Shearwater Research

Shearwater Research Inc.

Founded in 2004, Shearwater Research designs and manufactures computers for all types of divers demanding more from themselves and their diving experience. Whether you're an air, nitrox, multi gas trimix or closed circuit rebreather diver, Shearwater offers products which are powerful, simple, and reliable. 

We are a company of passionate divers driven to design and build our dive computers in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Our computers are used by sport & technical divers, explorers, rescuers, and the military all over the world. 

Interview with Bruce Partridge: Founder of Shearwater Research

Bruce Partridge, founder of Shearwater Research. Photo courtesy of Bruce Partridge.
Bruce Partridge, founder of Shearwater Research. Photo courtesy of Bruce Partridge.

Bruce Partridge is the founder of Shearwater Research, which makes high-quality dive computers, trimix computers and electronic control systems for rebreathers, with simple and intuitive user interfaces and a reputation for being reliable, user-friendly and easy to read underwater.

Shearwater Perdix AI
Shearwater Perdix AI

First Look: New Shearwater Perdix AI

When Shearwater first introduced their new Perdix dive computer in December 2015, I was pretty excited.

 

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Update from Shearwater: Battery Contact Issues on Petrel 1

Upon conducting a root cause analysis, we suspected that the issue most likely stemmed from an issue with the battery contacts. This problem can result in lower-than-expected battery life or, in some cases, the computer resetting underwater. We then changed to using full gold plating on all contacts in January 2014. Zero problems have been reported on gold-plated units, confirming our suspicions.