C1 vs T1 GUE

[jadairiii]

My tech instructor (and later best friend/dive buddy) always told me I should do Cave. Never listed. Did all my tech training the years later I took Cave 1. He was right!

You can get away with a lot of "sloppy" trim in Tech no matter who your instructor is, not in Cave. Even if you dont want to really do cave, you come out of Cave 1, Tech 1 will be a joke.

 

[chthonicly]

Which one you think is the best one to do in first. I’m located next to Alexandria Bay. For caves I need to travel. I know I kind of answer my question but curious to see people review on both course!

I mean, what are you interested in? Do which ever one first which more closely aligns with the kinda diving you love most.

I did C1 first because I'm mostly interested in shallow, decorated Mexican caves and I doubt that I will ever do T1 because I have very limited interest in deep salty water, despite it being what's near by where I live.

That being said, as everyone has noted, there's a fair amount of overlap. My C1 teammate did T1 first and he didn't have an issue with the failure drills.