Probably a silly question, but...

[Port Tack]

I was PADI certified in 1984 and recorded 10 dives before I lost my dive buddy and stopped diving. After becoming interested a while back, I decided to take the course again and have just finished my SSI Open Water training. It is great to be diving again and I plan to continue this time. Much older but not sure if I am any wiser. Here is my question. Can I transfer the 10 dives I have in my first dive log to my current log? It was fun reading those old posts and reminded me to put in as much detail as possible. I think I will go re-dive those places. Everyone have a nice weekend and a great 4th.

Mike

 

[isurus]

of course you can - you did the dives and its your log so stick them in. The logbook can serve lots of purposes but they are all designed to help you so keeping a record of all your experiences is useful.

If you do go back to any of those first 10 dive sites you'll have something to remind you what to expect and whats changed in the intervening years.

 

[Walter]

Why'd you even start a new logbook? I think you should add the latest dives to the first log.

 

[Damselfish]

ditto, why start a new log until the old one is full. (I know sometimes you get a log when you take a class that has a special area at the beginning for certification dives, is that it?)

There's no log police, just like there's no scuba police.

 

[scubadobadoo]

Congrats! AGAIN! I agree with Walter and isurus. I love to keep detailed logs for many reasons. Not to mention the valuable info it provides, but it really does become a great way to experience that vacation again on a cold, wintery day.

 

[Port Tack]

I got the new dive log when I started the new course and really had no idea where my old one was. I found the old one a couple days ago along with some pretty ancient scuba gear. Still have not found the old weight belt and knife, but it will turn up eventually.

Mike

 

[Scottri]

Heck ya! You did them, the were legitimate dives and it's your log book.

 

[Santa]

I like these "probably silly" questions. They never fail to get my hopes up. Although they're mostly not awfully silly they're a nice change from the predictable threads.

I mean if say a guy with 15 dives asks about solo-diving ... Well - it's not like the ensuing thread is going to rock our conception of life the universe and everything. He is gonna fry and a few will say "but tell him in a nice way" and if they then have an argument about etiquette, that is just barely controlled enough to not be moderated, it will last for an average of 10-12 pages before subsiding. (Noone will ever hear from the original poster because he was either scared off or really an undercover experienced diver with a mean or possibly journalistic streak).

So thank you, friend, for a taste of the unpredictable ;0)

 

[H2Andy]

my first two dives were resort course dives (i.e. we took a short class, did some
pool work, and went diving under the supervision of an instructor).

i got a little "fake" logbook, and logged those two dives.

when i got certified (about 3 months later), i took those pages and stuck them in
my "real" logbook ... they've been there ever since

i figured, i could drown, i was wearing scuba, i was in open water ... it's a dive!

 

[Guba]

A dive log serves many purposes. It can be simply a "memory jogger" to help us remember gear configurations for a certain set of diving circumstances. It could help us to recall details about special places so we can "remember" to dive there again or even warn us against doing so. It could help us to recall why we don't want to dive with a particular partner again, or encourage us to dive with someone who is well suited to our styles and ideology.
For me, a dive log is a learning tool. It provides details that might otherwise be lost if I were to depend upon memory alone. I log all dives, some more completely than others, but I learn something from every dive I make, so I record it. Like H2Andy, my first dive was a "resort course". Did I learn anything? You bet! I learned that I definitely wanted to pursue this sport, and I resolved to find a dive center the day I got back home from vacation.
I just recently made a dive that lasted only 15 minutes and never got deeper than ten feet. Did I log it? I certainly did. My buddy and I were searching for a man's lost dental work ($2500 worth of porcelain teeth and bridgework) in a very murky lake. Visibility was only a foot. Did we learn anything and was it a memorable experience? Yes to both, so I logged it. By the way, would you believe we actually FOUND the missing dental work? It was a needle in a haystack situation, but our SAR was a success, so it's a terrific log entry.
Have fun, and it's your log...enter what you want.