Garmin GPSMAP 8000 Manuel D’Utilisation

Select an option:
• To calculate the vessel speed based on data from the 

water-speed sensor, select Water Speed.

• To calculate the vessel speed based on GPS data, select 

GPS Speed.

You can specify the source of the heading displayed on the 

wind gauge. Magnetic heading is the heading data received 

from a heading sensor, and GPS heading is calculated by your 

chartplotter GPS (course over ground).

From the wind gauge, select Menu > Compass Gauge > 

Heading Source.

Select GPS Hdg or Magnetic.
NOTE: When moving at low speeds or when stationary, the 

magnetic compass source is more accurate than the GPS 

source.

You can specify the range of the close-hauled wind gauge for 

both the upwind scale and the downwind scale.

From the wind gauge, select Menu > Compass Gauge > 

Set Gauge Type > Close Hauled Gauge.

Select an option:
• To set the maximum and minimum values that appear 

when the upwind close-hauled wind gauge appears, 

select Change Upwind Scale, and set the angles.

• To set the maximum and minimum values that appear 

when the downwind close-hauled wind gauge appears, 

select Change Downwind Scale, and set the angles.

• To view true or apparent wind, select Wind, and select an 

option.

Before you can view graphs of various environmental changes, 

such as temperature, depth, and wind, you must have an 

appropriate transducer or sensor connected to the network.

Select Info > Trip & Graphs > Graphs.

You can indicate the amount of time and the range of depth that 

appear in the depth and water temperature graphs.

From a graph, select Graph Setup.

Select an option:
• To set a time-elapsed scale, select Duration. The default 

setting is 10 minutes. Increasing the time-elapsed scale 

allows you to view variations over a longer period of time. 

Decreasing the time-elapsed scale allows you to view 

more detail over a shorter period of time.

• To set the graph scale, select Scale. Increasing the scale 

allows you to view more variation in readings. Decreasing 

the scale allows you to view more detail in the variation.

You can view information about a tide station for a specific date 

and time, including the tide height, and when the next high and 

low tides will occur. By default, the chartplotter shows tide 

information for the most recently viewed tide station and for the 

present date and time.
Select Info > Tides & Currents > Tides.

NOTE: Current station information is available with certain 

detailed maps.
You can view information about a current station for a specific 

date and time, including the current speed and level of the 

current. By default, the chartplotter shows current information 

for the most recently viewed current station and for the present 

date and time.
Select Info > Tides & Currents > Currents.

You can view information about sunrise, sunset, moonrise, 

moonset, moon phase, and the approximate sky view location 

of the sun and moon. The center of the screen represents the 

sky overhead, and the outermost rings represent the horizon. 

By default, the chartplotter shows celestial information for the 

present date and time.
Select Info > Tides & Currents > Celestial.

Select Info > Tides & Currents.

Select Tides, Currents, or Celestial.

Select an option.
• To view information for a different date, select Change 

Date > Manual, and enter a date.

• To view information for today, select Change Date > 

Current.

• If available, to view information for the day after the date 

shown, select Next Day.

• If available, to view information for the day before the date 

shown, select Previous Day.

Select Info > Tides & Currents.

Select Tides or Currents.

Select Nearby Stations.

Select a station.

From a chart or 3D chart view, select a location.

Select Information.

Select Tides, Currents, or Celestial.

You can select your boat type to configure the chartplotter 

settings and to use features customized for your boat type.

Select Settings > My Vessel > Vessel Type.

Select Powerboat or Sailboat.

When in sailing mode (

), you can 

display laylines on the navigation chart. Laylines can be very 

helpful when racing.
From the navigation chart, select Menu > Chart Menu > 

Laylines.

Tide, Current, and Celestial Information

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