RECREATIONAL TRAINING

Open Water

GUE Performance Diver

The GUE Performance Diver course provides all divers with an opportunity to advance basic diving skills. It provides non-GUE trained divers (divers who are already certified with another recognized diving agency) with a gateway into GUE training.

The GUE Performance Diver course is normally conducted over 2 days. It requires a minimum of four dives and at least sixteen hours of in-person instruction, encompassing land drills and in-water work. Additional time is required for theory (conducted online and/or in-person).

What you will learn:

You will receive access to GUE’s online learning platform, which you can utilize before the in-person portion of the course. This online learning system will adapt to you, ensuring it focuses on teaching you what you don't already know. You can learn at your own pace, so all students will reach a level of mastery of the material
GUE single or double-tank equipment configuration and use
Trim and buoyancy
Propulsion techniques (including the backwards kick)
Gas sharing
Ascent training

Prerequisites:

Be a minimum of 12 years of age.
Be physically and mentally fit.
Be a non-smoker.
Be able to swim.
Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
Be certified, at a minimum, as an autonomous entry-level scuba diver (or equivalent) from a recognized training agency.
If using doubles during the course, have conducted at least 10 non-training dives in the GUE double tank configuration or hold a GUE Doubles Primer certification.
If using a drysuit during the course, have conducted at least 10 non-training dives in a drysuit or hold a GUE Drysuit Primer certification.
For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

GUE Basic Fundamentals

The Basic Fundamentals course is designed for divers who seek to enhance their foundational diving skills, which are required for sound diving practices.

The GUE Basic Fundamentals course provides all divers with an opportunity to advance their basic diving skills. It provides the non-GUE trained diver (divers who are already certified with another recognized diving agency) with a gateway into GUE training.

It is also a gateway for other recreational GUE courses, such as the Navigation, Rescue, and Deep Primers, Scientific Diver, DPV 1, and more.

The GUE Basic Fundamentals course is normally conducted over 3 days. It requires a minimum of 6 dives and at least 24 hours of in-person instruction, encompassing land drills and in-water work. Additional time is required for theory (conducted online and/or in-person).

What you will learn:

GUE equipment configuration and use
Trim and buoyancy
Propulsion techniques including backwards kick
Valve management (the course can be done using a single tank or with a double tank configuration)
Gas sharing
SMB deployment.
You will receive access to GUE’s online learning platform, which you can utilize before the in-person portion of the course. This online learning system will adapt to you, ensuring it focuses on teaching you what you don't already know. You can learn at your own pace, so all students will reach a level of mastery of the material.

Prerequisites:

Be a minimum of 14 years of age.
Be physically and mentally fit.
Be a non-smoker.
Be able to swim.
Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
Be certified, at a minimum, as an autonomous entry-level scuba diver (or equivalent) from a recognized training agency.
If using doubles during the course, have conducted at least 15 non-training dives in the GUE double tank configuration or hold a GUE Doubles Primer certification.
If using a drysuit during the course, have conducted at least 15 non-training dives in a drysuit or hold a GUE Drysuit Primer certification.
For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

GUE DPV1

GUE’s DPV Level 1 course is designed to introduce divers to the skills and knowledge required to safely use Underwater Propulsion Vehicles (DPV) in open water environments.

This course is essential for anyone interested in utilizing one of the most fun and efficient tools available to divers to cover bigger distances or carry more equipment with reduced effort.

The Diver Propulsion Vehicle Level 1 course is normally conducted over 3 days. It requires a minimum of 5 dives and at least 24 hours of instruction, including classroom lectures, land drills and in-water work.

What you will learn:

Basic principles of DPV diving
Dive planning, teamwork while using a DPV
Environmental and conservation awareness
Stress management, navigation, standard and emergency procedures
DPV maintenance and troubleshooting
The potential hazards of diving with a DPV.

Prerequisites:

Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Be physically and mentally fit.
Be a non-smoker.
Be able to swim.
Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 course or the GUE Fundamentals course.
Have a minimum of 75 non-training dives, 25 of which are beyond GUE certification.
For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

GUE Open Water Diver

The Open Water Diver is the first course to take you beneath the surface while developing your independence as a new diver.

Whether you are new to the diving world, you've taken a course outside of GUE before, or you’re looking to improve your skills after a few years of not diving, the GUE Recreational Diver 1 course is a great starting point. This course will build the foundations for your diving skills no matter what attracted you to diving.

The GUE Open Water Diver course is usually conducted over 6 days and includes at least 10 aquatic sessions (confined water sessions) and 6 open water dives and at least 40 hours of instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills, and in-water work.

What you will learn:

Designed to develop the essential skills required for all sound diving practice. It allows the non-diver to cultivate a platform that supports comfort, confidence, and competence in the water, as well as more advanced training in the future.
A GUE Recreational pass means that divers will be certified to dive with their diving team without the supervision of a dive professional to a maximum depth of 70 ft/21 m.

Prerequisites:

Be a minimum of 14 years of age.
Be physically and mentally fit.
Be a non-smoker.
Be able to swim.
Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

Advanced Open Water

Master Diver

GUE Advanced Open Water Diver

This course is structured to prepare divers for deeper recreational diving up to 100 ft/30 m. It teaches divers to navigate underwater and how to help a team member in distress while using efficient diving skills and advanced breathing mixtures, such as triox.

The Advance Open Water course is usually conducted over 5 days and includes 11 dives and at least 40 hours of instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills, and in-water work.

What you will learn:

Basic skill cultivation and refinement
Familiarity with the theory and practice of minimum decompression dives
Correct ascent procedures
Reduced ambient light diving protocols
Compass and natural navigation
Diver rescue (on land, at the surface and underwater)
Emergency management
Use of helium to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density challenges, and post-dive “nitrogen stress”

Prerequisites:

Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Be physically and mentally fit.
Be a non-smoker.
Be able to swim.
Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver 1 course or a GUE Fundamentals course at the “recreational” level.
Have completed at least 25 non-training dives.
For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

GUE Master Diver

This is a limited decompression course structured to teach advanced diving skills, prepare divers for utilizing decompression cylinders with double tanks, and to breathe helium-based breathing mixtures appropriate for deeper recreational diving to 39 m/130 ft.

The Master Diver course is normally conducted over 5 days and includes 8 dives and at least 40 hours of instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills, and in-water work.

What you will learn:

Knowledge of relevant physics and physiology
Familiarity with the theory and practice of decompression
Correct ascent procedures
Use of decompression cylinder
Use of nitrox for decompression
Use of normoxic Helium (30/30 and 21/35) to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density, and post-dive “nitrogen stress,” and the basic regulator/manifold failures procedures.

Prerequisites:

Be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Be physically and mentally fit.
Be a non-smoker.
Be able to swim.
Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver 2 course or a GUE Fundamentals course at the “recreational” level.
Have completed the GUE Doubles Primer course or be proficient in doubles with at least 25 experience dives.
Have a minimum of 75 non-training dives.
For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

Performance Diver

Basic Fundamentals

DPV1