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How to import dives from a Mares Puck 4
The Mares Puck 4 talks Bluetooth LE, so SeaLog downloads it straight to your phone. No cable, no desktop, no manufacturer account.
Download dives from the Mares Puck 4
- Wake the computer and put it in transfer mode
Charge or wake the Mares Puck 4 and open its Bluetooth or PC/upload mode. Most models only advertise for a minute or two, so do this last, right before you pair.
Most units only hold this mode for a minute or two, so do it last, right before you connect. - Open the import hub in SeaLog
In SeaLog, tap the plus button, then Import dives, then Dive computer. Allow Bluetooth when iOS asks. SeaLog never asks for a manufacturer account.
- Pick your model and pair
Choose Mares Puck 4 from the list. If iOS shows a pairing prompt, accept it. Keep the computer in transfer mode until the download finishes.
The unit only advertises for a short window. If it never appears, put it back into transfer mode and try again straight away. - Download the dives
SeaLog pulls every dive still in the computer's memory, with depth profile, water temperature, gas and surface interval, and skips the ones you already have.
- Check and keep
New dives land in your logbook ready to name, place on a site and tag with the species you saw. Nothing was retyped.
A dive log app for the Puck 4
Once the dives are in, SeaLog treats them like its own: a scrubbable depth profile, the site pinned on a map, water temperature, gas and tank, buddies, and the photos from your camera roll matched to the minutes you were underwater. Tag the animals you saw and they go into your species life list. It works offline on the boat and syncs when you are back, and your whole logbook exports to UDDF, CSV or PDF whenever you ask, so nothing is locked in here either.
Mares’s own software and drivers
Alive and actively maintained, but split down the middle: the Windows-only Dive Organizer desktop app is still updated (2.33 stable, 2.32.4 beta shipped within the last year) and Mares' own FAQ still admits there is no Mac version, while everything modern runs through the Bluetooth-only Mares App and OTA Programmer phone apps.
- Desktop softwareDive Organizer (PC) Web Installer, product pageMares' preferred installer; it pulls the payload down during setup, so the target PC has to be online.Windows
- Desktop softwareDive Organizer (PC) Full Setup Release 2.33, product pageUse this build when the PC that talks to the dive computer has no internet connection.Windows
- Mobile appMares App for iPhone and iPadPublished by Head Watersports S.p.A. Free with in-app purchases; pulls dives over Bluetooth and shares them by QR code rather than by file.iOS
- Mobile appMares App for AndroidSame Bluetooth logbook app on Google Play.Android
- Mobile appOTA Programmer for iPhone and iPadThe only Mares app that produces an actual file: alongside over-the-air firmware flashing it can export a logbook in the Dive Organizer format and hand it to the share sheet.iOS
- Mobile appOTA Programmer for AndroidAndroid build of the firmware-and-export utility.Android
- ManualDrak Download Procedure Manual (EN)Step-by-step download procedure for the oldest infrared Drak interface generation.Windows
- Desktop softwareSoftware downloads listing (PC and Mac tabs)Only three items live here in total: two Dive Organizer builds for Windows and the Mac firmware tool. Renders client-side, so it looks empty to a plain HTML fetch.Win + Mac
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Mares Puck 4: common questions
Why will my Mares Puck 4 not connect over Bluetooth?
Nine times out of ten the computer has dropped out of transfer mode: it only advertises for a short window, so put it back into Bluetooth or upload mode and try again immediately. After that, check that the battery is not low, that no other app or desktop is already holding the connection, and that Bluetooth permission is granted to SeaLog in iOS Settings. Toggling iOS Bluetooth off and on clears a stale pairing more often than it should.
Do I need Mares App and Dive Organizer as well?
No. SeaLog reads the Mares Puck 4 itself, so you do not need a manufacturer account or a second app in the middle. If you already have years of dives in Mares App and Dive Organizer, export them to UDDF once and import that file so your history and your new dives live together.
Does the depth profile come across, or just the numbers?
The full profile. SeaLog stores the sample-by-sample depth, temperature and ascent data, draws it as a graph you can scrub, and can export the whole thing back out to UDDF at any time.