There are few things I enjoy more than my annual diving holidays. A week (or more) of spectacular sunrises, early breakfasts, the thrill of diving into crystal clear waters and meditative hours spent with nothing but the vastness of the sea, brimming with life in all its technicolour glory.

As a person who spends more time than I should documenting everything I do, keeping a log of my dives was a bonus that came with the hobby, and I could not enjoy it as much as I wanted to, if I had to record some of the best hours of my life in a book I didn't like.

Finding a well designed log book turned out to be much, much harder than I imagined and one fine day, I realised how ridiculous this quest was when I could simply design my own. I spent days illustrating tropical fish, and working out the best way to organise information in the book. I wound up printing eight copies for my dive buddies and myself before we took a trip in February 2016.

Dive Log Books

January 2016

Over the past year, I've had numerous sales enquiries, and done a few short print runs. If you'd like a personalised copy give me a shout

The cover of the log book, with illustrated Copperband Butterflyfish, Powderblue Surgeonfish, Yellow Tangs and Olive Ridley Turtles

The log book on its first dive trip on Havelock Island [ Andaman Islands, India] — The log book on its first dive trip on Havelock Island [ Andaman Islands, India]

The back of the book with an illustrated Dugong, Golden Trevally and a Scuba Divers flag at the bottom

The inner pages, printed on a lightly textured, off white stock, were used to log dives. I split information into sections, with illustrated icons that corresponded with each.

Design Details

Typeface uses on the cover
Benton Modern Display [Regular] by Font Bureau
Typeface used on the log pages
Auto Pro [Regular, Small Caps] by Linotype

Print Details

Each book holds 80 dives on individual pages
The cover is 280 GSM, with an aqueous varnish
The inner pages are 120 GSM [No, ink won't show through the pages]
The book is perfect bound and each page opens flat

Printed at Reproscan, Mumbai