Pursue Your
Scuba Diving Passions • UTD gives you a unified, holistic,
building block education system. We empower thousands of scuba
divers to pursue their underwater passions – from recreational to
expedition. Regardless of your current certification or where
you've trained, our classes guide you to your next level of diving,
whether it's open water, deep, caves, wrecks or rebreathers.
Experience Underwater Camaraderie • In the water we train as
a team and explore as a team. Your UTD classes will foster
life-long diving friendships and partnerships. Topside, our
community website makes it easy for you to connect with like-minded
divers all over the world, exchange stories, photos and videos, and
share your passion for the underwater world.
Access State of the Art Equipment • UTD divers and
instructors are true leaders, enthusiastic about their diving and
their equipment needs. We research, develop and test a wide variety
of equipment to ultimately provide you with the best equipment
available to support your diving needs. Our equipment enables you
to fulfill your full potential in the water.
The Roots of Unified Team Diving • The UTD philosophy and
principles can be found in the Hogarthian/DIR equipment
configuration and its covenants. UTD builds upon this base by
creating the next generation of "a thinking team." Through our
unique combination of providing a global community, progressive
education system, and state of the art dedicated equipment, we are
able to realize our mission and revolutionize the scuba
industry.
Andrew Georgitsis, founder of UTD International, LLC, has a
long-standing history in the development of DIR/Hogarthian diving,
its teaching principles, and course structures. He has personally
developed all of the Unified Team Diving principles, teaching
methodologies, class structures, and course materials, and taken an
active role in the research and development of the supporting
equipment. It is his personal responsibility and goal to ensure
that you, the instructor or student, receive the best quality class
and equipment that adheres to the highest standards in the industry
and is completely UTD/DIR/Hogarthian compliant. He is personally
involved with all aspects of the company, including the development
of the Global Community, the research and development of the
supporting equipment and all the Instructor Development Classes, he
also over-sees the quality assurance process.
Unified Team DIving ensures that all UTD Facilities and Certified
Instructors teach classes that are based on a consistent and
Unified Team Diving (UTD) approach, in other words consistent with
the UTD ethos, standards and skill sets. At UTD, we always believe
divers should be trained beyond their level of diving, as opposed
to diving beyond their level of training.