KnowledgeBase | Links
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Agencies
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Education, Research and Exploration - GUE is the authoritative source for all things DIR.
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A new DIR training agency founded by Andrew Georgitsis, a former GUE Technical Training Director.
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General
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Peter Steinhoff's page has a few useful tips and how-tos, but it hasn't been updated in a while.
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Website of UK-based GUE Instructor Claire Gledhill
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Regional DIR Groups
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Home of Zero Gravity, the epicenter of Mexico's DIR scene.
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Australian affiliate of GUE
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This Swedish arm of GUE is dedicated to advanced technical diver training and exclusive diving expeditions for both trimix divers and recreational divers.
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Based in the Pacific Northwest, SCRET's mission is the discovery and mapping of wrecks and other underwater artifacts.
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Gear
If you're building your DIR rig, almost everything you could ever need can be found from the manufacturers listed below. If it isn't listed, we don't vouch for it!-
Publishers of some very useful stuff guides for maintaining and building your own gear.
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A broad range of swedish-made gear of the highest quality.
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Top-quality DIR-compliant diaphragm regulators.
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Fantastic DIR-compliant piston regulators.
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A broad range of DIR-compliant gear, including many of the little details for tweaking your rig to perfection that you can't find anywhere else..
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Maker of custom decals.
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Makers of the X Scooter, standard equipment for many BC DIR divers.
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Excellent stretch thinsulate undersuits.
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The finest drysuits around, customizable to a ridiculous degree.
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The original DIR scooter, and still the weapon of choice for the most extreme long-range cave exploration.
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The original DIR manufacturer. Top-notch lights, wings, backplates, and much more.
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The ultimate backup lights. Beautifully engineered and quite indestructable.
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Makers of Aluminum scuba tanks, with buoyancy characteristics perfect for stage and deco bottles.
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A full range of excellent, competitively-priced DIR-compliant gear.
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Makers of top-class piston regulators, not to mention the classic Jet fin.
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Makers of the classic bottom timer. Simple, reliable, quintessentially DIR.
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Makers of dive undersuits.
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Canadian-made steel scuba cylinders. Trim and buoyancy characteristics are amongst the best around.
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Cave Diving Websites
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Where DIR started.
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Dive Medicine, Fitness & Physiology
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The website of Cameron Martz, author of "Fitness For Divers".
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Premier provider of insurance and medical advice for divers.
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