What kind of logbook?

[Pearldiver07]

I maintained the first few hundred on standard PADI log book pages, then designed a page myself.

Now I developed a log book database that also allows me to track equipment and tank maintenance, training (mine, and when I train others), and it spits out condensed reports and listings to allow for less room to be required.

I now can print out the summary and statistics pages to take with me, and I download the dive information off of my computer (it's in the UWATEC Smart series).

 

[flw]

I guess it's probably not available in the US, but I like the scotsac logbook - unless I'm training I don't always fill in all the details, but there's enough space for important info like gps and tide info

 

[ivobj]

I just download from my divewatch (I use a Suunto Mosquito as back up and to collect the dive data) to the computer, I don't make paper logbook for some time now... ok, I confess, I am a little bit lazy to log my dives...

 

[Jorgy]

Suunto Dive Manager can export data as a .CSV file you can then open it with Excel and then re-save it as an Excel file......

No proprietary database and you can do all kinds of calcs and sorts on the data........the nerd engineer in me................plus being bored on a plane?.

I fly a lot for work.....so I do this crazy calculation.........average dive depth times dive time in seconds divided by 1000..........this gives me a factor to compare my longer/deeper dives.........

So far my best was 175.8 on a night dive in Malaysia.........57 minutes at an average depth of 51 ft.......on an AL 80 no less.......and I surfaced with 1050 psi.....achieved a SAC of .32.........what a dive......slow and relaxed.........

M

My top 6 "factor" dives.......


Dive Date Length Max D Avg D Calc Where Site
271 8/ 4/2007 3420 65 51.4 175.8 Aur Island, Malaysia Dayang Bay - Night dive
146 6/17/2005 3760 76 46 173.0 Costa Brava La Pedrosa
149 6/18/2005 3180 92 54 171.7 Costa Brava Illa Fariol
273 8/ 5/2007 3360 85 49.1 165.0 Aur Island, Malaysia Pinang - Drift
366 8/24/2008 3100 74 51.9 160.9 Lake Ontario Wolfe Islander - Wreck
129 4/19/2005 3620 64 44.3 160.4 Roatan, Honduras - AKR Fish Den #12

 

[Skeeter1097]

I let the computer do it. Plug it in and you fell in a few blanks. A years dives on 2 or 3 pages.