am I in trouble?

[ReefHound]

I haven't taken my logbook with me anywhere for years.

Problem with asking the resort is if I'm the one answering the phone and you asks if we check logbooks, my first thought is maybe you are someone for whom we oughta be checking the logbook.

 

[diver 85]

In my experience, you'll be fine-----a C card is all we've ever needed.......

 

[mongodives]

I dont see any feasible way to check the validity of a person's log book, beyond training dives and even then that would take some time. That's if the Agency is still active and they had absolutely perfect record keeping before they went digital with that kind of info.

 

[TEArrington]

I'm not a DM, but twice I was asked to show my log book. The first time was when I was OW & the other divers on our guided dive boat decided our first dive of the trip should be a 90' dive with light wreck penetration with a possibility of mild current. They asked if I was comfortable with that, and I said I was because I had very recently been on a few deep wreck penetrations on other guided dives, with moderate current. I showed them the relevant logs in my book, my dive buddies who were with me on those dives too vouched for my skill level and off we went. Great dive.

The second time was the day after I completed my AOW dives, when we switched dive operators. The new operation gave me a hard time about the trip because I had an OW & Nitrox cards, and the dives we were doing were all deep, wreck penetrations in strong current. These were exactly the kinds of dives I did both days before, but not with them. Fortunately the LDS owner & instructor who signed off on my AOW was there to tell them that I just finished the day before, but they really even gave him a hard time. Same dive operator wouldn't drop us at one site because they said the current was too strong, even though the divers said it was not worse than the last few days. I guess that operator is just more conservative than the average. Nothing wrong with that, just not something I've seen too often. More often like another post said, "Can I see your credit card, and, oh yeah, your c card?"

The fact that most places don't ask makes me worry a little because I've seen some less experienced divers want to join unguided dives in conditions they have never dove before and the Captain/DM never even asks if this is a good idea. I know, each diver is responsible for himself or herself, but I say let's all kindly save each other from our own poor judgement when we can. I'm all for developing new skills and testing your boundaries safely, but within reason and with proper planning. I'm excited to take Rescue Diver this summer, so I can save myself from my own stupidity. Maybe I'll even be able to help someone else along the way.

 

[Belmont]

What's most important is the date of your last dive. If you are a vacation diver and you haven't been underwater for a year you're in for a check dive. Any one can fake a logbook. As long as you show them something it proves they did due diligence.

 

[notinvented]

Originally Posted by TSandM
In all the places I've gone, only one has actually asked to see my logbook, and that was in Australia, which has some more stringent rules about diving.

I live in Aus and went on a dive up in QLD on the Great Barrier Reef, I forgot even my C Card, let alone my logbook, and they still let me do the dives.

I did have to verbally recount a few recent dives for them - but maybe I'm just a sweet talker

 

[Jim Baldwin]

Can't remember the last time that I was asked to produce a dive log but it has been years. When I was doing my tech training the instructor wanted to review my dives as did the Course Director when I did my IDC.

With all that said I got a call last week from a husband and wife I had certifed last summer. They had just returned from Sandals Resort in St. Lucia.

They not only had to produce their c-cards but their log books as well. And on top of that they both had to provide current medical releases. The husband had to go find a doctor on the island and pay for a physical even though he had nothing wrong. And the medicals had to have a raised seal. All this before they would let them make one 40 foot dive and two 30 foot dives over three days

So if you are headed there be prepared. Buy a new log book and start filling it in.

 

[AndrewA]

I have only once been asked to see my log book. That was in the UK when I was doing my first "tech" course.
I log all my dives manually and so I carry my most recent logged dives with me. I also have the basic details of all my dives on an excel spread sheat a copy of which is on a flash drive I carry with me. If I was ever asked for a dive log then I would show them this.