Start a new dive
1
Open a new dive
On home, tap log a dive. Or open your logbook and tap the + in the top bar, or the add dive row at the foot of the list. The page is titled add dive.
2
Check the dive number
The dive # at the top is filled in with the next number after your highest one. Change it if you’re catching up a paper logbook.
3
Fill in what you want
Every section is optional. Leave a field empty and the dive saves without it.
4
Save
Tap save in the top bar. The app shows dive logged and returns you to your logbook, where the new dive appears and the count ticks up.
What each section records
The form runs top to bottom in this order. Each heading below matches a section label on the form: location, dive rating, time, conditions, tank, equipment and notes.Location
- dive site: the specific site, for example a reef or wreck name.
- search location: the wider place, for example an island or country. Type three or more letters to see suggestions; tapping one fills in the place and drops a pin on the map.
- Coordinates: type them as latitude, longitude (for example
20.31200, -87.03100), or tap the location icon (use current location) to use where your phone is now. - The map: tap it to drop a pin where you dived. The app looks up the place name for that spot and puts it in search location, replacing what was there.
Dive rating
Tap one to five stars.Time
- date: today by default. Tap it to pick another day. Future dates can’t be picked.
- in / out: the times you went in and came out.
- dive time: worked out from in / out. You don’t type it.
- safety stop: starts at 3:00. Change it if yours was different.
- deco dive: turn this on to show total deco time.
Conditions
- light: day or night. See Day or night is set from the sun.
- water: salt or fresh.
- entry: boat or shore.
- max depth, visibility, surface temp and water temp, each with its unit. water temp uses the unit chosen for surface temp.
- current: tap one to three marks.
- altitude: starts at 0 for sea level. Change it only for an altitude dive.
Tank
- The chip beside the section heading names your gas: air, nitrox or trimix.
- oxygen %: tap 21 or 32, or step up and down one percent at a time with the minus and plus buttons.
- deco gas: turn this on to show nitrogen % and helium %.
- tank type: aluminum, steel or carbon.
- pressure start and pressure end, sharing one unit. Once both are filled, a used row shows the difference.
- tank volume.
Equipment
- weight belt, with its unit.
- weighting felt: how your weighting felt, from very heavy through zen to very light, or not recorded.
- wetsuit: none, 1 mm to 7 mm, semi-dry or dry.
- warmth felt: from very cold through zen to very warm, or not recorded.
- The equipment row opens the checklist of gear you dived with. See Gear used on a dive.
- The dive type row opens environment and dive style. See Dive type.
- The media row, when it’s shown, opens the dive’s photos. See Dive photos.
Notes
- dive shop/vessel: who ran the dive.
- Notes: the field grows as you write.
Units
Each measurement starts in the units from your settings. You can change a unit on any field for this one dive; the dive keeps the units it was saved with. See Units and sizes.Number fields
max depth and weight belt take decimals, typed with a point or a comma (12.5 or 12,5). The other number fields take whole numbers only. No number field accepts a minus sign, so a temperature below zero can’t be entered.
If you type something that isn’t a number, such as 12..5, save stops and a notice names the field to fix. Empty fields never stop a save.
On iPhone, a bar with next and done sits above the number pad, so you can move down the number fields without tapping each one. On Android, the keyboard’s own next key does the same.
What carries over from your last dive
When you start a new dive, the app looks at your highest-numbered dive. If that dive is dated within the last 48 hours (counted from the start of its date, so in practice today or yesterday), these fields are filled in from it:
A line above the form says carried over from dive # followed by that dive’s number. Tap clear on it to put the carried fields back to blank. clear leaves alone any carried field you’ve already changed.
If your last dive is older than 48 hours, nothing carries over and the form starts blank. Nothing carries over when an unsaved dive is restored, either.
Day or night is set from the sun
On a new dive, once it has a date, an out time and a pin on the map, the app sets light to day or night from where the sun was at the site when you came out. Surfacing after sunset counts as night. This uses your phone’s time zone. If you’re logging later from a different time zone, check the light toggle. Tap it to set it yourself; after that the app doesn’t change it for this dive.Unsaved dives are kept on this phone
While you fill in a new dive, the app keeps a copy of the form on your phone each time you leave a field or switch away from the app. If the app is closed before you save, the next time you start a new dive the form comes back with restored an unsaved dive.- Tap discard on that line to throw it away and start blank.
- The copy is stored only on this phone, for your account. It doesn’t sync to your other phones.
- It’s removed when you save the dive, tap discard, or back out of the dive.
- Edits to a dive you’ve already saved aren’t kept this way. See View, edit or delete a dive.
Leave without saving
Tap the back arrow. If you’ve entered anything, the app asks Discard this dive?. Tap discard to leave and throw the dive away, including any equipment checklist, dive type or photos you added to it, or cancel to keep working. A form you haven’t touched closes without asking.On iPhone, swiping from the edge of the screen doesn’t leave a new dive. Use the back arrow.