RECREATIONAL TRAINING
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GUE Recreational Diver Level 1
Recreational Diver 1 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 Recreational Diver 1 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:
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Be a minimum of 14 years of age.
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Be physically and mentally fit.
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Be a non-smoker.
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Be able to swim.
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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.
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For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.
GUE Recreational Diver Level 2
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 Recreational Diver 2 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:
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Basic skill cultivation and refinement
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Familiarity with the theory and practice of minimum decompression dives
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Correct ascent procedures
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Reduced ambient light diving protocols
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Compass and natural navigation
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Diver rescue (on land, at the surface and underwater)
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Emergency management
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Use of helium to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density challenges, and post-dive “nitrogen stress”
Prerequisites:
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Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
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Be physically and mentally fit.
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Be a non-smoker.
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Be able to swim.
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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.
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Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver 1 course or a GUE Fundamentals course at the “recreational” level.
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Have completed at least 25 non-training dives.
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For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.
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GUE Recreational Diver Level 3
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 Recreational Diver 3 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:
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Knowledge of relevant physics and physiology
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Familiarity with the theory and practice of decompression
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Correct ascent procedures
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Use of decompression cylinder
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Use of nitrox for decompression
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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:
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Be a minimum of 18 years of age.
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Be physically and mentally fit.
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Be a non-smoker.
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Be able to swim.
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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.
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Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver 2 course or a GUE Fundamentals course at the “recreational” level.
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Have completed the GUE Doubles Primer course or be proficient in doubles with at least 25 experience dives.
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Have a minimum of 75 non-training dives.
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For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.