After 50th dive, new logbook needed

[spoolin01]

Make your own! I like the Diver's Logbook [] - $10.00 because it has plenty of space for commentary, so I made some modifications to that layout, using MSWord, printed my own pages on 24 lb paper, used a couple of photos I liked for front and back covers, and took it all to Staples or Office Depot or FedEx Office. They cut the pages, laminated the photos, and comb bound the lot, for around $7 if I recall. You can continue the page/dive numbering from one log to the next, and mark each volume on the cover for easy organization. I like having the personalized format and logbook (and the covers are waterproof now).

 

[DivemasterDennis]

Some Padi shops still sell supplemental log book pages punched for a n 8 inch three ring binder. You can also create pages much like the Padi Pages, just not for resale. I have done this for years, with a copier and heavy stock paper. I have filled out extensive log notes on nearly 1000 dives, and currently there are three binders on the shelf and my "active" log book in which I retain my 50 most recent dives. Keep up that habit of loggting dives: you are creating a database oif very useful information about weighting, site conditions, equipment use. Good for you.
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[Max Speed]

http://www.dive-logs.com International shipping is very quick and reasonable. You design exactly what you want.

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[Pearlman]

I download my computer (as you do) but post my dives on an electronic dive log on my web site. The benefit? If I forget my log book on a trip, I can point the dive center to my on-line log book and verify my number of dives, etc. I log my buddy and my gear configuration, but rely on my video footage to document critter sightings.

What about the Rubber stamp and veracity of one's online dive log? If say for example electronic dive logs are uploaded via an xml/txt file, anyone could fake it.
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[drbill]

What about the Rubber stamp and veracity of one's online dive log? If say for example electronic dive logs are uploaded via an xml/txt file, anyone could fake it.

True... but I doubt anyone thinks I fake mine. For a new diver it is much more important to have a log book with stamps as verification. The OP has such a book. For those who have been diving a lot longer (me: 51 years and thousands of dives), not as important.

I also have scanned my c-cards and posted them on the page with my dive log so that if I forget my card, I can point the dive center to my web site for verification.

 

[nimoh]

Make your own! I like the Diver's Logbook [] - $10.00 because it has plenty of space for commentary, so I made some modifications to that layout, using MSWord, printed my own pages on 24 lb paper, used a couple of photos I liked for front and back covers, and took it all to Staples or Office Depot or FedEx Office. They cut the pages, laminated the photos, and comb bound the lot, for around $7 if I recall. You can continue the page/dive numbering from one log to the next, and mark each volume on the cover for easy organization. I like having the personalized format and logbook (and the covers are waterproof now).

you might consider using waterproof paper since if you take your log book diving, it might get wet

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[KeithG]

I am another in the "make your own" category. That way you can have a log that allows you to record what ever information you feel is important.

We used excel to create a "form" that we then print double sided. Since I dive with a buddy, our form includes 2 sets of metrics for each dive (air in, air out, max depth, bottom time, accummulated bottom time this trip, weights, special equipment,...) but only a single set of dive site information since we both dove the same site in the same conditions.

We no longer worry about using the paper log as proof of our dive history as we have not been asked in years to produce a log.

 

[iamrushman]

congrats on your 50 dive milestone...........over the years i have converted my dive log to a dive journal and keep track of everything.

 

[DiverAmy]

I quit logging dives about 300 dives ago, maybe more. I sometimes regret it. I sometimes consider starting logging again. My husband downloads his dive computer to his laptop and keeps track. I have been through quite a few computers. One of the benefits of logging is knowing how much weight you need with a specific configuration. I always forget. Anyway. I cut the spine off my original padi log book, punched holes and put it into one of those binder type log books where you can easily add pages.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Like Amy, I quit logging my dives ages ago, have been through a few computers and found myself a bit regretful. Now I carry a notebook and if something special happens that I wish to note, I can write as much detail as I wish. No one in any country has ever asked me to produce my log. Be that as it may, believe logging is something that should be kept up, if only to keep yourself from becoming regretful.

As an aside, when traveling to dive, I can keep track of the DMs, captain and any other crew, particularly with respect to tipping.