Charlie,Charlie99:There are really 2 things being discussed --- 1) what to record in your logbook, and 2) what "counts" as a dive for purposes such as meeting the minimum number of dives required for DM or instructor certification.
I agree that your aborted dive shouldn't "count" as a dive towards some minimum required number of dives.
However, the circumstances surrounding a dive that you aborted is probably one of the more useful things you can record in your logbook for future reference.
Yes, you are correct, there are two issues being discussed. I was responding to an earlier comment of "it's my log, I can put what I want in it". My point is that only meaningful dives should be counted. I am way past the point of needing to log dives for anything other than to simply log my dive history and have a reference point to go back to.
Mike,
We're in agreement. I to have aborted dives and logged them. In times past I've had some very eventful short dives that were logged, just as they should be. The last one was four years ago on the Duane. almtree: Bob