What Dive log format do you use

[socaljohn]

I have been logging dives using a PADI Diver's Log I picked up at sporting goods shop. I was cleaning my office and came across an old Franklin Planner and wondered if there are log sheets that fit into it.
I have read posts from divers with many dives that state they log and I wondered what kind of form you folks use. Commercially available or custom made?

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I just created my own, using Word to make a template. I used to print them out and keep them in a 3-ring binder (one of the half-size ones) ... but nowadays, my log lives on my computer. When I go on trips, I download the last 40 or 50 dives and a copy of the template on a memory stick and take it with me.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[g1138]

I use the Trident Log book, 3 ring binder filled with half-sheets.
I guess I could use just fill it with my own blank half sheets, but I like having boxes to fill in, I guess.

I also log my dives on my sci dive program's website.

 

[DivemasterDennis]

The important thing is the information collected more than the format used. I like a pre-printed form i get at my LDS, because the pages are pretty durable. As to other comments, see my recent blog post: "Logging Dives: It's a Good Idea" here on scubaboard
DivemasterDennis

 

[TMHeimer]

I use the standard "green pages" PADI log book because that's what they gave me.

 

[Guba]

I've used a variety of formats, mostly out of convenience. Just about any of them will allow quick and simple recording of the basics. However, the most interesting thing I remember about logging dives stems from a conversation I had with a NOAA diver and one-person submarine pilot named Heidi. After a dive on a science excursion, I watched her write in a simple little spiral notebook.
"Is that what you use for a logbook?" I asked.
She smiled and replied, "Yes, it is. After the first two or three thousand dives, it's just too much hastle and takes up too much space to use the pre-printed pages."
With her permission, I looked at her latest entry. Number 4681.

It just goes to show that ANY format will work. It's about what you put INTO the log that makes it important.

 

[diversteve]

I use diverecord.com. It has an Excel export function in either summary or detail view for the few times I'm asked to produce a log book. Since it's online, anywhere I go that has Internet access I can show my logbook if asked. But there are better ones now with computer data integration options, I started mine before I used one so I've just continued with it.

 

[diverrex]

DivingLog 5.0

 

[tajkd]

DivingLog 5.0

I second that! Go digital. I use DL5.0 and store a copy on my tablet, on my iphone and even online at divelog.de. They all load from DL5.0 and your log can be available anywhere. The developer is constantly making this software better.

 

[Scuba_Noob]

I have a logbook binder with many paper pages to record all the details of my dive (time, max depth, avg depth, notes, etc.). I also transcribe all of this information on an Excel file that I have on a couple computers, just in case I ever lose my physical logbook or my computer breaks down.