I just don't log dives,why not?????

[LowVizWiz]

I suspect that status is chosen as a means to avoid credibility challenges during lively discussions.

Besides, if someone doesn't like what I have to say on the board, a large dive count isn't likely to change their mind.

I log my dives by downloading the data from my PDC to a desktop computer and add the details I find relevant; but like Bob DBF, I find that my dive count (or post count for that matter) is irrelevant to my credibility. I could very easily change both and it wouldn't make what I post more or less credible.

To the OP, logged dives are only as valuable as the info you keep in them. The number of logged dives itself is not relevant to anyone else IMO. As you can see I'm not even certified

 

[whitefang21]

Logging dives is excellent, even though i have a downloadable computer. I love logging dives because on every dive i learn something or write down different navigation points. . Once i lost my dive book and i had return to dive site that i had visited 6 months prior and it was a challenge finding the point i visited with out the entries i made in my log book. I log the differences in my dive and since no dive is the same i end up logging all my dives

The Dive was excellent and my log is like a story book:cool2:, i especially love the fact that my dive buddy drew pictures of me hurling on a dive in my log book. Good Times

 

[GLOCKSCUBAG!RL]

Seriously, people, your log book is a treasure trove of data on equipment, weighting, air consumption, conditions at sites, plus a great book of memories. I hope you will log, or if you haven't, start logging your dives. It's just the smart (and fun) thing to do. But it does take a little time and effort. So man up!
DivemasterDennis

Also, if you're a newer diver like myself, it's nice to have written proof of your dives when renting equipment, and your computer only stores so many dives at a time.


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Early on (back in the 60s) I think I kept a log book (it was the 60s, I WAS there so I don't remember) but later decided it just wasn't necessary. Then in 2000 I decided I wanted to travel and dive internationally and was aware that dive ops would ask my experience level or dive count so I resumed logging. Today with thousands of dives under my weight belt, I still log them and place them on my web page so other divers can check on things like water temperature out here.

That's a great idea


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[agilis]

Is diving a sport or is it a hobby? If it's a hobby then I propose sky diving, private pilot, and amateur circuit car racing as three that require the logging of fitness, activity and training.

Not that I believe it should be a governmental requirement to log dives. I'm just providing the examples you (rhetorically?) asked for.

Pilots require government licensure, as do motor vehicle drivers. I did some sky diving when I was much younger. I don't know how it is now, but back in the 70s the only log I recall was kept by the aircraft and sky diving operator.

Diving is generally classified as a sport, like tennis, rock climbing, running marathons, polo, ice hockey, etc.

 

[doctormike]

Also, if you're a newer diver like myself, it's nice to have written proof of your dives when renting equipment, and your computer only stores so many dives at a time.

What were you trying to rent that you needed proof of dives beyond your c-card?

 

[hroark2112]

I used to keep track of all my games as a goalie. Win/loss, goals against, how I felt I played. It lasted a month or two. Now I have a rough idea how many games I've played in the last 10 years since I started playing. No one ever asked me for a count or how many goals I've let up.

I feel eel the same about my diving. My instructor knows I have the dives required for certifications. I hVe have videos of lots of my dives to remember the cool stuff.

 

[GLOCKSCUBAG!RL]

What were you trying to rent that you needed proof of dives beyond your c-card?

I haven't. I'm just thinking perhaps if I lost my c-card, maybe my dive log could back me up?


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[Searcaigh]

I logged dives when I first started in commercial diving, and continued when I started recreational diving. At one point back in the 80s I actually used my commercial log as proof that I was a diver in order to rent tanks. Afterwards when I started my PADI course run by an ex-RN instructor failing to log a dive was close to having to drop and do 10 push ups (whilst wearing dive gear tank and all … just joking, but wow betide you if you left a tank standing with a regulator attached).

Logs provide a wealth of data that you can either use or ignore, it is a personal choice but I have been asked to show proof of 100 post qualification dives when I did my PADI Self Sufficient Diver course (by an instructor whom I have known since the late 90s). I enjoy using it to reminisce and of course comments from buddies through the ages as well as recording what photo gear (camera / lens / strobes and many years ago type of film) I was using.

Sometimes I download dives from my dive computer, I know somebody who kept a full electronic record for years and then lost all of it when she tried to transfer the logs from a PC to a Mac.

 

[doctormike]

I haven't. I'm just thinking perhaps if I lost my c-card, maybe my dive log could back me up?

Kind of doubt that any store would accept a log instead of a C-card in 2014... but Padi will be more than happy to sell you another copy! Plus, you can pay them for the electronic version that you can keep on your phone...

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I know somebody who kept a full electronic record for years and then lost all of it when she tried to transfer the logs from a PC to a Mac.

Yeah, that comes up every time there is one of these threads, however I just don't see it as a disadvantage of keeping an electronic log.

But yes, if someone can't (or won't) back up their data, or can't figure out how to migrate data forward from one OS to another, then they probably shouldn't be using a computer for any important information in their life.

 

[nimoh]

Kind of doubt that any store would accept a log instead of a C-card in 2014... but Padi will be more than happy to sell you another copy! Plus, you can pay them for the electronic version that you can keep on your phone...

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Yeah, that comes up every time there is one of these threads, however I just don't see it as a disadvantage of keeping an electronic log.

But yes, if someone can't (or won't) back up their data, or can't figure out how to migrate data forward from one OS to another, then they probably shouldn't be using a computer for any important information in their life.

I agree. A log book doesn't prove dives took place, but a c-card proves that at least at one point in time an instructor decided that you were a good enough diver for that level.