Doing It Right (DIR) is a holistic approach to scuba diving, which encompasses several essential elements, including fundamental diving skills, teamwork, physical fitness, and the use of streamlined and minimalistic equipment configurations. DIR proponents maintain that through these elements, safety is improved by standardizing equipment configuration and dive-team procedures for preventing and dealing with emergencies.
DIR evolved out of the efforts of divers involved in the Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) during the 1990s, who were seeking ways of reducing the fatality rate in those cave systems. The DIR philosophy is now used as a basis for teaching scuba diving from entry-level to technical and cave qualifications by several organizations, such as Global Underwater Explorers (GUE), Unified Team Diving (UTD) and Inner Space Explorers (ISE).
Read more about Doing It Right: History, Tenets, Fundamental Diving Skills, Equipment and Configuration, Variations and Schisms Within DIR, DIR Criticisms and Controversies, Comparisons Between DIR and Other Recreational and Technical Diving Groups, Associated Organizations
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