diver 85
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For me, I gave up about mid 90's(10 yrs into diving)..........Really doesn't matter how many these days......
When did you lose track?
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Craig66
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I would like to turn the question around a little and ask those that do log religiously what it is that they get out of it?
I ask that question with no negative connotations and on the contrary I often admire those divers clearly doing their 1000th dive who are still sitting post dive and religiously logging.
For my self I stopped after about 50 and at this point only keep track of the number of the dive. I found it was not really of any benefit to me. From a safety point of view my DC stores the last 25 dives I had and so in the case of an emergency the first responders would have that available to them. I found that I did not need a log to remember the awesome moments of my 427 odd dives, the scary moments, the oops moments and the wow moments. I did not feel that I needed a log to keep track of weighting and understood that it was comfort and experience that got me from needing 8 pounds with a steel backplate to 0 pounds with a aluminum backplate in a 3mm. It was experience and comfort that got me to from 35 minute dives to dives greater than an hour. I know that PADI hopes that by logging dives that diving will never be taken lightly and the dangers will be better understood and appreciated.
I guess it is up to individuals to decide what they get out of it and just how much they wish to log. I know that I have had some strange looks when I am asked if I log my dives and I reply no - as if not logging a dive makes me a bad diver that is flaunting the rules of diving.
Oops I just realized that knowing I have 427 dives means that I do log dives LOL
Craig
I ask that question with no negative connotations and on the contrary I often admire those divers clearly doing their 1000th dive who are still sitting post dive and religiously logging.
For my self I stopped after about 50 and at this point only keep track of the number of the dive. I found it was not really of any benefit to me. From a safety point of view my DC stores the last 25 dives I had and so in the case of an emergency the first responders would have that available to them. I found that I did not need a log to remember the awesome moments of my 427 odd dives, the scary moments, the oops moments and the wow moments. I did not feel that I needed a log to keep track of weighting and understood that it was comfort and experience that got me from needing 8 pounds with a steel backplate to 0 pounds with a aluminum backplate in a 3mm. It was experience and comfort that got me to from 35 minute dives to dives greater than an hour. I know that PADI hopes that by logging dives that diving will never be taken lightly and the dangers will be better understood and appreciated.
I guess it is up to individuals to decide what they get out of it and just how much they wish to log. I know that I have had some strange looks when I am asked if I log my dives and I reply no - as if not logging a dive makes me a bad diver that is flaunting the rules of diving.
Oops I just realized that knowing I have 427 dives means that I do log dives LOL
Craig
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Paper log still from day one. I'll never lose track--I have many routines....so I've been told.... I dive usually once weekly for 2 dives (same old places with the odd exception). So I don't have the numbers some of you have after 9 years. But I will hit 500 in the Spring, and will definately post that the turtle made it.
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I did not log dives from my certification with LACUU in 1970 until my vacation from diving in 1980. I can only guess at the number of dives, probably about 200. I do not count these dives in my current total. I have logged all my dives since getting recertified by PADI in 1997 with my 12 year old son, 875. So what's my real total, I don't know, wish I would have logged my 1st decade of diving.
Pupsocket
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I usually log dives in my paper log book. Which reminds me, I should probably go log last week's dive, which was #9 (including OW dives).
Guess that means I lost track around dive #8...
Guess that means I lost track around dive #8...
OP
I still log as diligently as I can make myself do, because things like what the actual currents were compared to predictions, or how I weighted myself for a given configuration and water, can be important to reference later. I'm just not very compulsive about making sure that every single dive I do gets logged, and I don't know what the total is any more. After all, I'm in the ScubaBoard 1000 - 2499 bracket, and it's unlikely I'll EVER make it out of that -- so why count? 
LeadTurn_SD
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I lost track of dives in the late 1970's.... and lost my early logbooks. Sigh.
I only sporadically log dives these days, mostly to record gear data (changes in weighting for different gear configurations, to make a note about a regulator's performance after I've serviced it, etc.).
As a result, I really do not know my true total dive count. Any estimate at this point is a wild guess.
I really wish I had my original dive logs; I kept fairly complete records, especially of my early dives right after OW certification, dives in places other than Hawaii, early deco dives, I drew charts of dive sites, etc.
Those dusty old logs would be fun to read, sort of like a journal from long in the past.
Best wishes.
I only sporadically log dives these days, mostly to record gear data (changes in weighting for different gear configurations, to make a note about a regulator's performance after I've serviced it, etc.).
As a result, I really do not know my true total dive count. Any estimate at this point is a wild guess.
I really wish I had my original dive logs; I kept fairly complete records, especially of my early dives right after OW certification, dives in places other than Hawaii, early deco dives, I drew charts of dive sites, etc.
Those dusty old logs would be fun to read, sort of like a journal from long in the past.
Best wishes.
Sometime around 1970 or so.
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