Created in 1936 by Tuomas Vohlonen, Suunto built its reputation on its compasses and navigation equipment. Several decades later, the Finnish firm has specialized in multisport connected watches. With its Suunto Ocean, it intends to bring together the perfect diver’s kit in one watch.
Faithful to its sisters, the Ocean has not been neglected in terms of quality. Made of steel (90 g) and equipped with a sapphire crystal screen, it is equipped to withstand the most extreme shocks and conditions.
A miniature dive computer
For diving, the tocante guarantees a maximum operating depth of 60 m (EN 13319 standard) and water resistance up to 100 m. And to best ensure the safety of its wearer, it incorporates the Bühlmann 16 algorithm, one of the most used by diving computers, particularly in the precise calculation of decompression levels and inhaled gas levels.
Once paired with the Suunto app on a smartphone, it provides access to possible underwater routes, a dive history, not to mention a host of maps for all types of sports.
Like the perfect onboard dive computer it claims to be, the Ocean is equipped with useful features once below the surface, such as depth, dive duration, audible and vibrating alarms, but also gas consumption of the bottles (with the Suunto Tank Pod). It does not forget experienced freedivers by including a mode ad hoc which includes “multiple alarms for depth, dive time and ascent/descent speed”indicates the brand on its site.
From yoga to mountaineering
It is a 1.43 inch Amoled touch screen which was chosen for better readability in the sun and more vivid colors. It is also surrounded by a rotating crown to make it easier to use the watch underwater. Battery life is 40 hours in diving mode, 50 hours in GPS tracking mode, and 26 days with time display only. The watch also received a 2024 Ipso Award which rewards the best innovations in the field of sport.
In addition to its strengths in the diving sector, the Suunto Ocean is above all a watch intended for all athletes with more than 95 modes depending on the user’s practice. This versatility, its manufacturer illustrates on its site by indicating the possibility of following sports “from yoga to mountaineering”. It is therefore equipped with all the paraphernalia of multisport watches: GPS tracking, maps available offline, barometer, sleep monitoring, etc.
The Suunto Ocean is available now in three colors (Steel, Steel Black and Sand) for €799. It is also possible to buy it as a kit to benefit from the Suunto Tank Pod necessary to calculate the pressure of diving tanks. Then count €1049.