Recreational Training
GUE Recreational diver level 1
The GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 course is designed to develop the essential skills required for all sound diving practice. It helps the non-diver cultivate a platform that supports comfort, confidence, and competence in the water, as well as more advanced training in the future.
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.
Course outline
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Course length : 6 days
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10 confined water session, 6 open water dives
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At least 40 hour instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills and in-water work.
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After certification the diver is allowed to dive to a maximum depth of 21 meters utilizing Nitrox32.
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The Rec 1 course can also be split into a one day Discover Diving experience program or into the three day Recreational Supervised class dependent on students' performance and needs.
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The Rec 1 course can also be split into a one day Discover Diving experience program or into the three day Recreational Supervised class dependent on students' performance and needs.
GUE Recreational diver level 2
GUE’s Recreational Diver Level 2 course is a no-decompression course structured to prepare divers for deeper recreational diving to a maximum depth of 30 m, while using sound equipment, efficient diving skills, and advanced breathing mixtures.
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.
Course outline
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Course length : 5 days
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Includes at least 10 dives
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At least 40 hour instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills and in-water work.
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Skill cultivation and refinement, familiarity with the theory and practice of decompression, safe use of Nitrox and Triox for extended bottom times
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Correct ascent procedures, diver rescue (on land, at the surface and underwater), emergency management
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Use of Helium to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density, and post-dive “nitrogen stress.”
GUE Recreational diver level 3
The GUE Recreational Diver Level 3 course is a limited decompression course structured to prepare divers for deeper recreational diving up to 39 m, while using sound equipment, efficient diving skills, and advanced breathing mixtures.
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.
Course outline
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Course length : 5 days
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Includes at least 8 dives
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At least 40 hour instruction, encompassing classroom, land drills and in-water work.
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Skill cultivation and refinement, knowledge of relevant physics and physiology
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Familiarity with the theory and practice of decompression, correct ascent procedures, the use of double back-gas tanks/cylinders
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The use of Nitrox for decompression, the use of normoxic Helium (30/30 and 21/35) to minimize narcosis, CO2, gas density, and post-dive “nitrogen stress”
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Use of a single decompression cylinder for stage decompression techniques.