PADI Sidemount Diver Course
Discover the balance and efficiency of sidemount scuba diving. Many divers find sidemount tanks are more comfortable and easier to put on in the water. Sidemount diving is also beneficial for divers who want improved balance and prolonged dives.
If you’ve earned your Open Water Diver certification and are at least 15 years old, you can enroll in the PADI Sidemount Diver Course.
What will you learn?
The PADI Sidemount Diver Course will teach you how to find your balance using a different gear set up. In this course you will learn how to:
- Assemble and configure sidemount equipment
- Mount scuba tanks in the water
- Adjust your weights for optimal balance
- Frog kick to move easily while wearing sidemount
The Sidemount Diver Specialty course dive may count toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
Consider continuing on to Tec Sidemount Diver course in which you’ll learn additional skills specific to tec diving in sidemount, such as staging and switching deco cylinders.
Included in the Course:
- PADI eLearning Course
- 3 dives in Key Largo, FL
- PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty Card
