Sleek and Sophisticated:
Merging state of the art manufacturing techniques, innovative engineered materials, and consumer feedback, Shearwater has successfully developed a low-profile, sleekly contoured design without sacrificing features vital to technical divers. It’s everything you love about the Petrel dive computer, just smaller.
High Resolution, easy-to-read display
2.2" display with vivid, enhanced colour range and saturation.
Thin, Low-profile Design
30% smaller in volume than the Petrel
Two Button Interface
Simple to navigate, state-aware menu structure
User Replaceable AA Battery
With a double o-ring to ensure a great seal
User Customizable Display
Customize your display with information important to you
Multiple Languages
Languages include: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish.
Desktop Control
Analyze your dive log, deco profile, temperature and more.
Download and display dive logs quickly using Bluetooth technology.
You can display as much or as little information as you need.
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What is VPM-B software?
VPM-B
VPM Bubble Models
VPM or the Varying Permeability Model is a decompression algorithm that attempts to model the behavior of bubbles within the human body during decompression. The algorithm was initially developed by David Yount in laboratory testing and coded into Fortran by Erik Baker.
The Shearwater Implementation
Shearwater Research has implemented VPM-B according to the original Erik Baker Fortran specification. In addition to implementing the Baker model, Shearwater Research has added a new option. VPM-B dive profiles often have deep stops to control bubble formation with reduced time at shallow depths. The reduced shallow depth time can be quite aggressive with VPM-B so Shearwater Research has included a VPM-B Gradient Factor Surfacing (GFS) option. VPM-B/GFS allows VPM-B dives to be executed while ensuring that a gradient factor of 90% is never violated.