The PADI Sidemount course is designed to familiarize you with a different style of diving.  Orignally developed for cave and cavern exploration, sidemount has expanded into the world of recreational and technical diving.  Tanks on your sides rather than your back reduce lower back fatigue and can help prolongue your dives.  Tanks can easily be donned in the water, eliminating the need to carry your full kit across sand or onto the boat. This course focuses on the  equipment needed, how to configure it and set it up for your personal physiology rather than the "one size fits all" mentality often found with back-mount diving.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum certification: Advanced Open Water

Minimum Age: 15 years old

Time required:  e-learning (2-4 hours), equipment introduction in Pool (3 hours), Ocean training (3 dives over 1 or 2 days depending on conditions)

Completed Medical release.

GEAR REQUIREMENTS:

Sidemount BCD

2 Regulators (2x first stage + 2x second stage).  No octo required.

2 SPG on 6" hoses

1 each 7 ft. regulator hose + 1each 40" regulator hose

Tanks and weights will be supplied by Aqua Safaris as part of your class fee

NOTE:  Aqua Safaris ALWAYS offers discounts on gear purchased while taking a course with us.  Before you roll the dice on-line, check out what we can do for you.