O/W dive questions

[Saltwater Junky]

A couple of questions specifically for O/W dives?

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nemo 33 : PHOTOS GALLERY ... INDOOR POOL

1. If you dove in Nemo33's spring fed pool that features a 33m bottom, cave systems, and various other depths for training, would you count the dive? Why or why not?

2. Do you count a quarry dive or a spring dive? Why or why not?

Thanks
Frank

 

[sambolino44]

I would not consider the pool open water because it is a controlled environment, not out-of-doors in the wild, like a quarry or a spring is. Depending on what went on, I might still enter the dives in my log book.

 

[DivingPrincessE]

Everyone that I know logs quarry dives...I mean you can do your certification "open water" dives in a quarry, so that kind of answers your question right there.

I only know one person who dove Nemo, and he logged it.

 

[spectrum]

Open water is the alternative to confined water. Confined water is usually a pool but may be a shallow cove or lagoon used for instructional purposes.

All of the settings you describe (Nemo, Quarry, Springs) are full blown dive opportunities and I'd log them as OW dives.

If I went into any site and dubbed around with gear in 10 feet of water for 10 minutes or needed to abort right off I'd log it for what I learned but lacking an actual dive I'd not increment my count. This gives a convenient way to track experiences without feeling like you are padding your log. That's my choice, you log is your personal record and you can do anything you want.

Pete

 

[Sas]

I'd log a pool dive like Nemo, it's 33m deep... so even though it is in a controlled environment you're still pretty deep. Basically I would log any dive that is over 3m and at least 20 mins long that wasn't at a swimming pool (unless the pool is *really* deep ), but that's me. I've done one aquarium dive for 30mins with max depth 7m (av depth 4m) and logged it... my instructor, he said it was ok towards my 24 dives I needed for my AOW.

Really though, I don't really care what people put down in their log books to be honest. If you need a certain number of logged dives for a qualification, then I would expect that the log books be reviewed by whoever your instructor is and she'd decide on what dives were worthy of being included towards that total. I mean, people can always fake dives, so log books aren't worth much in my opinion, other than as a personal memento. So yea, if for some reason I logged pool dives and was showing my dives for a cert, I would be honest to the instructor about them and it is up to her really.

 

[Deefstes]

Hell yeah! I don't care how controlled the environment is. Its not every day you get to dive Nemo so I would log it if only to show off that I've been there ;-)

 

[FlyinV]

wow amazing place
Hopefully I will have a business trip to Europe in the next year

-- adds to list of places to go.

 

[msg]

That is a cool place. I would log it.

 

[Colliam7]

1. If you dove in Nemo33's spring fed pool that features a 33m bottom, cave systems, and various other depths for training, would you count the dive? Why or why not?

I would log it for a.) the memory record, and b.) the depth.

2. Do you count a quarry dive or a spring dive? Why or why not?

I no longer log quarry dives except when they are deeper than 80', or are unique in some way - new gear, long enough to be a deco dive, unusual experience (having a conversation with Elvis at 80 ft). After a point, the value of logging numbers for numbers becomes minimal.

 

[BarryNL]

A couple of questions specifically for O/W dives?

Please preview the this link befor answering the questions.
nemo 33 : PHOTOS GALLERY ... INDOOR POOL

1. If you dove in Nemo33's spring fed pool that features a 33m bottom, cave systems, and various other depths for training, would you count the dive? Why or why not?

It's my log book and I'll write what I like in it. If I've done something interesting and want to log it I will. I've also logged dives in a similar pool but only 10m deep. I've even logged a dive in a 3m deep aquarium.