Logging open water certification dives

[Lorenzoid]

Well, I have no source except for myself. Very few things in this world are hard facts. Opinions abound, though. I will explain my reasoning below.

I like your criteria, but it seems to apply to whether it's appropriate to refer to as dive as a "scuba dive." Your sentence that gamon referred to began, "You can only log something as a scuba dive if ...." So the sentence also relates to whether a dive "can" be logged. Being a pedant like me, I think you will concede that you have two separate but related assertions in that sentence. While I like your definition of a scuba dive, I will also agree with anyone here who has said there are no restrictions on what a person can log, as a log is simply one's personal record, maintained for one's own benefit. An exception is if the intent of the log is to satisfy some authority such as a dive training agency that may want to see evidence of meeting prerequisites for a course or something like that.

 

[Pressurehead]

Any dive can be logged. There are no rules other than self-imposed.

This ^^^.
I log every dive, even the one I aborted last week after 10 min [and the reasons why] less than 10min, did not feel right, called the dive.
Log it.

 

[Degenerate]

Never logged a dive since my AOW and I have never been asked for a log since then either.
Fundies, OC Trimix and then CCR, never been asked for dive count or logs for any of them.
They're all there in my Perdix though, I've just never bothered to look at them or show them to anyone.

 

[scubadada]

The first 4 dives in my second scuba career, starting in 1997, are the 4 OW checkout dive I did when I was recertified and my 12 year old son was certified. 2203 dives later...

 

[Pressurehead]

Old habits die hard, when you are required to log dives and have them signed by a supervisor to progress to another level, you log them.
To the OP, log them.

 

[Subcooled]

I like your criteria, but it seems to apply to whether it's appropriate to refer to as dive as a "scuba dive."

True (and thanks!)

Your sentence that gamon referred to began, "You can only log something as a scuba dive if ...." The sentence also relates to whether a dive "can" be logged.'

... can be logged as a SCUBA dive ...

So, being a pedant like me, I think you will concede that you have two separate but related assertions in that sentence. While I like your definition of a scuba dive, I will also agree with anyone here who has said there are no restrictions on what a person can log, as a log is simply one's personal record, maintained for one's own benefit.

Yes. And the dive log can even be written like a diary.

An exception is if the intent of the log is to satisfy some authority such as a dive training agency that may want to see evidence of meeting prerequisites for a course or something like that.

Point on!
However, we can allways filter a log, but recreating records is a lot harder.

 

[TMHeimer]

Aside from the aformentioned PADI requirement of logging the 4 OWC dives, the only "required" other reasons to log dives are if you are taking a course that requires a certain number (ie. PADI Self reliant, PADI DM, etc.) or if a dive Op charter wants to see your book and requires a certain number (or type) of dives (no one yet has asked to see my logs).

 

[Pressurehead]

Op charter wants to see your book and requires a certain number (or type) of dives (no one yet has asked to see my logs).

Every diver [16] on the last trip was asked to show logged dives and C card, I showed a log book and the Shearwater app of dives.
It was required, if you had not dived in the last year a 'check out dive' [$30] was required.
Every diver had the required record of dives.

Edit: So if you want to dive here, bring a record of you dives [the last 12mths is enough], a dive log app on a mobile phone worked for the other divers on the above trip.

 

[TMHeimer]

Every diver [16] on the last trip was asked to show logged dives and C card, I showed a log book and the Shearwater app of dives.
It was required, if you had not dived in the last year a 'check out dive' [$30] was required.
Every diver had the required record of dives.

Edit: So if you want to dive here, bring a record of you dives [the last 12mths is enough], a dive log app on a mobile phone worked for the other divers on the above trip.

My bad. I should have specified my charters have been in the U.S. only.

 

[Pressurehead]

Southern GBR Queensland Australia.
Every diver knew it was required, not allow on the charter with out it.

My local charters only want to see a C card and you sign a waiver..... You guys know the drill.