Extreme Exposure a.k.a. "E" is a great place to start if you are curious. Multiple GUE Fundamentals, Cave, and Technical instructors, and a nice dive shop, literally next door to the GUE headquarters.
Here's my goals, how do I get there?
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Extreme Exposure a.k.a. "E" is a great place to start if you are curious. Multiple GUE Fundamentals, Cave, and Technical instructors, and a nice dive shop, literally next door to the GUE headquarters.
Caveeagle
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I suggest you do your own research on the GUE options. I am sure it could serve you well, but it's hardly the only way to excellent instruction. There are several instructor who can teach for more than one agency as well. Its more about finding an instructor who you are comfortable with and is willing to work with your pace and goals in mind.
Re "bouncing off the bottom".. glad you already see than as a problem. A couple bad divers can really foul up the place.
Re "bouncing off the bottom".. glad you already see than as a problem. A couple bad divers can really foul up the place.
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PfcAJ
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You're in Florida? There's a bunch of instructors and gue divers and we all dive a lot.
Read up on gue a bit. Take fundies. You might change your mind about what agency you think you want cave training through.
seeker242
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I agree take fundies. Visit high springs and take a course with an EE instructor. Since you're a very new diver don't worry about getting the "tech pass". Just take the class. A rec pass will set you up to be a well put together ow diver. Then dive a ton, then consider cave courses. Just because you take funnies doesn't mean you need to do gue cave courses, though you may want to. There are multiple organizations other than ness-cds and gue. Personally I think the ness-cds system is a dinosaur and personally prefer the naui approach to course setup. Though the instructor is more important than the agency. Dan Patterson at EE is an excellent cave instructor, and though he works for a "gue shop" he's not a gue cave instructor.
I personally wouldn't take a cave course without 100 dives under my belt. 50 if you're well put together.
I personally wouldn't take a cave course without 100 dives under my belt. 50 if you're well put together.
If the OP embarks on this journey with caves in mind he should probably consider taking the class in tech gear configuration and aim for Tech pass or provisional rather than Rec. Even if he doesn't have any previous experience with doubles, corded lights etc. They will teach him everything he needs to know.
Gee, I sure hope not. I'm in my mid-50s and it's only at this point at my life that I finally have the time and money to pursue this avenue of diving.
I took Fundies in single-tank rec configuration a few years ago and was glad I did not try to take on more stuff at the time. I practiced GUE-style diving in that configuration for a year, then acquired the doubles and drysuit and dove that way for a year, and only now feel I am about ready to shoot for the Tech Upgrade of my Fundies rec pass. Unless you are a superstar natural at this, I suggest adding complexity slowly.
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