British tech pioneer and inventor Kevin Gurr has been building dive computers since the early 1990s, including the world’s first mixed gas diving computer, the VR3, which he launched in 1997, through his former company VR Technology Ltd. based in Dorset, UK. He also designed and built three sport rebreathers....
by Micheal Menduno Header Image: Kirill Egorov This summer Richard Lundgren and his select team of the Mars veterans, aka Martians will return to the source to hopefully answer the question, “What was life really like for the 600-800 sailors on Mars The Magnificent, King Erik XIV’s warship, which...
Ask any training agency executive about the growth of diving, and he or she will likely mention the phenomenal growth of diving in China. We asked Edmund Yiu, owner of RAID China, and tech distributor Xtreme Deep Asia Limited, for a perspective on the Chinese diving market. How’s your Kung Fu? Ask any training...
World-recognized decompression physiologist and cave explorer David Doolette explains the new evidence-based findings on “deep stops,” and shares how and why he sets his own gradient factors. His recommendations may give you pause to stop (shallower). by Associate Professor David J. Doolette Gradient...
How would you like to spend four days with a group of passionate adventurers on an island in southern Italy, diving rebreathers on submerged seamounts, getting briefed by some of the biggest diving brains on the planet, and eating to your heart’s content? Thought so! Unfortunately, you missed it. But here...
Ocean Explorers is a dedicated team of GUE divers committed to the discovery and conservation of our underwater cultural heritage. They do this by exploring the ocean for physical artifacts that define a group or a society. They assist archaeologists and scientists by documenting and studying their findings,...
Watch the digitized version of DIR 2004, along with two additional DVDs of videos, which provide an up close and personal view of the young GUE organization nearly 15 years ago. A Word from Jarrod Jablonski Welcome to the re-release of DIR 2004. The early and mid-2000’s were an impactful part of GUE’s...
Do you know the density of your breathing gas at your planned working depth? New research conducted by Gavin Anthony and Simon J. Mitchell suggests that you better! A gas density of 6 grams/liter (g/l)—the equivalent of diving nitrox 32 at 110 ft/34 m, or trimix 18/35 at 200 ft/61 m—significantly...
How do divers’ workloads vary, for example, when diving doubles vs. singles, adding stages, or motoring to the dive site on their favorite DPV vs. frog-kicking? Avid cave diver cum university researcher Peter Buzzacott offers a practical tool to assess your underwater wattage. by Peter Buzzacott Most...
The Evolution of DIR The year 2004 was a turning point for the fledgling five-year-old Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) organization, which sought to differentiate itself from the growing number of independent groups embracing the “Doing It Right” (DIR) system of diving. DIR was originally introduced...
Global Underwater Explorers is building global communities of passionate divers, empowered by high-quality training, and organized to support wide-ranging diving activities. These communities contain and partner with dedicated explorers, conservationists, and scientific researchers to conduct a diversity of aquatic initiatives around the world.
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