dcg69
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I've never had to show my logbook, only my certifications. Usually they ask for the number of dives and the date of the last one to verify whether you need a refresher
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.I do have the last 50 or so dives on my computer they can look at, but have never been asked to.
Just Curious.
Have you ever been denied getting on a boat and diving anywhere in the world because you didn’t have a log book for them to look at?
I haven’t kept a log book in years, I stopped somewhere about 300 dives several years ago. I figured it was pointless because I mostly dived solo and local, and there was a lot of freediving involved. I honestly don’t know how many dives I have and don’t really care.
I’m wondering about boat access though. I have to admit, I’m kind of a travel know nothing, I don’t get out much. Do they look at your gear and an AOW card and figure good enough, or does it go beyond that?
Same here. They usually ask when your last dive was and sometimes how many you've done. One place actually may have looked at the book just because I had it with me.I've never been asked about a logbook, even when taking classes. For the places I dive, they only want to see a card, typically Visa or Mastercard.
Been asked about how recent, how deep, how often, a number of times. Only time an actual log book was looked at was SDI MSD and PADI DM. But I had certs across multiple agencies and multiple instructors so they were just verifying the prereqs.
I do carry an abbreviated log book with me. Last few dives.
Do you dive with a computer? If so, just download and print. Quite a few tropical resorts require you to have a computer anyway, especially to use Nitrox.