if any of these issues will be addressed. The battery life and 3rd dive app is very disappointing and somewhat surprising because Apple priced themselves on being on a close eco system.
For hiking AW is far from perfect. Most of the hiking needs are route guided navigation (like komoot phone app does), altitude profile (when you are now comparing where planned route), time estimation to complete the route or to teach given POI on it, live map preview. AFAIK, note of these are supported.
The App Store and it’s apps are a feature not a flaw. Apple INVENTED the App Store because it recognized early on they could build wonderful hardware and software, but no single company can do EVERYTHING, excel in every human genre. Unlike Microsoft, by using “contractors” to develop specifically for their niche, Apple created devices for more specialized uses for a broader population. The App Store was a genius concept. They have always had a Developers Conference and parade partners on stage who utilize Apple’s UI, sensors and data processing to the fullest. “There’s an app for that” was a selling point that EVERY platform has copied since Apple introduced the platform.
Lots of hate in the comments here for the Apple Watch Ultra. I think the AWU with the Oceanic app seems like a perfectly fine substitute for a dedicated dive computer or dive watch. Most recreational divers aren’t going out more than a few times a year. You can rent a dive computer when you go or you can buy a separate watch. Getting a $10 1-month subscription to an app to replace that expense seems perfectly reasonable. Note the the Garmin Descent 1 doesn’t have air integration and it’s $650 and you can’t make a phone call or send a text message, get on the subway, or have your grocery list on your wrist at the store. A quick search and there are a lot of wrist-based dedicated dive computers for $350+ that don’t seem to give any more dive detail than the Oceanic app. The app seems like a great alternative. Regarding hiking and running, the native watch app is pretty basic, but third party apps like workoutdoors provide lots of functionality for offline maps and routing and lots of different customization of data screens. It’s missing a few features that watches like Garmin use, but overall it performs well. The use case for the apple watch ultra is not someone who only needs a Garmin or a Coros; it’s for someone who wants some of the features of those watches plus wanting an actual smart watch. If you need several days of battery life in GPS mode or an air-integrated dive computer that will go below 40m, then the AWU is not for you. But most people don’t need that. Most garmin watches are used for local park runs and 1/2 marathons (not ultras) and the same will be the case for the AWU.
Irgendwie verliere ich ja immer ein bisschen den Respekt, wenn jemand vom Hersteller für Produkttests bezahlt wird. Ganz gleich wie ehrlich die Disclaimer gemeint sind. Da dieser website davon lebt, ehrlich Meinungen, Analysen und Einschätzungen abzugeben, ist das meiner Meinung absolut fatal! Betrifft nicht nur dieses article sondern alle zukünftigen articles, die auf diesem website über Produkte, Strategien, Themen, die diesen Hersteller oder seine Konkurrenten betreffen. Btw: Dass das inzwischen praktisch alle Youtuber so machen, ändert leider nichts an dem Problem. 🤷♂🤷♂
Does anyone need the Apple Watch Ultra? Nope Is it equal or better than any other brand at handling any of the sports advertised? Absolutely not, in fact probably worse in any imaginable aspect. I can only speak for mountaineering/hiking and let me tell you, this is just such a useless device for anything serious in the mountains, like Apple advertises in their marketing. Why? – Double band GPS and all this stuff, well good luck being in the Alps, or Rocky Mountains, or Himalayans using Apple Maps or any other maps service. What you need are proper terrain, elevation and topographic maps. Apple doesn’t offer them, nor do they implement good third-party maps. TLDR; Useless, every serious person will just keep using conventional paper maps or an app on their phone. – Setting waypoints to find your way back. Really? If you are in the wilderness and get lost, because you didn’t bring proper maps and preparation, nor experience from the region, and get lost because you solely relied on the way back feature, you’re nuts. Also, people usually don’t plan to get lost, so if they don’t set waypoints from the beginning, and it doesn’t always automatically record the path you walked, what’s the point? – Probably some other things I missed. Don’t get me wrong, I use an Apple Watch 6, but the marketing Apple is doing with the Ultra is beyond misleading and gives people a false sense of confidence to rely on an Apple Watch, when clearly, it’s just a funny, useless gadget.
The ultra is the perfect dive computer for the casual vacation diver such as myself. It’s extremely convenient not having to bring two devices along with me. Apple Watch Ultra does a great job of being a fitness tracker, dive computer and a top tier Smart watch that can be worn all day long. It’s better at being a dive computer than any dive computer is at being a Smart watch.
When Apple announced the Ultra, I had a serious thought about switching to the iPhone + Ultra despite all the shortcomings of the ecosystem compared to Android. I love diving (both scuba and free). And I do need a reliable device for them. I’m using Garmin Descent MK.1 for the past 4 or 5 years and my biggest complaint about it is that I can’t leave the phone at home when going out for some activity. For that I need mobile data connectivity. I truly envy my wife when she goes for a run with her Apple watch. She can stream the music, make a call in case of emergency and even pay for something. But all the shortcomings of the Ultra in dive mode, make it no go. I can’t trust a device with such quirky operation and unacceptable battery life. It is my health and maybe even my life that depend on the diving computer. Even more, being a Dive Master, I play a role of the “responsible adult” when diving with my wife or in a group on dive safaris.
What are you doing with that huge dive computer dude? Are you just trying to make the Apple watch look better? The Apple watch is not tough enough for serious diving and getting down and dirty in underwater caves, scrabbling around on the bottom or checking out shipwrecks. No way is it suitable. Why not compare it with a REAL divers watch such as my own G-Shock GWFA 1000 Frogman which is tough enough for every activity. The Apple watch is ok at everything here, but not as good as something like the Frogman or a Mudmaster. No serious diver is going to use that watch, except for marketing articles like this. It should be ok for snorkeling though. And you have to PAY to use the dive functions?? No chance.. Plus and a huge plus, the Frogman and the Mudmaster are solar powered. No need for charging every 2 or 3 days. You could actually get 2 dedicated G-Shocks to handle all these activities better for less than the price of an Apple watch, including connecting to a dedicated app.
Serious Scuba app, overpriced gimmick or bit of both? Subscription based for an app most of us only use a few times a year? Disappointing to say the least when already purchased the hardware for USD800/Eur1000!😌 Besides, imho outright dangerous that this Oceanic app v1.0 won’t display (no-)decompression-info (after being submerged) below 130ft/40m! Because even in recreational diving to a wreck, at a wall a/o with currents an occasional short dip below certified depth is not uncommon but with experience and training nowhere near as dangerous as a computer NOT ALWAYS showing (no-)dec-time (like serious diving computers do). This requirement is a ‘must have’ not a legally-bound ‘nice to have’ an app-developer can simply lower in priority and exclude. #legalmadness If you guys really want to understand where the ‘Zürich’ ZH-72 model and ZH-L16C / ZH-L8ADT derivatives for dive-computers in more scientific details with background all the way back to Haldane tables for bell-diving, I can advise reading this: amzn.eu/d/ixa3mNG With Bradley I share more detailed ‘educated’ insights under their comments of: youtu.be/d90j0abTGjQ I want my 🤿 tech to be robust and fail-safe NOT failing ‘by design’ if the unexpected or occasional ‘legal’ exception happens. Just because of some legally bound firm restricting the perfectly capable ZH-L16C algorithm of prof. A.A. Bühlmann for use below 40m/130ft. This to at least stay informed and potentially NOT making the ill-advised/ UNwanted deep-dive situation for a 🤿 diver even worse by this 🌊 Oceanic app currently deliberately depriving a 🤿 diver under such conditions of vital (no-)decompression information.