DIR- GUE GUE Cave Sidemount course

[rjack321]

Just curious - has anyone taken this class and have thoughts about their experience? Am considering getting into sidemount to get into some different parts of the caves. Havnt seen any write-ups.

Are you C2 with GUE?
Where are "the caves" you're talking about? Cause "sidemount" takes wildly different forms in FL, the Riveria Maya, Cheve, and Canadian caves - and that's just in North America

 

[Comm]

Are you C2 with GUE?

Yep, did GUE C1, C2, and Cave DPV

My main cave diving is Florida caves. Occasionally will go to Mexico.

 

[rjack321]

Yep, did GUE C1, C2, and Cave DPV

My main cave diving is Florida caves. Occasionally will go to Mexico.

It's a pretty limited universe of instructors. Or you could skip the GUE course and find a FL mentor

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[Comm]

It's a pretty limited universe of instructors. Or you could skip the GUE course and find a FL mentor

Ya, that’s the debate, honestly. Havnt heard a ton about it and plus not a ton of instructors that do it.

 

[Underwater Tourist]

Yep, did GUE C1, C2, and Cave DPV

My main cave diving is Florida caves. Occasionally will go to Mexico.

Skip GUE and go to MX

They dive SM 99.99% there, so if you want the best SM instruction, those are the people you need to reach out to, as opposed to an instructor who teaches a SM course once per decade

Or a local mentor who dives SM like rjack mentioned

 

[Manatee Diver]

Ya, that’s the debate, honestly. Havnt heard a ton about it and plus not a ton of instructors that do it.

I know someone that did the course, he said the biggest difference between it and a normal sidemount course is that they spend time on how to build team standards around sidemount as there is an established standards for the setup in GUE.

 

[Lorenzoid]

I know someone that did the course, he said the biggest difference between it and a normal sidemount course is that they spend time on how to build team standards around sidemount as there is an established standards for the setup in GUE.

Sounds like that's the crux of it. If one plans on diving mostly with other GUE sidemount divers, take the GUE course.