Petrel and Perdix Firmware V34 Release Notes June 06, 2016 A note on models The Petrel, Petrel 2, and Perdix share a common firmware base. Due to hardware differences not all features are available on all m... Read more
Petrel/NERD Battery Cap Improvements May 13, 2016 To improve the sealing performance and O-ring life span, the battery compartment O-ring gland design has been changed from a crushed gland to a rad... Read more
Addressing Error (Code 10): Bluetooth April 22, 2016 Addressing Error: this device cannot start. (Code 10), and General Bluetooth issues. Backstory: Shearwater started integrating Bluetooth into our d... Read more
What is DiveCAN® and why should I care? March 22, 2016 Digital communications are clearly replacing analog communications in computer based devices. As more digital communication becomes integrated into... Read more
Factors Affecting Battery Life on Shearwater Dive Computers February 23, 2016 The factors that affect battery life on the Shearwater Perdix and Petrel dive computers are, in order of most to least significant: Battery Type D... Read more
Petrel Firmware V33 Released February 11, 2016 Listing of changes in Petrel Firmware v33 These changes apply to both the Petrel and Petrel 2 unless otherwise noted. NEW FEATURE: After changing... Read more
Shearwater Desktop 2.5.3 January 25, 2016 New Features/Improvements: Date Format is now available under Edit->Date Format Windows installer now has the option to create a Desktop Shortc... Read more
Flexible Control of Decompression Stress November 30, 2015 Divers should know that while the decompression algorithms in dive computers are great at measuring pressure-time profiles, they are blind to a wid... Read more