How deep?

[MichiganScott]

I don't ever remember covering this in class.

How deep do you have to dive to make ita real "logged dive"?

The reason I ask is: my uncle lives on a fairly large inland lake which is unfortunately quite shallow, the deepest part probably only 30 feet-maybe, with most of it being around the 10 to 15 foot range. So here's the deal, right where his dock is there used to be a lumber mill 100+ years ago that burnt down. You can dig several feet down thru the silty bottom and come up with several feet of lumber pieces, rough cut and knotty, it's pretty cool stuff, we've found a log in the past that actually had the date burnt into the end of it, if memory serves me I believe it was from the 1850's, anyway in this area the water is shallow but there is still cool stuff to look at.

We plan on diving quite a bit next summer and would like to do a little investigating there. Would this actually be a "logged" dive?

 

[The Kraken]

20' for 15 minutes, if memory serves me correctly . . .

. . . but at my age ???

the K

 

[sunkmail]

why not?

If you stick you head in the water and breath off compressed gas, it's a dive. (And I'm not suggesting that I or anyone else has/should do this to increase your dive count.)

For example, I did some volunteer work at the Aquarium here, helping to clean the dolphin tank, and some public shows that involved a diver in a tank. The cleaning consisted of scrubbing the walls, windows and bottom of the pool. It was a lot of work, and we would be down anywhere up to an hour, depending on you air supply. The pool was only twenty-something feet at the deepest.

The other tank was only 12 feet (or so) at the deepest, but it was colder than the ocean, and you had to be very good at your control or you'd be breaking things, in front of children, and possible getting an urchin in a bad place

I consider dives in both tanks to be a real, log-able dive. I've heard stories of people wanting to get their -whatever- cert and would go to 30' and just sit there for a while. Is that I dive? I wouldn't count it, but others will.

The log is more for your beniefit than anyone elses, so If you think you went for a 'real' dive, you did.

 

[Sas]

I was told by an instructor that it has to be below 3m for at least 20mins. And no dives before I got certified could count, but I still log two dives I did in 2005 as they were dives to me even though I was lead around by a guide, all I had to worry about was breathing. Your log book is for your personal record so if you think it is a dive, then it is a dive.

However, the only thing is that some places may require a certain number of logged dives for courses/charters/etc, then just ask what their requirements are as far as what constitutes a dive, then figure out how many count based on your logbook. This should be a rare request though. Most places I have seen that ask how many dives, are more interested in how recently you have been diving and in what kind of conditions (its cold and a bit dodgy where I dive), not how many you have logged.

 

[The Kraken]

Or was that 15' for 20 minutes????

the K-an't remember

 

[NudeDiver]

It's your log book. If the dive is significant enough in your mind to log, then log it. If not, then don't log it. There are no log book police. Let your conscience be your guide.

 

[String]

There is a definition for training dives by some agencies (PADI is deeper than 5m and breathe 1400l of air OR longer than 20 mins).

However outside of training a log is entirely for your own personal reference so you can choose to log everything, nothing, some things only or anything you want. Its not an official document, its for your personal reference so log whatever you want.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

Once training is done there really isn't much need for you to worry about definitions of logged dives as the others have stated. Just because that lake is only 10-15 feet deep in spots doesn't mean it can't be challenging. Sounds like a fun dive and yes, I would log it and keep descriptions of what I brought back from each dive in the logbook for memory sake
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[Randy43068]

I don't ever remember covering this in class.

How deep do you have to dive to make ita real "logged dive"?

The reason I ask is: my uncle lives on a fairly large inland lake which is unfortunately quite shallow, the deepest part probably only 30 feet-maybe, with most of it being around the 10 to 15 foot range. So here's the deal, right where his dock is there used to be a lumber mill 100+ years ago that burnt down. You can dig several feet down thru the silty bottom and come up with several feet of lumber pieces, rough cut and knotty, it's pretty cool stuff, we've found a log in the past that actually had the date burnt into the end of it, if memory serves me I believe it was from the 1850's, anyway in this area the water is shallow but there is still cool stuff to look at.

We plan on diving quite a bit next summer and would like to do a little investigating there. Would this actually be a "logged" dive?

Log whatever you want to. I "try" to log every time I get under water. Some of my dives are 10 minutes because I'm checking out equipment or making an adjustment. I don't have many dives like that, but I log them keeping the results of what I changed or learned. Having said that, I'm not the best logger there ever was. I tend to log later and forget the details when I'm doing fun dives.

It's your log, or record of diving, so write down anything you want to.

 

[diver 85]

Or was that 15' for 20 minutes????

the K-an't remember

could be 17.5' for 17.5 minutes....---just split the difference..