Can you log aquarium dives?

[ScubaJoy65]

When you volunteer dive at an aquarium, can you log and count your dives?

 

[ScubaSteve]

I would suggest doing a search on this. I know it has been discussed a whole lot in the past 4-6 months so your answer is out there.....kind of like the truth

Bottom line is, if it is just for you, log away. If you want the dives to count towards DM or anything else, I believe the answer is no.


Edit: When I say "If you want the dives to count towards DM or anything else, I believe the answer is no." I am simply meaning that the dives will not count towards your next level requirements.

 

[El Orans]

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/256461-aquarium-diving.html

 

[Sas]

When you volunteer dive at an aquarium, can you log and count your dives?

Log whatever you like, including swimming pools if you feel like it Your log is yours do what you want. Just bare in mind that if you are wanting to use the dives towards a qualification such as instructor/DM/etc, they might not be counted. But that is no reason not to have a record of such things for yourself. I have done one aquarium dive and I logged it

 

[don Francisco]

Why couldn't you. As has been said time and again in these forums - It's your log, log whatever dives you feel are worth logging, or none.

 

[J.R.]

Log whatever you like, including swimming pools if you feel like it Your log is yours do what you want.

BINGO!!!

Your log book is YOUR log... it's not a 'report to mommy and daddy'... it's a journal for you to keep any and all information regarding your dive history in that you feel is relevant to YOU. I log all open water dives, aquarium dives and SOME pool dives... particularly if the dive involved a particular personal goal such as testing out new gear or gear configurations.

... that being said, as Saspotato points out... if you're coming to me and wanting me to DM on a dive, I may look through your log and decide what's relevant to me to determine your level of experience... just because I may not pay any detailed attention to how much you've practiced in the pool doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the fact that you've spent time practicing skills.

(I even keep pictures and scaled down maps/charts of places I dive in my log... handy for referencing when I go back to a site I haven't been to in a while...)

Now... if you're asking what dives an instructor might count for future certs... that's a whole DIFFERENT question...

 

[FishOutUvH2O]

One of the most frequent pieces of advice I get from the seasoned divers whose brains I'm constantly picking, is the same advice many here have already given.

Log everything and don't be lazy when entering the data. Don't just put the date, time and place. Put as much info about gear, conditions, and observations as you can. Your log is a readily available source for your entire diving history. And you never know when that information, no matter how mundane it may seem, could come in handy.

 

[sabbath999]

I have been logging my pool dives but not in my real dive log... I am keeping a separate little notebook for me only just to keep track of skills that I have been working on, equipment I am wearing and weighting...

Obviously, these don't count as logged dives...

 

[ScubaSarus]

You can log a dive in your bathtub if you'de like. But actually when I first started, we had a saying a 20 ft dive at 20 mins made an official dive. I don't know if its true or not, but thats what we went buy as beginners.

 

[SailNaked]

How deep is the aquarium? if it is only about 20 feet then maybe it is more like a pool, if it is 60 feet of salt water and you are swimming with sharks or dolphins, what difference does it make that the shore is made of concrete and not sand alone?