Dive Computer

Suunto Oy, based in Finland, is a company that produces and markets magnetic sports compasses and other navigational products, along with various mechanical and electronic measurement devices. Suunto is today also famed for its multi-function electronic wristwatches, which can do everything from providing the news, to providing compass bearings, acceleration, altitude, training effect and even GPS location, depending on the model. These multi-function electronic wristwatches are made for different sports like sailing, golfing, hiking, mountaineering, alpine skiing, training and diving. In addition to a wide range of magnetic hand-held compasses for general outdoors use and orienteering, Suunto is also known for its KB line of high-quality hand-bearing compasses and inclinometers that are accurate to fractions of a degree, and which are popular among cave explorers, land surveyors, and mariners. Made of machined aluminum, each compass contains a magnetized dial with calibration markings printed along its outer edge. A magnifying lens (KB-14) or prismatic sight (KB-77) is mounted at one end of the instrument with a crosshair providing a view of the disc. In operation, the user divides his or her field of vision with the instrument, using the device's lens or prism to precisely measure the bearing of the object in view.