Recreational Core Courses

LEARN TO DIVE

GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 (Rec 1) is an entry level scuba diving course. It’s for those who want to learn to dive for the first time.

Rec 1 focuses on developing strong foundational skills that support comfort and competence in the water.

You will be introduced you to the world of diving through the GUE training method. From basic body position and kicking technique, to more complex elements such as equipment configuration, trim, buoyancy, situational awareness and team diving. All those  drills & skills are first introduced in the classroom, demonstrated and practiced on land, then demonstrated and practiced multiple times in water.

In the GUE courses you will practice your skills neutrally buoyant, in trim position and with as many practices as you need to refine and finally master. This is a process that takes time and is based in your own day by day progression, spending as much time in the water as necessary. That means at least 10 confined water sessions and 6 open water dives.

As your control increases during the course, you will visit some of Dahab’s stunning dive sites. No better culmination of your Rec 1 course, than being able to observe and explore our clear waters and the creatures that inhabit them.

Triox, Rescue & Navigation

There is so much to explore! Live-aboard trips and deeper dive sites, like The Canyon and The Bells at Blue Hole, are waiting for you. If you are looking for more advanced diving adventures, then GUE Recreational Diver 2 (Rec 2) is the next step.

With Rec 2 you will strengthen the skills you already learned on Rec 1 and move further with new ones. You will gain new training such as how to:

• Perfecting your posture, buoyancy, positioning & kicks
• Additional underwater navigation techniques
• Dive deeper safely using gas mixtures (such as triox) that reduce narcosis and post-dive “nitrogen stress”
• Manage ascents from deeper depths.
• How to help a team member in distress and other rescue techniques.
• Light communication and other protocols for diving at night (or lower visibility)

The Rec 2 course is normally conducted over 5 days and with a minimum of 11 dives. If you don’t have time or you prefer to not make it all at once. The course can be divided in 3 separate primers or workshops: Navigation Primer, Rescue Primer and Triox Primer. Once all 3 primers have been successfully completed you will be Rec 2 certified.

Trimix & Rec Deep

Now that you are completely hooked, its time to reach new expertise. GUE Recreational Diver 3 (Rec 3) is an intermediate level bridging recreational and technical diving.

• Full recreational depth range (39m)
• Use of the right gases and the right procedures (32% nitrox, 30/30 triox, or 21/35 trimix)
• Use of doubles and one stage cylinder
• Limited decompression

Rec 3 main goal is to develop divers for scientific and project diving. If what you really want is to dive deeper than 40m you should consider technical diving training. You dont really need Rec 3 to enroll on GUE Tech 1, but some divers find it to be an ideal incremental and very beneficial step in that direction.