Apple’s new app can turn an Apple Watch Ultra Into a Diving Computer

Apple has introduced a Oceanic+ app for its premium smartwatches. The app can convert an Apple Watch to a diving computer. The Oceanic+ was designed by Huish Outdoors in collaboration with Apple.

Last September, the Cupertino-based tech giant unveiled the Apple Watch Ultra alongside the iPhone 14 series. Apple showed a picture of a diver descending into the water wearing an Apple Watch Ultra during the live stream announcement. The display showed ambient water temperature and depth level.

Oceanic+ turns Apple Watch Ultra into dive computer

The Apple Watch Ultra can be turned into a powerful, easy-to-use dive computer with the Oceanic+ app. As we mentioned above, the app was designed by Huish Outdoors in collaboration with Apple. The app gives divers access to a wealth of relevant information.

Apple, Oceanic+ enables recreational scuba divers to take the watch they wear every day to previously unreachable depths up to 40 meters, or 130 feet, to be exact, with the all-new depth gauge and water temperature sensors on the watch.

The Oceanic+ app on Apple Watch Ultra and the companion app for iPhone provide all of the key features of an advanced dive computer, robust dive planning, and a comprehensive post-dive experience. The app will show divers a warning if they are descending or ascending too quickly and it will show an estimated time it’d take to get back to the surface. This is especially aimed at enabling divers to manage their time more efficiently and reducing the things they need to worry about.

The app will also let divers set compass heading during a dive. There is also a planner that considers tide, temperature, visibility, and currents before going on a dive. Watch face complications can show the wearer no-fly time, surface time, among others. Oceanic+ will use the Taptic Engine and the Apple Watch Ultra’s big bright display to notify the diver of any crucial info during a diving session.

• Oceanic+ is a free download to try out many of the app’s features
• If you’d like all the all features, there are daily, monthly, and yearly plans:
  • $4.99/per day
  • $9.99/per month
  • $79.99/per year
  • Family plan for up to 5 – $129.99/year

How to download Oceanic+ Apple Watch Ultra

Here is the official Oceanic+ App Store listing

• The app is exclusively built for Apple Watch Ultra and requires watchOS 9.1 paired with an iPhone 8/SE gen 2 or later running iOS 16.1
• If you just search “Oceanic” in the App Store without the “+” you may see a different app as the top hit
• If you search on the App Store on Apple Watch Ultra, make sure to download “Oceanic+ Dive Computer App”