Give it your context
Say your certification, how many dives you have, where you dive and your gear. Answers get much more specific. Save it once with the "Your own dive assistant" setup below.
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A diver's guide to AI
Most of us are already asking AI about diving. Here's how to get better answers, plus 20 fill-in-the-blank prompts for trips, gear, skills, health questions, your logbook and marine life.
AI can be wrong. Never let it replace your training, your dive computer or your dive plan. For anything about health or safety, check with your instructor, your doctor or DAN.
Getting better answers
Paste real data
Paste your actual dive log rows, trip package details or gear list instead of describing them. Photos work too: logbook pages, creatures, gear labels.
Ask it to show its work
Ask for the math behind air use or weighting, and ask it to say when it's unsure. Wrong answers are easier to spot that way.
Ask for sources, then check them
For conditions, prices, rules and anything about safety, ask where the information comes from and confirm it with the source, your operator or your instructor.
Keep private details private
Leave out certification numbers, passport details and anything you wouldn't post publicly.
Plan with it, don't dive by it
AI is for planning and learning on land. In the water, your training, your dive computer and your dive plan are in charge.
Prompts
Trip planning and travel
Find the right dive destination
Compare dive trip packages
Packing list for a dive trip
Plan the last dive day before flying home
Questions for a dive operator
Gear
What gear should I buy first?
Which wetsuit or drysuit for these conditions?
My weighting after switching tanks
Build a gear service schedule
Skills and training
Work out my air consumption
Plan my next certification
A buoyancy practice plan
Health and comfort
Prepare questions for my doctor or DAN
Ask about medications and diving
Feeling better on boat dives
Your logbook and dive data
Turn logbook photos into spreadsheet rows
My dive year in review
Write up a dive trip
Marine life and dive sites
What is this creature?
What will I see at this site?
Skills and automations
Go a step further: save your details once, and let your assistant handle repeat jobs.
Your own dive assistant
Save your diver profile once so you don't retype it. In Claude, create a Project; in ChatGPT, a Project or a custom GPT; other assistants have similar features. Paste this into its instructions:
A logbook photo helper
Turn the logbook photo prompt into a reusable helper, such as a Claude skill or a custom GPT, so you can drop in photos any time and get rows that match your DiveFolk spreadsheet.
Gear service reminders
Ask an assistant that connects to your calendar (or set them yourself) to add yearly reminders for regulator service and tank inspections, using the dates your dive shop recommends.
Trip countdown
Before each trip, have your assistant set reminders for 4 weeks out (book, check certification cards and insurance), 1 week out (service and pack gear) and the day before (charge your computer, print documents).