Introduction to DIR Education

The talk of DIR diving over the last few years has led to a masquerade of conflicting ideas. A distorted view of equipment identification and community exclusivity has given rise to many misinterpretations of a simple and effective philosophical base for improving a diver’s safety and enjoyment underwater. DIR diving allows a unified team of divers to communicate and execute a dive in a precise and logical rhythm, free from distraction, disorientation or confusion.

DIR education differs from that of conventional diver training, in that DIR is rooted in a holistic system that is consistent with the students’ progression. This includes the essential building blocks of education, as well as equipment, experience and community. The idea is to “Start with the end in mind.”

Too many in the scuba industry deplete the necessary ingredients of quality education that DIR finds fundamental. A quick and cheap class, the bare minimum of equipment, reliance on technology rather than ability; these are the catalyst for problems that should not exits and simply do not exist for the well-trained, thinking diver. DIR teaches the awareness and understanding underwater that allows the diver to adapt to the three-dimensional world which they have become part of.

All DIR education starts with the development of individual personal skills that will transform a human being with $2,000 worth of SCUBA equipment on their bodies into a comfortable, neutrally buoyant, evolved diver who is truly a guest of the underwater world and not an intruder.

The basics of horizontal, neutrally buoyant body mechanics, balance and trim are the essential building blocks that are fundamental to all divers. Upon this base, more individual water skills such as a menu of propulsion techniques, muscular compartmentalization, equipment awareness and multi-tasking are the next level of individual skills that give the diver the necessary ability to become a cohesive and competent team mate. And this is where real DIR education begins….

DIR starts with an underwater skill base and then it builds upon that into a beautiful chemistry that is magical to see in the water.
To really become a DIR diver, to see what DIR really is and where it will truly take you… you need to be DIR.

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