2025 Training Update

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024

Calendar Showing Available Seats

The most reliable place to see available class dates and seats for Wet Rocks classes is here. Feel free to email us to add a class as well!

Update on upcoming Wet Rocks Diving class seats and classes forming. Seats are current as of this writing, but check the calendar linked above for the most up-to-date information.

CAVE 1 with Mer in High Springs

  • Jan 6, 2025 – one seat remains (dates fixed)
  • Jan 29, 2025 – two seats remain (dates slightly negotiable)
  • April 21, 2025 – class slot available (date negotiable)
  • June 9, 2025 – class slot available (date negotiable)
  • Taking interest lists for additional 2025 classes

CAVE 2 with Mer in High Springs

  • Mar 3, 2025 – class slot available (date negotiable)
  • Mar 31, 2025 – two seats remain (dates fixed)
  • April 21, 2025 – class slot available (date negotiable)
  • June 9, 2025 – class slot available (date negotiable)
  • Taking interest lists for additional 2025 classes

CAVE DPV with Mer in High Springs

  • Dec 9, 2024 – FULL
  • Feb 6, 2025 – FULL
  • Are you a GUE diver considering taking another agency’s Cave DPV class to prepare for GUE’s? GUE’s Cave DPV class can be dialed up or down to appropriately challenge the team at hand. For some teams, this means half a dive shop of gear; for other teams, this means getting a solid proficiency in DPV Cave diving with 1 stage, 1 DPV, and a tow DPV for the team when appropriate. Email us here to be included in an Info Session on how GUE’s Cave DPV class is tailorable to the team. Info sessions are always free!
  • Inquire to schedule additional 2025 classes

TECH 1 – Ft Lauderdale area or Bonaire with Mer

  • May 12, 2025 – Ft Lauderdale, FL – two seats available (dates negotiable, but NOT overlapping Memorial Day Weekend)
  • Tech class seeking one additional teammate with date TBD, likely Bonaire

FUNDIES with Max in Miami

  • Taking interest lists to form additional Miami Fundamentals classes done as a 4-day course or as two 2-day parts for 2025

DPV1 with Max in Miami

  • Taking interest lists to form additional Miami area DPV1 classes

Learn-to-Dive/REC 1 with Max

  • Miami or combo High Springs/Miami – taking interest lists for 2025

REC 2 with Max in Miami (Rec 2 covers all topics of Advanced OW and more. Rec 2 = Nav Primer + Rescue Primer + Deep Primer, with each primer being ~2 days)

  • 100ft “Deep” Primer, TBD, FULL
  • Taking interest lists for 2025 (for individual primers or for the full Rec 2 program)

GUE FUNDAMENTALS or PERFORMANCE DIVER co-taught by Mer and Instructor Candidates

INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT – RECREATIONAL & PERFORMANCE DIVER & FUNDAMENTALS ITC with Mer

Info Sessions

GUE training is unlike almost any other course you’ve ever taken in the diving world. There’s a lot to learn about in order to figure out if it’s right for you (and it’s not for everyone). We hold periodic free Info Sessions over Zoom. During this session we cover:

  • what is this GUE course about
  • how to figure out if it’s right for you
  • what to expect
  • the methodology used
  • how to prepare and common equipment questions
  • the Wet Rocks Diving difference <– there are some awesome new benefits here
  • COVID-related modifications and protocols

We will be holding periodic free Info Sessions for Cave and Tech students, during which we’ll discuss:

  • Which first: cave or tech? — pros and cons of different course-orders
  • Where to train? — pros and cons of different class locations
  • How to prepare — for Tech or Cave and how that prep is a little different for the two classes
  • The Wet Rocks Online Learning Process <— there is some neat NEW stuff here!
  • A preview of Wet-Rocks-Only student resources
  • COVID precautions
  • Next steps

Email us here to be invited to the next GUE Fundamentals/Performance Diver Info Session, it’s free!

Email us here if interested in GUE Recreational courses (Rec 1 = Open Water, Rec 2= Advanced + Rescue, Rec 3 = Recreational Trimix + Deco Procedures), it’s free!

Email us here to be invited to the next GUE Cave/Tech Info Session. Info sessions are always free!

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