Starting Technical diving GUE Vs TDI VS PADI?

[YahiaAhmed]

Hello everyone,

I am gonna start my Techincal diving courses next month. I am confused about which community / diving institute to go with?

My target is Extended range for now, and maybe I'd do CCR. Which one do you think I should go with and why?

If it's GUE, do you guys know the prices, and does it require specific diving equipments?

I currently have my own side mount/back-mount gear but I am not sure if I can use them in GUE training since I saw posts that GUE is all about Halcyon gear.

If it will help, here's the equipment that I currently own.

• Hollis DX 300X Dry Suit with Bare base & Hollis AUG 260 mid layer undergarments
• Cressi Castoro 5mm Wetsuit
• 2x Hollis 200LX second stage with DCX first stages (for side mount)
• Apeks XTX200 & XTX40 regs with XTX first stage
• Hollis SMS Katana 2 single bladder BCD
• Hollis LX Wing (Single cylinder back-mounted)
• Hollis F1 Fins
• Mares Avanti Quattro+ Fins
  
• Hollis M3 Mask
• Shearwater Teric DC
• Cressi GOA DC
• Hollis SMB & Spool
• Bare 5mm Hood

 

[grantctobin]

Short answer, GUE. Long answer: where are you taking your training? Who are your instructor options?

 

[Superlyte27]

GUE unless you want to go CCR, then TDI

 

[Hickdive]

GUE Fundamentals will give you a solid platform to take any future technical course with any other provider; OC or CCR. You also don't have to go by word-of-mouth to find a "good" instructor if you go the GUE route.

 

[YahiaAhmed]

Short answer, GUE. Long answer: where are you taking your training? Who are your instructor options?

I am planning to take my courses (if GUE) in Egypt at Scuba Seekers, one of the most well known dive centers and owned by famous GUE instructor Sameh Sokar

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

GUE, TDI, PADI are all good programs by standards. It is ALL about the instructor, not the agency.

Choose based on the instructor, not the agency.

 

[Diver0071969]

What is the best path for PADI Tec training? In my area PADI, is the most readily available without having to travel several hours away.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

What is the best path for PADI Tec training? In my area PADI, is the most readily available without having to travel several hours away.

Tec-Basics and Tec-40 are good starting points in the PADI Tec pipeline.

 

[JustinLoos1985]

GUE or UTD or ISE = all DIR training agencies with very high standards that teach with a technical approach starting in the open water classroom all the way to CCR

 

[Imla]

You cant go wrong with Sameh. I would suggest you talk to him about your goals for diving, and which route he would recommend for you.