dherbman:
No arguments there. Perhaps we shouldn't be logging dives in quarries.
To log pool "dives" or not to log...
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No arguments there. Perhaps we shouldn't be logging dives in quarries.
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For most of the people on this board all dives are playtime. For me most dives are worktime. But I log all pressure exposures (that's an employer's requirement) and I think that makes sense.
KentFrazier
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Thalassamania:
What is defined as a pressure exposure? Just by the sound of it, that makes sense to me also. Since the vast majority of my dives are in a non-ocean environment, I've often wondered where "confined water" ends and "open water" begins.
I don't log my pool dives, but if I we too, my log book has a place where I write the dive number, so if I were to make an entry for some reason, like keeping track of a certain number of training sessions or something, I would not have to give that entry a number. My original logbook had seperate pages for OW or specialty pool training dives.
pcowboy6196
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this is a very good question. Because i know on Oahu there are some dive shops that conduct the "confined" portions of their classes in ths shallower portions of Hanauma Bay. I believe a quarry not to be open water but why would this matter when it comes to logging? I believe you log a dive when it shows a specific condition or experience. SO I think that if a pool dive is a training dive then it could be logged as such. I know that I log any pool time when I am working on weighting/trim issues with different exposure protection, just as I would do if I spend 20 shallow in the ocean making sure my weighting is right before going out. This kind of info you should probably keep track of but I do not "number" it. Numbers are reserved for anything that I consider a "real" dive. If is isn't task or goal related I don't log it. ie: if I am checking out new gear then that would not be logged at all. Definately log it if you are deep enough and long enough to have a pressure group. This could be important if doing multiple dives over multiple days. my 2psi worth.
Wes
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Not in my "dive log'. I do however keep track of pool sessions in a seperate ledger as part of my DM internship. I note dates, times, names of students, particular difficulties and how I solved them with various students, etc. Valuable info for instructor later on. BTW I've got over 110 hours in the pool now assisting with students. I do not consider it dive time though. It is instructional development for them and me. But again I don't consider the sessions dives.
mfalco
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Q: When did most of us learn to log dive?
A: In our Open Water (or Equivalant) class
Q: Did we log the pool dives then?
A: No
Q: Then should we log pool dives now?
A: No
A: In our Open Water (or Equivalant) class
Q: Did we log the pool dives then?
A: No
Q: Then should we log pool dives now?
A: No
mfalco
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Q: When did most of us learn to log dive?
A: In our Open Water (or Equivalant) class
Q: Did we log the pool dives then?
A: No
Q: Then should we log pool dives now?
A: No
A: In our Open Water (or Equivalant) class
Q: Did we log the pool dives then?
A: No
Q: Then should we log pool dives now?
A: No
hopeitsapar
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No, keep a separate log for the pool, that way you can track any information that may be valuable on dives, but do not count them as "dives"
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