Then I guess the guide who took me on a dive skirted the law. I showed my PADI card, that's it.
You anarchist! ;-)
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Then I guess the guide who took me on a dive skirted the law. I showed my PADI card, that's it.
For European style club or independent diving, that's kinda difficult. Less than 10% of the entries in my logbook are stamped. Because there's no-one who's able to stamp the log entry. Personally, I like to record the name of my buddy and have them sign the log entry, though.Log dives and have them signed by anybody. Most of them should be stamped.
Then I guess the guide who took me on a dive skirted the law. I showed my PADI card, that's it.
All of this is completely silly, and it wouldn't surprise me if dive ops skirt the regulations when it suits them.
I was simply responding to the question raised earlier in the thread asking where it is required to show a log book. I have been asked to show mine of several occasions in the past.
Somewhere other than Israel? Where? In a post above, Freewillow says he's been asked to show a logbook in Raja Ampat, Egypt, French Polynesia and the Maldives. Got any to add besides Israel?
It says: "The proof [of a dive within the last six months] should be on a log book not a diving computer."
I still log my dives....soon to do number 400....we are occasionally asked on liveaboards and in resort's.but mainly my husband and I use them as diaries of our diving. It's good to recheck if we go back to an area. It's also good to check what weight we needed then and now and our air consumption , as well as what we saw.
Like a previous poster we try to catch up with guide after dinner or on the way back on the boat ....it's so easy to forget what you have seen.
You will regret it if you don't get into a habit of doing this.
Best fishes xx