Will a dive operator really want to check my logbook?

[BoltSnap]

Decades diving around the world never been asked for a logbook, not once. I don't remember asking me about c-cards but that's more likely to happen.

 

[scubadada]

Some savvy dive-ops just look at your gear. It can serve as a “log book”. (as in, “can you still get parts for that?”)

Pix on your c-card of a much younger person also hold sway.

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@Lorenzoid is right, all new guests get treated the same way, to the same initial dive sites- no one is trusted … as an unknown quantity.

T&C draws a large number of divers who are not widely experienced in challenging situations, it’s the nature due to ease of travel access, topside diversions, more of a vacation with diving kind-of island.

Go with it, do the required check-out dives, go with the flow.

Hi Doc,

Wow, you were more of a nerd than I was. How old were you in 1970?

I also was certified in 1970, but by LA County rather than PADI, no picture card, but is was embossed plastic. I was 16.
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[Ukmc]

I stayed at Osprey Beach, but dove with Oasis divers. They asked for a total number of dives and for the date of a last dive. Never asked to see a log book.
If you have not been active for a while, do not fib about that.
Now through March, humpbacks migrate through there. Enjoy your trip!

 

[Doc]

Hi Doc,

Wow, you were more of a nerd than I was. How old were you in 1970?

I also was certified in 1970, but by LA County rather than PADI, no picture card, but is was embossed plastic. I was 16.
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Started in 1958, but the card came at age 18.

Major Nerd, AV Club, all that.

My buddy’s older card, ink has faded a bit:

 

[mje113]

Some savvy dive-ops just look at your gear. It can serve as a “log book”. (as in, “can you still get parts for that?”)

Sweet, I'll be rocking my 22 year old scubapro mk25 reg on this trip.

 

[ps444mike]

been asked for c cards but never logs and if they did ask i would just hand them my computer..

 

[Manatee Diver]

deepest dive or deepest dive in the last year

Which brings me to a cross roads as a tech diver, do I tell them the truth or lie that it was 130ft/40m or whatever?

 

[NW Dive Dawg]

Like many here, I have not logged any dives for the past 30 years.....

But........ I can easily create a simple Excel doc to recreate and recant to the best of my memory my dives and my video and picture folders should help greatly to "remember" .

I know some folks log a plethora of details including but not limited to: exactly what equipment they were using, exposure suit, everything they saw, weight needed, water temps, air temps, gas utilized, buddy's name, air temp, visability, boat name, buddy name, safety stop, etc...etc....

I am thinking that date, max depth, location, total dive time and general conditions should be enough.

So my question is.......... what level of detail is typically needed or required by operators in the "log" to "qualify" as a logged dive?

 

[AdivingBel]

Which brings me to a cross roads as a tech diver, do I tell them the truth or lie that it was 130ft/40m or whatever?

100+ ft should cover it…I use 500+ for dive count. Good enough for land based rec boat diving…not a contest, just want on the “experienced” boat/group.

 

[Jonn]

Being able to say “my last dive was yesterday afternoon, when I put on my gear and walked into the water” is worth quite a bit. If you didn’t forget anything and it all worked and you didn’t die that already puts you ahead of the pack when they’re loading the boat. A low pressure shore dive before the main event is never a waste of time.

I’m always pretty humble about my experience and nobody has ever asked to see a logbook to check it. That would be a problem as I don’t keep one aside from my computer.