Logging. Do you?

[rhwestfall]

1. Started with a paper log book (wasn't much choice in 1988/89)
2. Got a computer in 1992 or '93. Hey cool, this thing has a PC log! Dive computer bricked, and a computer crash cost me a bunch of data...lost that stuff...
3. Got another dive computer and a new PC, but the software was wonky... Doubled with paper and PC with a backup to a NAS.
4. Back-up storage died....
5. Got yet another computer and robust NAS and another dive computer (SW) and also discovered Subsurface. Been using paper, computer (2 or 3 programs) and backing up to NAS and cloud... lessons learned.

Not a lot of info outside basic logbook type info unless I felt something was important to document.

 

[jadairiii]

I have logged almost every dive I've ever done (minus when I was a "working" diver doing divemaster work or assistant instructor). My very first instructor told us we should and use as much detail of the dive as possible so you could always look back and see how locations have changed. As years progressed I become more and more detailed. And I have used old dives to see how things have changed.

I've used commercial log books, then created my own that I keep in .pdf files.

 

[Mr_C]

I used to log religiously when we started. But after awhile, just rely on the dive computer keeping count and as a backup - our credit card statement on where

 

[Subcooled]

Diving logs are boring. I keep a diving diary with pictures instead. Sure, it contains times, depths, profiles, gases etc. but it also contains written descriptions of the dives. It is not just a log, it is a diary with photos and all. I do keep digital diving logs but the diary is strictly handwritten on paper.

 

[Pressurehead]

I've logged 2813 dives on paper since 1989. Force of habit

Ditto, since 1968, having had to record every dive while in the Navy for 20+ years and a civilian diving instructor since ( instructors do it to cover their arse here, all the smart ones that is) ,old habits die hard, I don't write a thesis, just what is relevant. Just keep the entries simply and concise.

 

[lowwall]

Ditto, since 1968, having had to record every dive while in the Navy for 20+ years and a civilian diving instructor since ( instructors do it to cover their arse here, all the smart ones that is) ,old habits die hard, I don't write a thesis, just what is relevant. Just keep the entries simply and concise.

I was born in 1968 Did you happen to log any dives on April 10 (or 11 to account for the time zone difference)?

 

[ImpotentSeaSnake]

Are the stamps from dives still a thing? I hope they are... seems like a nice tradition to preserve.

Yep, they’re cool to collect.

 

[Blackcrusader]

I enjoy being able to go back and review my prior dives. I frequently use the information to answer questions from my friends on ScubaBoard.

I also like to review my dives and sometimes post them. It's been helpful for some here on scubaboard.

 

[Pressurehead]

born in 1968 Did you happen to log any dives on April 10

No, first dive was July that year, eighteen months after I joined the Navy ,applied and accepted to do the course. Yeah, I am an old fart. But I have done 10 dives over the last 7 days, all logged on paper and an app online ,plus the Shearwater site. To stay on topic. This Pressurehead has not quit. There is that.

 

[stretchthepenn]

Could you post the log page you designed?

Sure thing. Here y'go...