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10 useful diving apps
After a year of lugging around our tattered dive logbooks as we traveled around the world, we finally decided to go digital. Enter a dizzying array of diving apps, websites and services. It took us a long time to refine our options and find the apps that worked for us. To help you cut through the chaff, we've compiled a list of the most useful diving apps on the market. Useful Diving Apps 1 PADI – Scuba Diving EssentialsPlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: FreeBest for: Finding dive shopsThe PADI app offers divers a convenient way to find PADI dive centers and resorts, explore dive sites,...
10 useful diving apps
After a year of lugging around our tattered dive logbooks as we traveled around the world, we finally decided to go digital. Enter a dizzying array of diving apps, websites and services. It took us a long time to refine our options and find the apps that worked for us. To help you cut through the chaff, we've compiled a list of the most useful diving apps on the market.
Useful diving apps
| 1 | PADI – Scuba Diving EssentialsPlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: FreeBest for: Searching for dive shopsThe PADI app offers various a convenient way to find PADI dive centers and resorts, explore dive sites, access PADI eCards, and keep up to date with dive news. Some features are a bit buggy, so we recommend using a separate app for dive logging (see “Dive Log” below). |
| 2 | DeepbluPlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: FreeBest for: Finding and booking dives; Diving community Deepblu allows users to discover dive sites, plan diving trips based on user reviews and media, and book dives directly with local businesses. A vibrant online community of divers also makes it easy to seek and share advice and find dive groups in a specific area. |
| 3 | iDeco ProPlatforms: iOSPrice: $7.99 Best for: Dive planningiDeco is a complete multi-dive and multi-level dive planner. It includes decompression stops, gas consumption, CNS tracking, OTU tracking, surface interval tracking and more. It also has a free version that is suitable for most beginner divers. |
| 4 | Dive LogPlatforms: iOSPrice: $12.99 Best for: Dive loggingDive Log acts as your primary dive log. You can capture the GPS coordinates of your dive site using location services on your device and then enter information about the dive. This will give you an instant answer the next time a dive guide asks how much weight you used on your last dive or what depth you dived to. |
| 5 | Scuba ExamPlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: $4.99 Best for: Refreshing knowledgeScuba Exam allows users to refresh diving theory before the Open Water Diver theory test or after a long break from diving. A selection of quizzes test your knowledge of diving tables, diving theory, definitions and more. |
| 6 | DIVE MagazinePlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: FreeBest for: Diving news and featuresDIVE has been one of the world's leading diving magazines for over 15 years. It's known for stunning photography, engaging copy, and top-notch design, and is available for free through the app. |
| 7 | MarineDebrisTrackerPlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: FreeBest for: The environmentally conscious diverThis app allows you to log the location of marine debris found on shorelines or in the water. The app is a joint effort between the NOAA Marine Debris Program and the University of Georgia College of Engineering's Southeast Atlantic Marine Debris Initiative. |
| 8 | Real TidesPlatforms: iOSPrice: $4.99 Best for: Checking tides and currentsReal Tides allows various to calculate tides at any GPS location, date and time in the world without having to find latitude, longitude or zip codes. |
| 9 | TripWhistle Global SOSPlatforms: iOSPrice: FreeBest for: EmergenciesThere are almost 200 countries in the world with more than 70 different emergency numbers. TripWhistle gives you easy access to local emergency numbers, lets you make calls from within the app, and displays your location on screen so you can share it with first responders. |
| 10 | V-PlannerPlatforms: iOS, AndroidPrice: $44.99 Best for: The die-hard technical diverV-Planner is a decompression calculator for technical divers and is in some ways the mother of all diving apps. It introduces the VPM decompression model and includes both VPM-B and VPM-B/E model versions. The diver can specify any combination of Nitrox or Trimix and as many deco gases as required. Planning methods include both OC and closed circuit rebreathers. It includes planning bailouts with SCR and OC sections in a CCR plan and details on ppO2, END and gas consumption. If you don't know what this all means, then don't worry; You don't need this app yet! |
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