The GUE Performance Diver course is the newest gateway course into GUE training. Newly certified divers now have a more accessible way to personally experience what GUE is all about without compromising on standards and quality of training.

Some divers feel that they need additional time during their initial scuba training to work on their buoyancy, trim, and propulsion techniques. But with the short duration of many open water courses, it can be difficult for divers to obtain a level of comfort in the water where they feel they are in control of their positioning and able to relax and enjoy the dive.

This new course has been designed to maximize your time in the water by incorporating online adaptive learning.

You will build a solid diving platform based on balance, trim, buoyancy, and propulsion techniques. Learning different propulsion techniques and stability will enable you to feel more confident no matter what conditions you encounter. Learning to do skills whilst neutrally buoyant means you can stop and enjoy the underwater world without feeling like you are crashing into the bottom or floating away.

You will be introduced to the benefits of having standardized equipment configuration, standardized procedures, and how a team-oriented approach can be used to maximize safety, efficiency, and fun.

You will receive access to GUE’s intelligent online learning platform (which adapts to you, and focuses on teaching you what you don't already know). That translates to more time in the water and less time in the classroom.This course is just the start and will show you a completely new approach to diving.

Course outcomes include learning GUE single or double-tank equipment configuration, trim and buoyancy, propulsion techniques (including the backwards kick), gas sharing, and ascent training. You will be surprised how much progress can be made in just three days.

This course will supplement training that you have already received and will give you more confidence in your basic skills, even if you do not desire to pursue more advanced training. It also includes the use of nitrox.

Applicants for the GUE Performance Diver program must:

• Be a minimum of 12 years of age.
• Be physically and mentally fit.
• Be a non-smoker.
• Be able to swim.
• Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
• Be certified, at a minimum, as an autonomous entry-level scuba diver (or equivalent) from a recognized training agency.
• If using doubles during the course, have conducted at least 10 non-training dives in the GUE double tank configuration or hold a GUE Doubles Primer certification.
• If using a drysuit during the course, have conducted at least 10 non-training dives in a drysuit or hold a GUE Drysuit Primer certification.
• For a full list of course prerequisites, click here.

The GUE Performance Diver course is normally conducted over three days. It requires a minimum of four dives and at least sixteen hours of in-person instruction, encompassing land drills and in-water work. Additional time is required for theory (conducted online and/or in-person).