Garmin quatix 8 AMOLED – 51mm

Plot your paradise on and off the water with the quatix 8 smartwatches. These high-performance smartwatches are designed for your marine lifestyle and feature stunning AMOLED displays with scratch-resistant sapphire lenses and titanium bezels. With leakproof buttons and an added sensor guard, the quatix 8 is water-rated to 100 meters and dive-capable up to 40 meters.

This is the toughest quatix Garmin has ever built.

Garmin Chartplotter voice commands are built in and allow you to keep your focus on the water while controlling chartplotter functions. The quatix 8 can also serve as a remote for autopilots, chartplotters, Fusion® stereos and trolling motors. Pair with your compatible smartphone for on-wrist calling with the built-in speaker and mic. Plus, there’s a powerful built-in LED flashlight providing bright illumination when needed for after-dark visibility.

Additional features include music storage, Garmin Pay™ contactless payments¹, smart notifications² and more. Enjoy preloaded TopoActive maps to keep your land-based explorations on track. Navigate from your wrist with optional BlueChart® g3 saltwater charts and LakeVü™ g3 inland maps. Gain superior positioning accuracy offshore and nearshore while optimizing battery life, thanks to multi-band GPS with SatIQ™ technology.

New Features as of November, 2025

NEW! HEALTH STATUS

See whether your health metrics — such as resting heart rate, HRV and Pulse Ox⁵ while sleeping — are trending away from your usual range, which could indicate added stress to your body. These changes could be related to physical activity levels, environment, stress, alcohol intake, potential illness, and more.

NEW! ENHANCED NOTIFICATION CONTROL

NEW! RALLY 110/210 COMPATIBILITY

New Features as of August, 2025

NEW! RUNNING ECONOMY

Measure your overall energy efficiency while running — using long-term running volume, stride length and step speed loss, which tells you how much you slow down when your foot hits the ground — when you pair your watch with the HRM 600 monitor (sold separately).

NEW! RUNNING TOLERANCE

Better understand the impact each run has on your body, and get a recommended weekly maximum mileage so you can keep training effectively without taking on too much.

NEW! STEP SPEED LOSS

Improve your running form and understand how much you slow down when your foot hits the ground — when you pair your watch with the HRM 600 monitor (sold separately).

NEW! GARMIN TRIATHLON COACH

Better prepare for the next triathlon with free training plans that adapt daily and provide personalized workouts based on performance, recovery and health metrics. Plus, set up, customize and view a week’s worth of workouts in the Garmin Connect™ app.

NEW! EVENING REPORT

Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and events.

NEW! MULTISPORT WORKOUTS

Create custom step-by-step multisport workouts in Garmin Connect and send them to your watch to seamlessly switch from different sport types.

NEW! SUGGESTED FINISH LINE

If you have a course loaded for your race, your watch can suggest trimming your data to the finish line if you forget to stop your timer.

NEW! SMART WAKE ALARM

Wake up more refreshed. Smart wake alarm can gently vibrate to wake you at the right time.

• NEW! TRIATHLON RACE EVENTS

• NEW! TRACK RUN DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

• NEW! PROJECTED RACE TIME PREDICTION

• NEW! AUTO LAP BY COURSE POINT

• NEW! PERFORMANCE GLANCE ENHANCEMENTS

• NEW! TRACK DETECTION EXPANSION

• NEW! MOBILITY

• NEW! CALCULATOR APP

Features of quatix 8

MARINIZED DESIGN

Built for life at the helm, this premium design is dive-rated and features leakproof buttons, a metal sensor guard and bright 1.4-inch AMOLED display with a scratch-resistant lens and durable titanium bezel.

COMPREHENSIVE HELM CONTROL

Use the built-in speaker and mic on your quatix 8 to control your compatible chartplotter with voice commands via BLUETOOTH® technology. Enjoy remote control capabilities with select compatible Garmin chartplotters, autopilots, Force® trolling motors, Fusion® stereos and more.

DEDICATED MARINE FEATURES

Boating and sailing apps provide data to track your time on the water. Stay aware and get alarms for imminent tide changes or anchor drag. Take the podium with sail-specific features such as tack assist, race start guidance and regatta timer.

BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE

Make and take phone calls from your watch when it’s paired to your smartphone. Plus, control watch functions with off-grid voice commands — or use your smartphone’s voice assistant to respond to text messages and more.

BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT

A true integrated flashlight with variable light intensities and a red safety light can give you greater awareness at sea or at home, providing convenient illumination when you need it.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Begin each day with a customizable morning report offering a summary of health and wellness information. Use the training readiness feature — which looks at a variety of health metrics — to help maximize your training efficiency and recovery³ to help prevent burnout.

RECREATIONAL DIVING

A 40-meter dive rating and leakproof metal buttons let you reach new depths with support for scuba and apnea dive activities.

AMOLED DISPLAY

quatix 8 comes with a bright AMOLED display to make detailed information and mapping easy to read at a glance, while still providing great battery life with up to 29 days in smartwatch mode on the 51 mm model.

ECO FRIENDLY DESIGN

100% of the plastic used in the watch’s housing is made with recycled ocean-bound plastics.

MULTI-BAND GPS + SATIQ™ TECHNOLOGY

Navigate the outdoors with superior positioning accuracy, thanks to multi-band GPS with SatIQ technology, plus an altimeter, a barometer and a 3-axis electronic compass.

FISH FORECAST

Using a celestial database to track sun and moon rise/set times, relative position to your location and more, this app offers suggestions for the best days and times for fishing success.

ANCHOR DRAG ALARM

The preloaded anchor drag app lets you customize your drift radius and now includes a mapping screen for visual reference.

TIDE DATA

Integrated tide data is now easier to view on the watch face using glances.

GARMIN SAILASSIST™ FEATURES

When it comes to sailing, don’t just time your start — visualize it. Create a virtual starting line to time the perfect start. Also, use tack assist to see whether you are headed or lifted.

MARINE FOCUSED

Expanded marine apps now include wakesports and sail expedition in addition to familiar boating, sailing, and fishing activities.

CHARTS AND MAPS

This smartwatch comes with TopoActive maps with relief shading and supports optional BlueChart® g3 coastal charts and LakeVü™ g3 inland maps.

SURF-READY FEATURES

This quatix smartwatch works with the Surfline Sessions™ technology, which creates a video of every wave you ride in front of a Surfline® camera4. With your Surfline Sessions subscription, watch them later to see how you did.

TRAIN TO PERFORM

Begin each day with a customizable morning report offering a summary of health and wellness information. Use the training readiness  feature, which looks at a variety of health metrics, to maximize your training efficiency and recovery³ — to help prevent burnout.

24/7 HEALTH AND WELLNESS

This feature includes 24/7 health and wellness monitoring with wrist-based heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, respiration tracking³, Pulse Ox⁵ and more.

ADVANCED STRENGTH TRAINING

Elevate your body’s performance and prevent injury with targeted strength training plans, plus sportspecific workouts for many activity types and athletic levels.

ECG APP

The ECG app can record your heart rhythm and check for signs of atrial fibrillation⁶.

STAY CONNECTED

Enjoy everyday wearability, and live connected with smart notifications², music storage, Garmin Pay™ contactless payments¹ and more.

MUSIC

Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).

GARMIN SHARE

Use this feature to easily share saved locations, courses and workouts with friends’ compatible Garmin devices.

GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

INREACH® DEVICE COMPATIBLE

When paired with your compatible inReach satellite communicator⁷, communicate via two-way messaging8 and even trigger an SOS from your wrist if needed.

¹See Garmin.com/GarminPay/banks
²When paired with your smartphone; see Garmin.com/ble
³See Garmin.com/ataccuracy
⁴When paired with the Garmin Connect™ smart-device app and the Surfline® smart-device app
⁵This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.
⁶The ECG app is only available on select Garmin smartwatches with the latest version of the Garmin Connect smartphone app and watch software. The ECG app is not available in all regions; see Garmin.com/ECG for availability. The ECG app is only intended for adults aged 22 years and over. The ECG app is capable of recording an ECG similar to a Lead I ECG and detecting the presence of atrial fibrillation or normal sinus rhythm.
⁷Active satellite subscription required. Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit the use of satellite communication devices. It is the responsibility of the user to know and follow all applicable laws in the jurisdictions where the device is intended to be used.
⁸Requires both the sender and receiver of messages to have the Garmin Messenger™ app installed on their paired smartphones
⁹Assumes typical use with SatIQ™ technology