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

[Michael Guerrero]

My logs consist of date, location, depth, time. If something particularly cool or heinous occurred, I'll make mention of it.

 

[Wookie]

At ~some~ dive shops in Key West, you may not dive the Vandenberg without a guide unless you have:
1) 25 logged dives
2) logged dives to 130 feet
3) an AOW card.
and
4) recency, that is, dives logged in the past 6 months.

Most divers end up with a guide, at least, at that particular shop.

 

[DiveNav]

I log my real dives with my Tech Buddy, my smartphone and my divePAL.
I even log my virtual dives (buth those are not included in my "Internet count" )

 

[James R]

My computer downloads the dives, which is what I use. I don't do a paper log anymore. Every few months I zip the log file and email it to myself. Easy.

 

[nimoh]

At ~some~ dive shops in Key West, you may not dive the Vandenberg without a guide unless you have:
1) 25 logged dives
2) logged dives to 130 feet
3) an AOW card.
and
4) recency, that is, dives logged in the past 6 months.

Most divers end up with a guide, at least, at that particular shop.

I think those are good rules. However, if I didn't log dives and was about to dive the Vandenberg, I would fill out 25 log book pages during my flight.

 

[boulderjohn]

Living as I do in Colorado most of the year, I don't log enough dives to make it all a PITA--a good year will total only about 120 dives. I have had some pretty bad years where I did not get many at all. If I were doing hundreds of dives a year, I would probably stop.

I do, however, have needs for logged dives. I recently got my certification for using a DPV (scooter) in caves, a certification that is required in some places I would like to use that scooter. I could not get that certification until I had logged 50 dives following full cave certification in addition to passing the class. Now that I have completed that goal, I have to work on the next one. You need to have at least 100 logged cave dives to dive certain very attractive sites. Now, I could sit down this afternoon and fake it, but I have this strange feeling about the importance of honesty.

Yes, I am sure that a lot of ScubaBoard posters have exaggerated their total. If I had not logged dives and you asked me how many I had done, I would probably quite honestly overestimate the total by a good 20%. It sure feels like more than the number staring at me in my logbook.

 

[scubadada]

Logging or not logging dives is a personal choice, I like having the information in my logs. In addition, I have the last 339 downloaded from my AI computer. Those 363 hours, 7,995 cu ft of gas at a SRMV of 0.37 +/- 0.04 cu ft/min were a real blast

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Reasons to not log dives:
laziness
too cheap to buy a log book
don't dive that much
not a professional, no need to log
no body will dive with me so I can't get a verification signature
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

Wow ... that's myopic.

First off, I log my dives ... all 3250+ of them up to this point. That said, I don't buy any of your reasons ... and here's why ...

laziness - or maybe they just don't see any value in doing so. Logging dives is completely voluntary ... everyone does it for their own reasons.

too cheap to buy a log book - if you want to buy a logbook, go ahead. But this is the 21st century ... most people own these wonderful new devices called computers. I haven't purchased a log book since the first one I bought right after OW class. Once I filled that up I created a Word table that I use to log my dives. My primary dive buddy uses an Excel spreadsheet. Lots of people I know simply download their dive computers onto their laptop or home PC. These days you can get apps for a tablet or smart phone. Why in the world would anybody buy a log book?

don't dive that much - seriously? Most of the folks I know who don't log dives are way more active than you are ... diving once or more every single week throughout the year. For the most part they dive so much the value they would have gotten out of a log has long since become obsolete.

not a professional, no need to log - there's no reason for a dive professional to keep a dive log, as long as they maintain adequate class records. And even if they do log, there's no reason for them to log their non-class dives.

no body will dive with me so I can't get a verification signature - not every agency requires verification signatures on your logged dives ... except for dives you do as part of a class, they're simply not needed.

Dennis ... seriously ... that's one of the worst posts I've ever seen you make. Every agency ... including the one you DM for ... makes it clear that a dive log is recommended, and not mandated. A dive log is purely for the benefit of the person keeping it, and if they see no value in keeping a record of their dives then, frankly, it's a waste of time and resources.

For the rest of us, there are a lot of reasons why it might be worthwhile ... and those reasons are strictly up to the diver ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

---------- Post added January 2nd, 2014 at 01:46 PM ----------

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

It won't ... a better idea would be to scan your c-card (both sides) and keep it as a PDF file in your laptop or on a flash drive you can take with you ... or publish it to a site you can access from anywhere ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

---------- Post added January 2nd, 2014 at 01:48 PM ----------

At ~some~ dive shops in Key West, you may not dive the Vandenberg without a guide unless you have:
1) 25 logged dives
2) logged dives to 130 feet
3) an AOW card.
and
4) recency, that is, dives logged in the past 6 months.

Most divers end up with a guide, at least, at that particular shop.

... reminds me of the shop in Maui that would only accept PADI cards ... I laughed all the way across the street, where I signed up to dive with his competitor ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Wookie]

At ~some~ dive shops in Key West, you may not dive the Vandenberg without a guide unless you have:
1) 25 logged dives
2) logged dives to 130 feet
3) an AOW card.
and
4) recency, that is, dives logged in the past 6 months.

Most divers end up with a guide, at least, at that particular shop.

... reminds me of the shop in Maui that would only accept PADI cards ... I laughed all the way across the street, where I signed up to dive with his competitor ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

You miss the point. They won't prohibit you from diving, they will make you dive with a guide. And quite frankly, divers in Key West most often need to dive with a guide, especially on the Vandenberg. We don't, but then, we've had you for a week before we put you there. If you were a lousy vacation diver when you came to us, you're a lot better by the time we get to the Vandy.

No, with the dive shop I have in mind, you'd go across the street to the competitor because the competitor is $40 cheaper per head, and will take you diving the way you want. I use the you specifically to mean you, Bob. You would be unhappy having your hand held on the dive boat....

 

[diverrex]

I am in the group that is not that interested in keeping a log. I do download my computer and I keep track of my total dives and where they are by location but I don't even keep track of dive site names or things I've seen. So I can tell you how many dives I've done in Bonaire or Fiji but not what dive sites and I'm okay with that. I do use the computer log to monitor my SAC rate. I have zero interest in reading through old logs. Where I dive locally a site can be great one day and lousy the next and everything in between and the fish tend to move around. So I really don't care too much what the site was like last time or before. I can remember what weight I use in a 3 mm, 7 mm or drysuit so I don't bother putting that in the log.

I've dived with 18 different tropical ops and 12 different local boats and none have ever asked for a log. Though sometimes but not always I may print my computer log before a trip which basically just shows date, dive time and max depth.

Too each their own.