Safety stop when DECO?

Diving whit MK2i (v.8.40), when a dive becomes a DECO dive, once I've finished the DECO stop, safety stop is not required...

Last dive I tried just for check, at 21m I had 2 DECO mins at 3m. Ascending slowly, those 2 min disappeared before reaching 5m (safety stop deep), so when I reached 5m the watch didn't ask me to wait there for 3 min. If this is recommended in no-DECO dives, should be much more when is a DECO one.

Any one knows about it? I asume that is a software error...

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0 islehopper over 2 years ago

Might be worth a look: Settings, Dive Setup, scroll down to Safety Stop. Is it on or off? Safety stops may be set to 3 or 5 minutes.

0 Montero over 2 years ago in reply to islehopper

Yes! I have safety stop on, with 3 minutes. I checked it before that dive because wasn’t the first time it happened

0 atj777 over 2 years ago

The Mk1 had this behaviour for a time. One of the firmware upgrades fixed it so that if you clear deco before reaching 5m, you get the safety stop.

0 Montero over 2 years ago in reply to atj777

Thank you! So let’s hope it is fixed soon!

0 tbleeck over 2 years ago

i also have the same error. no safety stop after a dive that includes deco

0 1874162 over 2 years ago

I noticed the same... I thought I did not pay attention at first.. but after a few deco dives, I have a random behavior for the safety stop which is ON in my parameters.

Sometimes I have it with less than 3 min, sometimes not. For no dec dive, it is always there, no issue.

0 tzm over 2 years ago

Did you reach out to Garmin? I don’t think the Garmin folks visit this forum that often.

0 Rafael R over 2 years ago

I was reading this problem and sent a email today.

0 6208931 over 1 year ago in reply to Rafael R

Hi,any solution to this problem?Thank you

0 Buzo over 1 year ago

Like many I've had the same experience and this is very concerning and potentially dangerous. Any word from garmin on this?