This panel describes the overall conditions at the start of the selected dive.

Locality Menu
General area in which the dive took place. (city, island name, etc.)

Locality Info Button
When a Locality is selected for the active dive entry, clicking on this button will bring up the Locality Info window.

Dive Site Menu
The specific location for a given Locality at which the dive took place. The menu itself will only display dive sites associated with the currently selected Locality. This is because each dive site must be linked to a specific locality when it is created.

Dive Site Info Button
When a Dive Site is selected for the active dive entry, clicking on this button will bring up the Dive Site Info window.

Weather Menu
Weather conditions at the start of the dive.

Altitude Menu
Altitude range in feet or meters at which the dive took place. Typically 0 unless its a fresh-water dive.

Buddy Menu
The primary diver who accompanied you on this dive.

Buddy Info Button
When a Dive Buddy is selected for the active dive entry, clicking on this button will bring up the Buddy Info window.

Sunrise/Sunset
The time at which the sun rose and set on the date on which this dive occured.
Sunrise and Sunset are dynamically calculated for you based on the date, latitude and longitude of the currently represented dive. Latitude and longitude values are obtained in one of three ways. First, you can manually enter coordinates in the Dive Site panel. Second, SurfaceInterval allows you to download coordinates directly from any NMEA compatible GPS device. Finally SurfaceInterval will draw from a small internal database of coordinates for many popular harbors, in the event that coordinates have not otherwise been entered. In the event that coordinates are not available for the selected dive's Dive Site, both of these fields will display "n/a".

Time
The local time at which the selected dive began.

Date
The local date on which the selected dive occured.

Water Temp
Minimum water temperature encountered during the dive.

Air Temp
Air temperature at the beginning of the dive.

Visibility
Average visibility during the dive.