"logged Dives"

[Wormil]

It's funny how you are required to show a log book. A log book means nothing. It means you wrote some stuff down and some one randomly signed it. I've seen students in Master Diver class who were swimming with fins in the sand. The kid couldn't hover and shoot a lift bag. Logged dives != skill. Which goes back to my previous post.

 

[fnfalman]

Or just get a stamp from an LDS and start stamping away.

 

[gaday]

Lots of responses, thank you all,
My concern comes from this, as I start to get familiar with the terms and procedures I see on a number of places the importance that some people and institutions give to the log, however I realize that there is no way to determine the veracity of what’s entered on the log, I see it as a great way to keep record of your personal experience and a lousy measure of experience.
So, my question is, how much my log will influence on my development as a diver when it comes to certifications and recognition, can I, supposedly, just “make up” a log and bring it to the instructor to speed up the process?

Geovani

 

[mantagirl]

Yes, you can certainly "lie" and make up a dive log. But posing as having experience you do not can get you in serious trouble out there. AND if you are paired with a dive buddy who expects you to have the experience you claim, you are putting them at risk also.

One way to make your log show that you have really done what you claim is to have it stamped at dive resorts or signed off by dive professionals. It can be a good measure of experience if you have really done what is in the log book.

Those who cheat, generally pay in the end and if someone has to lie to make themselves seem bigger than they are, I feel sorry for them.

It's generally not hard to tell if someone is just "talking a good dive".

 

[knowone]

Gaday, how's it goin. Don't worry about it. Any myth you present will be BUSTED. Who spelt your name?

 

[Teamcasa]

So, my question is, how much my log will influence on my development as a diver when it comes to certifications and recognition, can I, supposedly, just “make up” a log and bring it to the instructor to speed up the process?

Geovani

No one can stop you from lying in your log but you are only stealing the experience from yourself.

Your log is personal. Along with the typical dive statistics, log what you liked about the dive, what you learned, mistakes made and more importantly, how you plan not to repeat any mistakes.

 

[Cave Diver]

So, my question is, how much my log will influence on my development as a diver when it comes to certifications and recognition, can I, supposedly, just “make up” a log and bring it to the instructor to speed up the process?

Geovani

Many instructors will require that students they are unfamiliar with do "checkouts" prior to accepting them as students or to training them. Even if you have a log book full of accomplishments, if you can't pass their performance standards they will likely choose not to train you.

"Cheating" on your log doesn't really accomplish much.

 

[tflaris]

NAUI considers a dive at least 20 minutes min depth 20'

Min 10 min surface interval.

But like everyone else has says. Log anything and everything.

It's your log.


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[gaday]

This is nothing I would do; I’ll be more concern on getting in the water with an “expert” based on their log.

 

[gaday]

What’s with the name knowone? I spelled myself!!