What constitutes a loggable "dive"

[jscott099]

I just put on my gear and stand under the shower for a few minutes when I need a logbook fix.

 

[gypsyjim]

I just put on my gear and stand under the shower for a few minutes when I need a logbook fix.

If that constitutes diving to you, go for it. It's your book.

 

[djwang2000]

Not a pool? You sure?

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Ok, that is just too damn cool


... and yeah, I would think one would want to log that ...

 

[maniago]

As many have said, you can log whatever you choose to log. But, to answer your specific question - for purposes of 'continuing education' - from a PADI perspective, here are some relevant items from the Instructor Manual definitions provided at the beginning of the 'Training Standards' section:

Logged dives: To credit a a logged dive for course requirements, the dive takes place in open water and specific information about the dive (date, time, depth, location, etc.) is recorded.

Open water dives: Open water is a body of water significantly larger than a swimming pool offering conditions typical of a natural body of water encountered by divers.

My LDS wants DMC to have 40 dives, so though I might never do it, I just want to consciously focus my early time underwater with a goal in mind vs just do stuff willy-nilly. And this (ie quoted text, trimmed for efficacy) is what I was looking for, so thanks for taking the time to pull it out of the manual and posting it.

 

[CaveMD]

Every time I go to work I hop back and forth through the MRI machine s few times and log each one as a cave dive.

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[Tigerman]

I log anything as a dive that;
1. Is not in a pool
2. Is more than 15 minutes and/or 15 feet
3. Any other dive that is not in a pool if its aborted for whatever reason. This to keep track of whatever "incidents" I come across and how it was solved.

Dont think I have anything less than 40 minutes in my logbooks unless its aborted though..