WHAT do you bother logging?

[Mahhz]

I kinda wonder the same thing....I don't log "pool" dives, but I'm a volunteer diver at a nearby aquarium, the aquarium in 42' deep, and I often get bottom times over an hour....I've been keeping a "mini-log" with just the date, time, and bottom time in the back of my logbook, but I haven't added them to the actual dive number. I do consider them actual dives though.

 

[Tigerman]

I kinda wonder the same thing....I don't log "pool" dives, but I'm a volunteer diver at a nearby aquarium, the aquarium in 42' deep, and I often get bottom times over an hour....I've been keeping a "mini-log" with just the date, time, and bottom time in the back of my logbook, but I haven't added them to the actual dive number. I do consider them actual dives though.

Id say thats definetly real dives as far as bottom time and depth goes. It might not be the most challenging environment with regards to currents and stuff, but I would assume an aquarium to have its own set of challenges, like "dont kick my decorations to shreds" and "Please dont break the glass?"

 

[Walter]

I kinda wonder the same thing....I don't log "pool" dives, but I'm a volunteer diver at a nearby aquarium, the aquarium in 42' deep, and I often get bottom times over an hour....I've been keeping a "mini-log" with just the date, time, and bottom time in the back of my logbook, but I haven't added them to the actual dive number.

Good. They shouldn't be included in the count, they aren't open water.

 

[Mahhz]

Well in that case, I guess I'll just go ahead and add them to my number.

Diving in this aquarium is more complex than a bunch of my lake dives. There's overhead environment and a swift current in somce places to deal with.....your buoyancy control has to be on it's game, and you're using other types of equipment such as AGA masks and communications gear...so it's definately noteworthy, and my notes go in my log.

 

[scubaandplanes]

You can log anything you want! Its your log book, for your referance later. If your proud of your pool dives, well by gosh write it in the book. There are no log book police, its mainly for your future referance.

 

[ERIC.K]

Stopped logging my aquarium dives long ago, some days I dive the larger tanks then the next day I find myself in 15 feet of water, got hard trying to decide which ones to log....so stopped logging all together my aquarium dives

 

[drbill]

I generally only log dives in open water that are 20 minutes or longer, and have a maximum depth of at least 20 ft (unless I'm diving to film shallow water critters). I download the data from my computer, but then transfer information to my on-line log on my website. I used to just log location, time and maximum depth plus any pertinent info on buddies (if not solo), video or dive equipment. Recently I started adding minimum temperature so visitors to my web site could better assess conditions. Adding visibility would be nice for my visitors, but I'm often not judging it since I film largely close-up.

 

[Richesb]

The ONLY thing that counts is experience. Pools and diving with a "coach" are b/s.
At some point in your diving - you will be faced with REALITY!!!!!!!
You and you alone are responsible and in charge of your safety.

That is why it's not the number of logged dives but rather the quality/ technicality/ conditions of dives that are looked at by reputable dive ops and guides.

 

[duoderf]

I've done some dives in a pool that I've logged some that i don't, depends on the situation.

I did a dive as a safety during a water combat exersize this summer, and i think I'm the only person to log that I recovered three M4's, four m9's, and 18 ballistic helmets, and the big one eight bazooka's. I never went deeper than 10 feet over a period of about 3 hours. The only real thing they really did was to jump in a pool with about 100lbs of equipment, and swim 500 meters, and alot of gear was lost as soon as people hit the water. Not deep but memorable enough to log.

most of my book consists of the where/when/depth/time, mostly the atlantic looking at wrecks, and some in jamaica.

 

[rakkis]

Whats the community/industry standard?

There is no standard. A log is a diary of your diving experience. You document whatever you want to.