Log book signature

[emoreira]

Hi all, I'm a relatively new diver with only 62 logged dives.
I've been diving with Operators or LDSs, I mean, someone that provides gear, tanks and facilities just by the diving place, even a dive boat.
Now I will dive a quarry with my buddy. We both have full gear except tanks. We will rent tanks for the whole diving day in a shop near downtown. The place has no Operator nor LDS.
The question is who has to sign the logbooks ?
I will sign my buddy´s logbook and he will sign mine, but is this a valid dive if it has to count for minimum logged dives for something ?

 

[DevonDiver]

Yeah, that's fine. If someone really wanted to fake a log book, they could.

 

[lowviz]

..........The question is who has to sign the logbooks ?.............

Nobody.

Keeping a good logbook is a sign of personal discipline. It speaks well of you and is extremely useful when you change gear, especially if you accurately log what you were diving and the necessary weight. The log is for you. You are the diver, make it useful to you.

Yes, any agency will accept a well maintained log book. They see so few of them...

 

[Tortuga68]

I sometimes sign my own if I forget to get a stamp/buddy/instructor signature at the time, or say we do a deep air dive and my buddy dies (joke). Nobody will notice/care. Logbook is mostly for your own reference as LV mentioned

 

[Walter]

I haven't bothered with signatures in decades.

 

[Damselfish]

If it's a dive that's part of a class you generally want to get it signed by the instructor. Otherwise, no one cares. Even if they are still telling people this in class or you have a logbook with a place for a signature.

 

[knotical]

Hi all, I'm a relatively new diver with only 62 logged dives.
I've been diving with Operators or LDSs, I mean, someone that provides gear, tanks and facilities just by the diving place, even a dive boat.
Now I will dive a quarry with my buddy. We both have full gear except tanks. We will rent tanks for the whole diving day in a shop near downtown. The place has no Operator nor LDS.
The question is who has to sign the logbooks ?
I will sign my buddy´s logbook and he will sign mine, but is this a valid dive if it has to count for minimum logged dives for something ?

They are absolutely valid dives. To my mind, they are more valid because you and your buddy are demonstrating your collective ability to strike out on your own. Only you two will be responsible, and you will not have some third party to rely on. Bravo for your continued growth as a diver.

Your buddy's signature should be sufficient for any requirement of which I am aware.

 

[msg]

You guys are both certified divers, right? Signing off on each book is perfectly acceptable. Your first cert dives are generally signed by the instructor, but after that it is on you.

Likewise you are responsible for your own safety. What would you gain by faking a log book?

 

[Tortuga68]

Some courses require a certain number/type of logged dives as a prerequisite

 

[Charlie99]

Some courses require a certain number/type of logged dives as a prerequisite

My understanding is that it is pretty much the judgement call of the individual instructor as to what he considers reasonable proof of the number of logged dives. I've never heard of signatures being an issue.