Tech diving class

[phillydiver]

I am interested in taking a really good tech diving class. I heard in florida there are some good 1-2 week classes. Does anyone have any good recommendations. thanks

 

[boomx5]

You can check the www.gue.com website and find the information you are looking for there.

 

[Wally1716]

I am interested in taking a really good tech diving class.
Does anyone have any good recommendations. thanks

.
Courses and classes abound in south Florida.
Visit the IANTD web site at www.iantd.com and get a list of their
instructors and ongoing courses. Otherwise you can phone them too and get
similar info. Ask about your selected instructor and his/her references. Don't
embark on a week's trip without knowing what you'll get.
.
By taking the course away from home you impose unfamiliar gear on yourself,
adverse weather delays, extra cost of accomodations, food and a timetable
for completion.
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[jonnythan]

Are you looking for GUE courses? I'm wondering why this is in the DIR forum.

If you are, you first need to take and pass DIR-F and then move onto Rec Triox, Tech 1, or Cave 1.

If you're not, I'll move this to the proper forum.

 

[salty]

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By taking the course away from home you impose unfamiliar gear on yourself.

why would you have unfamiliar gear, This seem inconsistant with one of the many benifits of the DIR system.

.adverse weather delays,.

Several NE instructers as well as quite a few NE divers recoumend traveling to Florida due to the rapidaly changing weather, Florida is considered to be a much better bet for compleating a class in a set amount of time.

extra cost of accomodations, food.

In the overall scheam of a class this is usaly the smallest fee and cost to be considered.

and a timetable for completion.

This is a problem for an class in any location.



Based on your statments I question your experience in the matter

 

[Wally1716]

why would you have unfamiliar gear, This seem(s) inconsistant
with one of the many benifits of the DIR system.

Sorry, I thought he was talking diving, not religion.

Several NE instructers as well as quite a few NE divers
recoumend traveling to Florida due to the rapidaly changing weather,
Florida is considered to be a much better bet for compleating a class in a
set amount of time.

Pray you brief me on the NE weather and I'll brief you on Florida weather.

In the overall scheam of a class this is usaly the smallest
fee and cost to be considered.

Hotel, transportation, meals, etc, ... do mount to be pretty substantial even in
Florida. Add a couple of extra days due to bad weather with flight changes and
you'll see what I mean.

This is a problem for an class in any location.

It is just more fun when you are paying hundreds of dollars for the extra days.

Based on your statments I question your experience in the matter

My granny told me from her deathbed that "there is no worst deafness than not
wanting to hear". Go ahead, make my day. But based on your English writing
level, I question your experience beyond sixth grade.

 

[Doppler]

I am interested in taking a really good tech diving class. I heard in florida there are some good 1-2 week classes. Does anyone have any good recommendations. thanks

Since this is in the DIR forum, one assumes you are looking for GUE training. However, the reference to 1-2 week classes has me puzzled and perhaps you are looking for more general information.

Florida is an excellent choice of locations from certain perspectives (I teach there myself during the winter!) and there are many truly great instructors working there. If it's cavern and cave that interests you then Larry Green, Ralph DiPanfilo, Mike OLeary, Johnny Richards, Rose Meadows (actually, she may be "retired" for a while), Heather Choat, Bill Oesterich and the list goes on.

But don't discount local opportunities especially if the majority of your "technical" diving will be on wrecks in local conditions.

If you do decide to shop around "locally" I can think of more than a dozen instructors who will give you a thorough introduction to decompression wreck diving. Locally by the way, would include VB, Maryland and NJ.

So let us know what direction you are leaning... then perhaps you'll get an answer that's useful for you.

 

[ScubaDadMiami]

Pray you brief me on the NE weather and I'll brief you on Florida weather.[/B]

Yes, let's see someone teach you about weather (beside a few other things).