A side mount configuration (scuba tanks alongside of the diver) offers more flexibility and better streamlining options. Learn about the many benefits of diving with a side mount configuration. 

Description

In this sidemount diving course, you’ll learn all you need to go single or two-cylinder recreational sidemount diving up to a maximum depth of 30 meters or to your certification depth, whichever is deeper.

Sidemount diving is already common practice for wreck, mine, and cave divers, but now the benefits are being discovered by more recreational divers. With no heavy tank on your back, you’ll be more comfortable in the water and find your streamlining and trim improve effortlessly. By using less energy you may reduce your gas consumption so you can make the most of your dive time. With better buoyancy control, easier access to your valves and more redundancy as well, sidemount diving offers safety and peace of mind.

This is the best sidemount diving course to discover and enjoy the enticing advantages of this dive style. You learn all the skills and knowledge you need to safely and comfortably dive with a single or two-cylinder sidemount equipment configuration.

Academic

Along with learning about the many benefits of diving with a side mount configuration, you'll learn how to:

~ Properly assemble and configure side mount scuba diving equipment.

~ Trim your weight system and side mount 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 side mount diving.

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Photos from previous Side Mount Diver classes...