Global Underwater Explorers Exploration, Education, Environmental Protection
What is GUE?
Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is an international non-profit organization with a mission to develop and promote diving through education, exploration and protection of the aquatic environment. GUE brings together divers who focus on precision and high safety standards. Our system is based on a high level of standardization of both procedures, equipment configuration, and teamwork.
GUE Projects
One of the goals of Global Underwater Explorers is to prepare divers to participate in a variety of projects organized around the world. Ghost Diving, Project Baseline, Phreatic are just a few examples of initiatives in which GUE divers take part
What distinguishes GUE training?
A unified configuration and consistent procedures increase our security and efficiency.
Cooperation, communication and consistency a,pmg the teammates are the foundations of the GUE philosophy.
we use diving as a tool for exploration, documentation and conservation of the underwater environment.
Strict requirements ensure excellent stability, responsiveness, and situational awareness.
Nitrox 32 is introduced at the basic level and trimix is available also for recreational divers.
A selective process of recruiting instructors, requiring experience, extensive knowledge and intensive practice outside of training.
Innovations in Diving Education
- Introduction of the original GUE Fundamentals program
- Paying special attention to stability and maneuvering underwater
- Eliminating "deep air diving"
- Theory and practice of nitrox use at all levels of training
- No-smoking policy
- Trimix also available for recreational divers and mandatory for technical diving
- Standard equipment and procedures
- Regular renewal of instructor certifications and qualifications
Your development in GUE
One of the fundamental principles of GUE is the continuous improvement of skills and knowledge. That’s why GUE training is both challenging and extremely rewarding.
Facts and myths about GUE
Facts and myths about GUE
Global Underwater Explorers stands out for its meticulous approach to standardizing equipment and procedures, communication, as well as planning and executing decompression. Therefore, every diver who wants to join our organization must first complete an introductory course – GUE Fundamentals.
Regardless of your previous experience, this course will allow you to systematize your knowledge, refine your basic skills, and learn the procedures necessary to dive with GUE divers. If you’re planning a further path towards technical, cave or rebreather diving, Technical Fundamentals is the perfect preparation for the next steps in your GUE training.
We strive for the highest possible degree of standardization – that’s true. However, in GUE we allow multiple standardized configurations.
Recreational training can be conducted in a single cylinder configuration, provided that it is consistent with the technical configuration (wing, long hose, modular system). Due to its versatility and practicality, the twinset is the default solution for technical and cave diving.
However, depending on the specifics of the dive – e.g. great depths or very tight caves – GUE divers also use rebreathers or sidemount configurations.
All standard GUE configurations have common points that make it intuitive and safe to reach higher levels of training or dive in mixed teams.
Yes. GUE promotes a responsible approach to diving and a healthy lifestyle. Numerous scientific studies prove that smoking has a negative effect on the body, m.in. increasing the risk of decompression sickness.
If you’re thinking about joining GUE, it can be a great motivation to quit the addiction once and for all.
Each GUE training includes a fitness test, consistent with the level of training.
Why is physical condition and swimming skills important?
On any diving trip, there is a risk of accidentally falling into the water. At some dive sites, it is required to swim a certain distance on the surface to reach the descent point. Being in good shape is also crucial in emergency situations – for example, when you run out of gas, the ability to hold your breath for a moment and swim to the team is crucial for your own safety.
Therefore, regularly improving swimming skills and maintaining good physical shape is the basis of safe diving.
Yes. Unfortunately, diving is not like riding a bike – unused skills and knowledge can fade over time. As such, GUE places great emphasis on active and regular diving to maintain an appropriate level of training. GUE certificates must be renewed every 3 years, confirming that you have completed at least 25 dives at the current level.
Of course not. In case you had a break from diving and did not manage to do 25 dives at your current level of training, all you have to do is practice and make an appointment with a GUE instructor for a re-evaluation to restore your qualifications. You don’t have to go through all the training from the beginning.
Although GUE is known for diving in difficult conditions, our organization offers a comprehensive development path starting with basic diving courses. More and more recreational divers are choosing to take recreational training at GUE (e.g. Performance Diver) in order to improve their skills and expand their knowledge. In recreational diving, we use many facilities from caves or cave diving. This ensures that GUE recreational divers are prepared to dive in demanding conditions. Thanks to the standardization of equipment and procedures, entering the path of technical and cave diving is smooth and intuitive – without the need to change habits or replace all the equipment.