Dive Log

[menemsha43]

I photocopied my log book just so I've got it - I view it more as a dive diary. Its interesting to look back to some of my early dives and remember what I was thinking or what I wrote about the experience. I wouldn't want to lose the info

 

[rab]

Everyone knows all you need to log dives is a pen and some paper (this may or may not include actual dives, just kidding). There is really no way to verify them. The main purpose for a logbook is for your own benefit. If someone wants to check out your logbook how will they know the dives are legit. Without some formal verfication process we can only trust that that you are honest.

If you need the logbook for proof of experience, just record what you can from memory as mentioned above. Remember to change your writing style and pen color to look like you recorded them on different days. This way the "scuba police" won't try to pull your c-card.

HA! I have a pen that I keep with my log so almost every entry over the past 18 months or so are written with the same pen! Of course, I also have my dives logged on DiveRecord.com if I were to ever lose the paper version.

-Rob

 

[emtdan]

I think mst ppl wont give u a hard time unless you are trying to get PADI MSD (Master Scuba Diver) there you accually need to prove that you have 50 logged dives.

 

[bob1dp]

I photocopy my old dive logs so I’m mainly carrying copies. Some of the logs were written from memory years later when I remembered a really cool dive I forgot to record.

 

[davek42]

I am looking fot the old style NAUI and PADU log books..I guess I started with these and I like them better than the new ones Please E-mail me if you have some to sell..theses are 3 3/4 X 5 1/8..thanks dave ...davek42_43130@yahoo.com

 

[DiveMaven]

I've never been asked to see my log book, but if I lost it, I could just print out my downloaded dives off my computer I guess. I also have a pen with my log book that I use to log my dives, so they are all in the same color and ink style.

 

[The Kraken]

All a log book does is prove that you can write.
I dare say there are log books that are absolute impeccible specimens of factual dive history and there are log books that would make Stephen King look like a first grade essayist . . .
I log all my dives, but very seldom do I have my buddy validate the dive, and likewise, very seldom does my dive buddy ask me to validate his log.

 

[knotical]

As others have said, you can do the PADI AOW course with only your OW card.

Rescue is an either-or proposition. Prerequisites for the PADI Rescue course are:
Either the PADI AOW course (which could be someone with as few as nine total dives, 4 from OW and 5 from AOW)
OR
A second certification from another agency, equivalent to AOW, AND “proof of 20 or more dives documenting experience in deep diving and underwater navigation.”

“proof” does not appear to be elsewhere defined, so it seems to leave some lee-way for the instructor to decide. I like to see dog-eared logbooks with different signatures from different buddies, but . . .

The next time you’d need to care about logs is either MSD or DM.

 

[DORSETBOY]

If it's a new site I'll log it, doing it myself if it's solo, if I'm teaching I've been told that it's a health and safety exec requirement in the uk to log my teaching dives.

 

[Tobagoman]

I've got missing log books in my series from moving from place to place before I bought a home and never had a problem with not having them. Plus I never logged my work dives in my recreational dive log books because they are two different beasts. I don't think that I ever had to show a log book to do a dive, training is another issue, and as mentioned before, just get a new one and fill in the last handful of dives you can remember. Good luck with your training!!