A well-renowned company for technical diving, this is Shearwater’s first real foray into the world of recreational diving computers.

It combines the power, ruggedness, and simplicity of the Shearwater Perdix, all packaged up into a smartwatch design that doesn’t look out of place at 200m below or in the office. It’s easy to see why the Teric has garnered such excitement.

Though it’s at the upper end of the price range for dive computers (around $1000), the extraordinary capabilities, which include five dive modes, versatile usage, and stylish design, make this an excellent investment for more experienced divers.

Dive Modes

The Shearwater Teric features five different dive modes, making it adaptable to your needs. It features:

• Recreational – which includes nitrox up to 99%
• Technical – which is trimix enabled
• Rebreather – which has fixed ppO2
• Sidemount – including SAC, GTR & RTR
• Freediving
• Gauge – which can be used above the water as a stopwatch, timer, and alarm, or below the water as a simple bottom-timer.

Unlike many other dive computers, the freediving options feel well thought through and fit for purpose, with considerate additions like configurable tonal and haptic (vibrating) alarms for freediving without a mask.

Like all Shearwater dive computers, it uses the Buhlmann ZHL-16C algorithm and is fully enabled for any configuration of tanks or rebreathers you wish to throw at it, doing so simply and effectively. This model has an additional ability to customize gradient factors and safety stops.

Display

The display of the Teric is genuinely excellent and the best dive computer displays on the market right now. The stylish 1.39” face features a full-color AMOLED display – giving you full-color, high resolution, sharp definition, and deep blacks.

The screen you see while diving can be customized depending on what you deem to be most important, though all the other information is also easily available at a click. The usability is great with a simple four-button design with big buttons, designed to be easy to use in thick dive gloves.

Gas Integration

Gas integration is becoming more and more common and the Shearwater Teric does it very well. You can pair up to four transmitters of various diluents with the display showing pressure, gas time remaining, and SAC rate.

You also have the choice to permanently pair the transmitters to your computer by short wave radio, which means no more messing about on the boat waiting for it to sync up.

Shearwater recommends the use of their Swift transmitter when more than 2 transmitters are used to avoid communications channel conflicts.

Dive Log

This feature allows divers to see detailed dive specifications including depth, time, temperature, air consumption, dive profile, and more.

Conveniently, the Teric is enabled with Bluetooth Smart technology, so it will automatically upload to your phone, tablet, or laptop once initially paired, where you can look at your dive more closely.

It also has over 500 hours of dive log time available, so you can dive to your heart’s content!

Battery

The Shearwater Teric comes with a wireless charging port. This has upsides and downsides. With no pins or charging ports to corrode, it should last longer. It can also be charged with a USB-C charger. The only problem is that it’s another bit of equipment to carry, break, or lose.

It has a 30-hour battery life in dive mode and 50 hours on watch mode so remember to charge it overnight and you’re good to go.