Description

The Sidemount Specialty consists of one evening pool session and three open water dives.

Before the dives you will need to  complete the Sidemount Diver Elearing  and have your own side mount wing . Your Instructor will then review the information with you at the dive site prior to your dives.
The information covered will include:

• 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.
  

POOL SESSION
Here you will become familiar with the specialist techniques for diving sidemount whilst in shallow water.

OPEN WATER DIVES
On the three open water dives you will gain experience using sidemount and demonstrate a number of the skills you learned in the pool session. A particular focus will be on buoyancy.

At HDC we can either run the Sidemount specialty  as an independent course  or in in conjunction with the Advanced Open Water Course.

PREREQUISITES

• Minimum 15 years of age
  
• Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization similar to that of a PADI Open Water Diver).

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