Log books mandatory?

[Nemrod]

If you want to keep one then do so, if you don't then don't. I never have and I cannot recall ever being asked for one, I think the only time I was asked I flashed him the I card. I have never really been asked, my wife was asked once recently and she told them she was me and they dropped it.

I suppose if you are doing high level tech diving, rebreather diving, diving beyond your ordinary sport diving certifications I can see why you would want a log and I can see why as an operator I might ask to see it for something like recent experience with a rebreather.

I think the main thing a log might be good for is recording your memories, conditions etc for future reference, but, I don't care, too much work. If it comes to the point I need a book to remind me of my memories I probably want remember how to read either so.

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[CCRescueDiver]

FWIW I know a guy who was trainined in dry suit as part of his Public Safety Diver training, and never bothered to get a C card for it. A number of years later he was on a recreational dive trip in Alaska, DM asked to see C Cards for dry suit. He presented a log book showing his dry suit experience and didn't have any problems.

 

[NAM001]

FWIW I know a guy who was trainined in dry suit as part of his Public Safety Diver training, and never bothered to get a C card for it. A number of years later he was on a recreational dive trip in Alaska, DM asked to see C Cards for dry suit. He presented a log book showing his dry suit experience and didn't have any problems.

GOOD TO HEAR THAT . the card should not be the only indication on experience.
i would guess though that the training aspect was covered by the log documenting the public service training.

 

[kaerius]

I know some dive ops will ask you to show either your dive log, or your computer if you have one, to confirm you've dived within the last 6 months, the one I trained at required you to take a scuba review if you hadn't.

Likewise it can be necessary to show you qualify for courses with minimum number of dives in the prerequisites.

 

[Hammerhead]

Personally I like my log book, I don't have many logged dives, (only four, lol) but in the future once I have more I think I will appreciate it even more. I am able to look back and tell how deep I went, for how long, what my air consumption was, when I went, what time of the day, the visibility, what I wore, and I can add comments about whether I liked the dive spot, what I would like to change (i.e. lower my amount of weights, maybe thinner wetsuit, etc.), and whether or not I think it's worth going back. I guess it is a personal preference whether or not you want to keep up with one, but they are usually required for further education and I have heard some locations and boats ask for them as well.

Ummm, which forum is this again?

As for me, stopped filling in a log book when I'd filled five. Still log technical / trimix / rebreather dives, but other than that just keep tally (1,895 so far).

 

[divemaster86]

I stopped keeping a log book years ago. My husband and I only carry-on and usually travel a month at a time (yes, with dive gear). A log book weighs you down. I tend to avoid agencies that say they "require" a log book. These agencies tend to want to hold your hand no matter how many dives you have and what your certification level is.

 

[Scott L]

I stopped keeping a log book years ago. My husband and I only carry-on and usually travel a month at a time (yes, with dive gear). A log book weighs you down. I tend to avoid agencies that say they "require" a log book. These agencies tend to want to hold your hand no matter how many dives you have and what your certification level is.

What were you using as a log book, a stone tablet?

 

[divemaster86]

What were you using as a log book, a stone tablet?

LOL... We cut out anything that isn't completely essential to avoid checking bags

 

[jamie in vermont]

I dove down at Sandals in Jamacia this spring and they needed to see my log with a dive within the last 6 months. I had my AOW card and over 200 dives and they still made me do a pool check out becuse my recent dives weren't "stamped" by an instructor or dive shop. I will now ask my LDS to stamp a dive for me before another trip if it will save precious time and get me on one more dive.

 

[Nemrod]

I have been diving since 1965 and I have never bothered to keep a log book. The guys I had been diving with didn't keep logs and I hadn't even heard of divers' logs until sometime in the late '70s. I just didn't see the need for one even after I learned of their existence.

Recently, a friend of mine who owns the only LDS that I will use told me that dive ops require a log book and won't let you dive from their boats without one. If this is the case, what is a diver like me supposed to do?

Just another thing to clutter up and loose. N