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DIR diving is a fast growing approach to diving. Be it technical or recreational, wreck, cave or reef, DIR diving can be relevant to the diving that you do.

The DIR system is a strategy and the goal is safety. It encompasses both procedures and equipment but more important are the values or ethics that were used to come up with the rest. Some call this mindset.

Doing It Right (DIR) is a holistic approach to technical scuba diving. According to the DIR approach fundamental skills, teamwork, environmental awareness, and the use of highly optimized and streamlined equipment configuration are the primary fundamentals of diving.

DIR proponents argue that through these essential elements, safety is improved by standardizing equipment configuration and procedures for preventing and dealing with emergencies, and in particular out-of-air emergencies.

Being prepared means to know the risks, know what to do when they occur and have the skill to do it. That requires knowledge and practice. And some problems are not solvable under water so you better have backup plan for that. And, always make sure you have correct and proper scuba gear.

To get knowledge and skill you can take a class. The class will cover the basics and keep you safe enough so that you can go on learning the rest on your own. So just as you learn to dive or learn other things in life you also need to learn to when to dive and when not to.

Diving in aggressive environments like high flow caves mother nature will spit you out if you're not careful. Even if you never been in a cave just imagine trying to swim against a current of several knots.

Hiding from the flow and making headway using intelligence rather than brute force is essential to success. The most effective way to accomplish this is to be very streamlined carrying only the most important equipment. This is the concept of minimalism and the setting where DIR was born.

The minimalistic approach is central to DIR. As an extension of this when it comes to procedures or equipment, simplicity usually wins over complexity and lo tech over high tech.

The problem though is that extreme minimalism can be a safety problem so we need to find a balance between the two. When diving we are at the mercy of our equipment yet equipment will fail, no matter how careful or prepared we are.

If being prepared is one cornerstone of DIR and the minimalistic approach is another then consistency would be the third. Consistency means we try to do everything the same all the time which implies standardization.

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