Witness for logged dives

[Teller]

I wouldnt worry about it and FWIW anyone that judges your diving skills based on logged dives is wrong. The only way to determine a divers skill level is to dive with them.

 

[CT-Rich]

Well the SCUBA police once pulled me over and checked my C-card and my log.... My experience is there is more interest in my tank VIP and Hydro than my dive log. Of course there is more money in saying my hydro is out of date than saying there aren't enough dives in my log....

 

[Tigerman]

Well the SCUBA police once pulled me over and checked my C-card and my log.... My experience is there is more interest in my tank VIP and Hydro than my dive log. Of course there is more money in saying my hydro is out of date than saying there aren't enough dives in my log....

Im not too sure about that really...

"Theres not enough dives in your log, let me charge you $120 to increase that number for you - its only gonna take a few hours" is a trick that work quite well on most people walking into a dive shop

 

[Steve_C]

Have had log book checked a few times (DM, MD, Rescue). Only cared about number.

I get a signature for dives that are part of courses since the log entry is part of the course. Other than that the signature is usually a social thing. If X has me sign his book, then I ask X to sign mine. Some of my regular buddies don't bother. For some it is part of our ritual after the dive interaction. I am bad with names so if I want to remember an instabuddy or guide's name, asking them to sign my book helps.

 

[dmoore19]

Every one of my logged dives are signed. Most have the sig of the DM or the person who was my buddy. Some are people that I met during or after the dive. It is cool to look back and have my memory jogged as to who was there. I like doing it, it is a social thing for me. In the last couple of years the resort or dive op has a stamp or a sticker to add to the page. I like it. Though no one has ever asked to see my book it is just something I do. I also have all my dives downloaded onto my computer with all the details and info duplicated there. I won't say anybody has to do it, but if you are like me it is just part of the fun stuff about diving.

 

[Rhodesaz]

In Cozumel, when you sign the release form at the dive shop/resort, they always ask "the number of dives" I have. Altho, I've never shown my log book to the dive shop.

I like collecting the stamps in my log book from the different dive shops I've been to. Kinda hard to "fake" the stamp.

 

[R-balljunkie]

people still use dive log books

too lazy, just download them off the computer every blue moon.

 

[diverrex]

people still use dive log books

too lazy, just download them off the computer every blue moon.

I agree. About the only thing I can think that is more boring than logging dives would be to actually go back and review old dives. Absolutely no interest to me. Out of around 10 local boat charters and 15 foreign dive ops no one has ever asked to see my log.

 

[Dirty-Dog]

people still use dive log books

too lazy, just download them off the computer every blue moon.

When we're on a trip, I download every day or two, because I put in fairly extensive notes about the dives while they're fresh in my mind.

I agree. About the only thing I can think that is more boring than logging dives would be to actually go back and review old dives. Absolutely no interest to me. Out of around 10 local boat charters and 15 foreign dive ops no one has ever asked to see my log.

If you lived in landlocked place where diving twice a year is your goal, you might find it less boring. It's also useful, when Sue or Kim asks me if I remember how much weight they needed for xxx gear setup.

 

[TSandM]

The only place I have had my log book checked was in Australia, and they didn't check co-signatures.