Online Dive Log Software

[stevescuba2]

DiveExchange

Anyone using this? Looks new but interesting.

What is everyone using for Dive Log software?

 

[krawlings]

Ih ave found this one I have not used it much HLPlanner - FREE VPM-B based decompression software I hope it helps I allso have and use My PADI DIVE PLANNER you can get one fof about $20.00 ps sorry if this posted twice the origanale didn' show that it had posted.

 

[rstofer]

I still use paper logbooks. I revel in looking back at the early years and remembering some of the amazing people I dove with. I visualize the islands, my 2 person tent on the beach, the lamb curry made with freshly cut coconuts and the crystal blue water lapping at the beach. Large bags of wine provided by the New Zealand and Australian embassies. They have this 'our wine is better than yours' competition. Spectators are welcome and it is always a tie!

It's easy to separate the training dives: they all have NAUI stamps! The dives I made in Thailand are all stamped by the dive operation - a week long liveaboard out around the Similan Islands.

I will NOT relegate this to a computer.

Richard

 

[wve]

What is everyone using for Dive Log software?

I keep a paper log book, but I also enter dives on my computer using Scubase Dive Log.

Each has its own purpose. The paper book has actual signatures and operation stamps. I also take it on trips and use it like a diary.

When I get home, I download info from my dive computer and feed it into the computer dive log. I can keep more detailed information there, plus I can use it to more quickly query my dive experience.

 

[stevescuba2]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the replies! I check out that HL Planner, it looks complicated, but that is probably because I'm just getting started (my training begins in 3 weeks!) and have no idea what I'm doing yet.

I totally understand the paper log book, but looking at Scubase Dive Log, you can export to PDF and print them out....and then you've got that digital backup in case you drop them all in the water or spill coffee on them or whatever.

Scubase looks really neat. It basically has everything I'm looking for except it costs money and is a local install. I want something online so I can log in from anywhere and update it or show my friends. Plus I want it free with lifetime free updates like only the web can provide.

It seems DiveExchange has a lot of the same features as Scubase, it's just totally online. They don't have the graphs and PDF export currently, but based on the e-mail I got when I signed up....they are updating it frequently and are still in a Beta version. I e-mailed them to find out more, but poking around the site it looks like it has a lot of potential.

Anyone else using anything online?

 

[wve]

Scubase looks really neat. It basically has everything I'm looking for except it costs money and is a local install. I want something online so I can log in from anywhere and update it or show my friends. Plus I want it free with lifetime free updates like only the web can provide.

That's right. One of Scubase's big limitations is that it is a local program. Worse, it is dependent upon another Microsoft product (SQL Server). Even with Apple's ability to run MS-based programs, I'm not sure Scubase could make the trip across platforms.

It does have an Export feature, so if some other solution seemed better, you wouldn't lose all your data.

One of my concerns when I was looking at online logs was that some didn't seem to be updated recently, and I worried that the site could fold or change, and I'd lose my information.

 

[DixieDolphin]

I work in the IT industry and, through that, have developed an active mistrust towards computers. :mooner: I won't trust any critical, irreplaceable, or otherwise important documents solely to the whims of a machine built by the lowest bidder and an operating system written by a bunch of leftover hippies. So, I keep a paper log.

I have played around with Oceanic's OceanLog software, with the thought that someday I might eventually buy the necessary cable and download info off my dive computer. But I find their software bulky, unwieldy, and generally counter-intuitive. Plus, it's based around a MS Access database.. which is just dumb, as it limits it to Windows-only platforms.

For novelty's sake, it might be fun to have an iPhone app for logging dives, but I wouldn't commit to only logging with that either (as my phone is work-issued). I couldn't find any particularly good dive-related apps in iTunes store anyway, foo.

 

[FritzCat66]

What would be nice is a multiplatform dive log client with the ability to auto-synchronize to an online, web-based database, similar to what Adobe has done with Photoshop Elements and the photoshop.com website. That way, you would have the best of both worlds - a local copy of your data as well as an online backup that also could allow you (or someone you designate) access to your dive data from an Internet-connected computer or web-enabled mobile device.

>*< Fritz

 

[masterof0]

I use dive log and it is a great app. Great user interface, easy to get around.....and great tech/customer support. Although I have not used it, it does sync with the iPhone Diving log, which would be nice for a traveler. It will also print to a default or custom designed page or export to web page.

Take a look....Diving Log 4.0 - scuba logbook software for diver - dive log, scuba log

 

[Buoyant1]

I use the program that came with my Aeris computer when I download my dives as my personal record of things. I add my detailed dive reports (that go out through my LDS' website) as well as tank pressure and sometimes pictures.

I keep my paper logs as my "official record" with the stamps and stickers from the dive op, technical info (exposure used, weighting, etc) and all that. That binder goes with my to dive sites and usually has basic stuff right after the dive listed (notes for the other log) I also keep my tables, slates, DAN card and c-cards in the binder so it's all together whenever I need it.