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Unlike other recreational sports and activities, Scuba Diving requires some meticulous record keeping, planning, and even some complex mathematics. But like with other fields, computers and computer technology are now making it easier for Scuba Divers to create and maintain digital Divelogs, plan and manage dives, even edit and share images and underwater photo’s, on PC’s and handheld devices.

One of the most popular computer software for divers is Dive Assistant. Dive Assistant performs a number of vital functions for scuba divers, including dive logging and dive planning, equipment management, and dive table database. The latest version features improved synchronization, enhanced stability and importing of dive profiles from dive computers. Dive assistant is available in both a desktop and pocket PC edition, and they can synch together. Another popular software is Alpha Scuba Log. It is a popular scuba diving log and image collection software for Windows. Written by professional software engineers and master scuba divers it creates digital diving logs, generates equipment lists and maintenance schedules, has a species image gallery, and specialty programs for Dive Instructors for certification records and courses, and maintains personal details and medical records of divers instructors and students . Alpha Scuba Log allows creation and maintenance of multiple logs on one computer for any number of divers. Image gallery can be used for creating catalogues of species and logging details of underwater encounters. With Alpha Scuba Log you can log details of your underwater encounters and share the wonderful experience with all of your family and friends. The log is very easy to use and install.

Another is Dive Log Book from Sea Wolff, a company specializing in Software for Scuba Divers. It too allows you to create a digital dive logs and create equipment maintenance schedules and track your favorite dive trips. Not all software designed for divers is to make the administrative tasks of diving easier, their are hundreds of pieces of software that help the diver learn about and catalog fish and other marine species, provide mapping software based on longitude and latitude coordinates that will tell you what species are present in that location, and even programs that allow you to take “Virtual Dives”. These Virtual Diving programs combine very sophisticated graphics with 100% accurate renditions of a given dive site, often updated in real time via satellite imagery, to give the diver an amazing preview of what to expect before hitting the water. This not only can help the diver anticipate potential difficult situations on the site, it can help you decide if that site really is one you want to explore.
With these types of programs the diver is afforded the opportunity to combine the best of the real world and the virtual one to improve his or her skills, and share the beautiful images of your dive trips, and experiences of your scuba diving adventures with friends and family almost as if they were participating.