How to become a GUE Recreational Diver?
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Another awesome documentary by SCUBA diver and director Elena Konstantinou. This video is about Global Underwater Explorer's Recreational Diver Curriculum more specifically the GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 - Nitrox Diver course.
The course is designed to develop the basic foundation for solid diving practices regardless of the individual diver's aspiration. If the diver realizes they require more advanced training to peruse their goals later on in the future then they are already on the road to success because that solid foundation is already in place. Student divers will learn the essential skills of sound diving in order to build comfort, competence, and most importantly confidence in the water. Below is some information regarding the corse from GUE.
This isn't your average open water class! =)
Documentary. Director: Elena Konstantinou
Producer: Philip Yakymov and Laila Thaw, Project Manager: Julia Golosiy. Underwater videography: Valentina Cucchiara, Nick Pool. Top side cameramen: Alexander Shabataev, David Hands, Andreas Wallach Editors: Tim Sternberg, Hugo Perez
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Just recently got my Rec 1 certification! So amazing! It's a very challenging course, but SCUBA is amazing and so fun.
Love seeing diving come back to basics and more importantly teaching new divers the importance safety. I'm not an instructor but I am involved in my local community and 'trained' to a certain level. If I had a dollar for the amount of times I have been shocked by the ignorance and blaze attitude of students of certain training organisations I would have enough money to complete a padi zero to hero course 😅. But jokes aside I love the purpose behind this new training method and I would love to get involved myself.
This is awesome :)
Great Video!
great video!
Great video. Looks like the recreational course is modeled on gear configuration of GUE
Yes well done
This looks really cool, but I think thats because I'm kind of a diving geek and interested in more technical aspects of diving. The vast majority of people out there are going out once every few years while they're on vacation and are just looking to check out a reef. The level of depth and detail the GUE rec course goes into is like giving a normal barista a chemistry degree.
Actually im kinda disagree with you .. thats what's you supposed to master while you're diving
First thing i read in padi book is diving is not for everyone
And yes you need to master it if you wanna enjoy it
nice
Hi, why drysuit diving somewhere you dont need gloves?
Hello, I'm wondering why the torch power cable goes Across the the body? Why not fix the power cable to run under the left arm to the battery? That way the cable isn't dangling and doesn't interfere with the long octopus hose. I watched a training video. During the out of air demonstration the air supply diver gave the primary to the out of air diver, the air supply diver would then "untangle" the torch power cable. Can you clear up that method for me please? Thank you.
Hi, thanks for your question and sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Before discussing the light cord scenario keep in mind that battery and LED technology has pushed forward a movement in cordless lights with the battery attached directly to the light head. This eventually eliminates the need for the light cord discussion but is still a number of years away.
To discuss the why? There are a couple of things to keep in mind for the GUE configuration of equipment. We make our standard operating procedures to mimic military and scientific diving programs that rely on teams to operating in the same manner every time in any environment or configuration.
Left and and Right hand. GUE Divers focus their workload on their left hand and keep their right hand free for emergencies. The right hand should always be free to donate your primary reg or long hose over your head and to the out of gas diver without interruption. Things that can interrupt are objects in/on the right hand. Improperly routed hose or hoses that cause the hose to get trapped. Improper routing of the light cord. There are other considerations like a DPV, Camera, etc.
The light is always held in the left hand unless being moved for temporary reasons. With the light cord on your hand the long hose will not get caught or tangled. Once you donate and asses the situation you are granted an extra calming moment as you pause to extend the rest of your long hose length (currently held behind the light canister or a holding bar) and manage the light cord by moving it around the long hose such that it won't be tangled when moving, especially in a low or no vis situation.
Finally, it also makes a great training tool for instructors to asses a divers trim and buoyancy while task loaded. The biggest danger in an out of gas situation is a donating diver that can't keep their calm and perform as needed to assist the out of gas diver who will certainly have the most stress and cause for panic in the situation. So skills like these create great opportunities to increase skill performance over time.
If you still have questions visit gue.com/gue-instructors and contact an instructor near you to discuss topics like these or to schedule an in-water checkout dive to get an assessment of your current skills set. All the best and we wish you fun and safe diving!
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PADI instructor here wishing I did GUE 1 l o l
At around 6.45 is that meant to happen?
This Warm water diving can not be compared to colder drysuit diving 😂 😂
Don't be so gatekeepy. We're all divers. I saw multiple drysuit divers among the students in the video. I myself started as a tropical wetsuit diver and am now a cold water tech diver and cave diver. We all find our own paths, depending on where we live, how much money we have, what kind of diving appeals to us and how much time we can spend on it.
why dry suits?
+Eechu Wama It works in every situation ,just saying
+Eechu Wama The location where they were training/filming was nice and hot, but water temps were cooler, the students had a lot of in water time, and wanted to learn advanced diving skills in their drysuits. Training can be done in Wet suits or Dry Suits depending on your location and the divers/class goals, skill level, etc.
+Eechu Wama -- Dry suits are great, because by simply changing the undergarment they can be used in temperate, cool, or cold water. The downsides are cost and complexity; but buying one dry suit for all conditions is cheaper than buying two or three wet suits of different thicknesses, and handling the complexity is just a matter of some extra training.
i thought you don't believe in wet suits at all, no? I know UTD accepts everything up to 3mm to be acceptable then dry suit from there up. whats GUE philosophy? either skin/nothing or drysuit?
james alex Hi James, sounds like there is some confusion in the atmosphere. We have only "Required" that students wear the appropriate exposure protection for their environment/exposure/gear config. (So no wetsuits and steel doubles while cave diving or no drysuit sans undergarmets if you're diving cold water, etc.) Some of our courses like GUE Fundamentals Diver requires you to wear a drysuit ONLY if you want a "Tech Pass." You can pass at a recreational level using a wetsuit. For future reference our standards are open to the public in their latest form here: gue.com/standards-and-procedures - Also, I know I did a great job of answering your question here within a few weeks, but only because I was on here organizing. If you have a future issue please contact us via our website or via Facebook at facebook.com/GUEhq - All the Best - Rich Denmark - GUE HQ
This class looks like it costs A LOT.
It "looks" that way, but our recreational program is actually a number of courses offered from the big for profit agencies all blended into 1 course. Plus our focus is set on building foundational skills like buoyancy, trim and comfort in the water while also learning the basic concepts of scuba, giving you a higher skill set so you can have a better overall experience in your diving.
Global Underwater Explorers Can you give me a pricing of what a course like this would cost?
Hi Grady, our instructors set the pricing for their courses. It's best to contact an instructor near you to discuss your goals and schedule and from there you can talk costs as it varies by region: www.gue.com/training/gue-instructors
I mean, sorry but this is really the wrong idea you are providing to unknown people. I am not here to say this agency or that agency is better.
BUT
a 10 day course, with 3-4 dives a day ( lets minus theory, don't know if this is included in these 10 days ) lets say 20 dives. Sure an Open Water Diver from PADI or SSI will have not as good buyance as the students in this class with 10 days. But this has nothing to do with the agency, it has something to do with the normal Open Water Diver class (or simalar namings). They are normaly 3-4 days.. Also the GUE Recreational Diver Level 1( Open Water Diver, a bit adavanced ) seems to offered in a 3-4 days for this course. Regarding their own standards:
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The Recreational Diver Level 1 course is normally conducted over five days. It requires a
minimum of ten confined water sessions, six open water dives, and at least forty hours of
instruction, encompassing classroom lectures, land drills, and in-water work.
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The more time an instructor spend in the water with the students, the better the students are. How quick students can reach this level, depends on the instructor in first place, in my opinion. If I double up the course lenght sure it will be better and safer for the divers.
The question is: What is enough? You can also say, you need 100 dives with an instructor, than you are allowed to name your self recrational diver.
Regarding Long Hose vs Octopus. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages, if you follow the guidlines, the pre dive checks, the recommandations of one agency you are fine. Sure if you skip somethign you can be in danger, but this is meant for all agencys. It is your own risk! It is also your own risk if you are not checking your tires on your car, nobodys does that or your brakes everytime after you parked the car.
DON'T PRAISE SOMETHING BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE IS WORSE. PRAISE IT BECAUSE IT IS GOOD IN THE WAY YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: This post is not meant to hurt anybody, and it is not against anybody, because all agencys are doing that sadly :(
What is it you are actually trying to say,,,, seems confused!
guy with red wing in the thumbnail - your back is so overly hyperextended it looks so strained and unnatural