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            Sidemount Diver

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            Sidemount Diver

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            $299.00 – $499.00

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            Having scuba tanks on your back isn’t a requirement for exploring the underwater world. Many scuba divers have discovered the joy of mounting cylinders on their sides. Sidemount diving gives you flexibility and streamlining options. Plus, you don’t have to walk with heavy cylinders on your back – just enter the water, clip them on and go. Sound interesting? Sign up for the PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty course.

            If you’re a PADI Open Water Diver who is at least 15 years old, you can enroll in a PADI Sidemount Diver course.


            The TDI Sidemount Diver Course is the ideal specialty for any diver wishing to use this increasingly popular equipment configuration; either as a stand-alone course OR in conjunction with one of TDI’s other open circuit technical specialties such as Decompression Procedures, Extended Range, Trimix, Advanced Trimix, and Advanced Wreck. If this course is combined, the requirements for BOTH courses must be met. The TDI Sidemount Diver course teaches students how to utilize side-mounted primary cylinders as an alternative to the traditional back-mounted method.


            Extra Costs
            PADI Sidemount Manual: $69.99
            TDI Sidemount Manual: $69.99 
            Sidemount System Rental (BCD, regulators, 2 Nitrox tanks): $300 

            Category: Continuing Education Specialty Diving Technical Diving
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            Product Description

            PADI (Recreational)

            What will you learn?

            Along with learning about the many benefits of diving with a sidemount configuration, during one confined water and three open water scuba dives you’ll learn how to:

            • Properly assemble and configure sidemount scuba diving equipment.
            • Trim your weight system and sidemount gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water.
            • Manage gas by switching second stages as planned, if wearing two cylinders.
            • Respond correctly to potential problems when sidemount diving.

            Get credit! The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.

            How can you start learning now?

            Visit our dive shop to enroll in the course and get your PADI Sidemount Diver and Tec Sidemount Diver Manual. You can read chapter one before meeting with your instructor to review key points. By studying ahead, you’ll be better prepared to start using your sidemount gear.

            If technical diving interests you, chapters two and three of your manual apply to the Tec Sidemount Diver course.

            What scuba gear will you use?

            You’ll want to use your own mask, fins, snorkel and exposure suit. Your PADI Instructor will explain the sidemount equipment you’ll need, such as a BCD and harness configured for sidemount diving along with cylinders, each with a regulator and SPG.


            TDI (Technical)

            Who this TDI course is for:

            • The TDI diver looking to expand their in-water skills and techniques
            • The certified diver who has interest in moving forward with technical diving education and expanding their equipment configuration options

            Course prerequisites

            (these requirements must be met prior to commencement of training):

            • Minimum age 18
            • Minimum certification of SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, or equivalent

            What you can expect to learn:

            The TDI Sidemount Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more!

            • Gas matching procedures to include dissimilar volumes
            • Gas management utilizing independent cylinders
            • Psychological considerations of technical diving
            • Equipment considerations including:
              • Cylinder options
              • Regulator options
              • Buoyancy compensator/harness options
              • Proper weighting
              • Equipment configurations
            • Communication (light and hand signals)
            • Problem solving in a sidemount configuration
            • Diving in tight or confined spaces
            • Conservation
            • Water entries/exits
            • S-drills specific to sidemount diving

            Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:

            • Demonstrate various propulsion techniques such as the frog kick, modified frog kick, modified flutter kick, backwards kick, helicopter turns, and hand pulling if appropriate for the environment.
            • Demonstrate adequate buoyancy control; ability to hover at a fixed position in water column without moving hands or feet
            • Demonstrate adequate trim; ability to maintain proper position during the descent, bottom, and ascent portion of the dive
            • Demonstrate the ability to perform the following exercises while maintaining trim and buoyancy in the water column:
              • Unclipping and attaching sidemount cylinders
              • Perform gas switches with and without a mask
            • Demonstrate the ability to safely manage gas in independent cylinders
            • Demonstrate conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques
            • Deploy a lift bag
            • Carry additional cylinders is optional in this course

            What’s in it for you?

            Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in sidemount diving activities without direct supervision so long as the following limits are adhered to:

            • The diving activities approximate those of training
            • The areas of activities approximate those of training
            • Planned dives do not exceed diver’s current certification level

            TDI Sidemount Diver minimum certification requirements:

            • Perform all land drills and dive requirements safely and efficiently
            • Demonstrate mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
            • Maintain an appropriate level of awareness and respect for the environment
            • Log all training dives

            Additional Information

            Course Option

            PADI Sidemount Diver (Recreational), TDI Sidemount Diver (Technical)

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