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Originally Posted by dirdiversrule
DIR is the way to go. Look at what GUE has accomplished. They hold all the world records and produce the best divers by far. I have taken DIR-F and it was a great course. I can wait to take it again. Look into the PADI program as well. They have awesome materials and I saw that two of their Deep Tec instructors just did a few dives on the Doria!
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I don't entirely agree with that. Find an instructor you are comfortable with and that has a good reputation as an instructor and obviously lots of tech diving experience himself, then take his class regardless of what agency he teaches. I came to that conclusion after trying to find differences between Naui Intro to Tech and GUE-F, and realized the courses were so damn close in curriculum, that the instructor was going to make the difference. As for 2 of the Padi Deep Tec instructors diving the Doria....well lots of people have dove the Doria, I don't think that automatically means Padi's tech program is better than anyone's else either. Like I said, after going through my own time trying to find an instructor and agency, I realized it was the instructors experience and teaching ability that are going to make the difference.