PADI Sidemount Course
Discover a new way to experience the depths with the PADI Sidemount Diver course. At Yucatan Dive Crew, we offer this exciting course in the beautiful cenotes of Yucatan, allowing you to dive into the heart of the earth in a new and exhilarating way. Two tanks is better than one!
What are you going to learn?
The PADI Sidemount Diver Course opens up a new dimension in technical diving, providing divers with the skills and knowledge to use sidemount configuration.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How to properly assemble and configure sidemount scuba diving equipment.
- Gas management fundamentals.
- Skills specific to sidemount diving, including equipment considerations and dealing with potential problems.
- Trim and buoyancy control in a sidemount configuration.
- Efficient techniques for swimming with multiple cylinders.
Course Components:
This course comprises two parts and spands over 2 days with 4 open water immersions:
- Knowledge Development: You’ll gain an understanding of the benefits of sidemount diving, equipment considerations, and dive planning in this configuration.
- Four Open Water Dives: You’ll put what you’ve learned into practice, mastering the unique skills and procedures necessary for sidemount diving.
You’ll gain an understanding of the benefits of sidemount diving, equipment considerations, and dive planning in this configuration.
Skills specific to sidemount diving, including equipment considerations and dealing with potential problems.
How to properly assemble and configure sidemount scuba diving equipment.
Gas management fundamentals.
Trim and buoyancy control in a sidemount configuration.
Hear about the next steps to becoming a certified diver through the PADI Cavern Diver course.
Your All-Inclusive PADI Sidemount Course
We’ve got you covered for your first dive with two tanks as a PADI Tec Sidemount Diver.
We take care of everything so you can focus on enjoying your dive.
- The PADI Sidemount Course spans 2 days with 4 total immersions.
- Top-Quality Scuba Equipment: We provide all the gear you need to explore the cenotes in safety and comfort.
- Transportation: We'll get you to and from the cenote sites.
- Certified Instructor: Learn from a professional PADI certified instructor.
- Security Equipment: We prioritize your safety with essential security equipment.
- Emergency Oxygen Tank: We're prepared for any situation with emergency oxygen on hand.
- Snacks and Beverages: Keep your energy up with snacks and drinks provided.
- We make your first diving experience as seamless as possible, allowing you to truly enjoy and focus on the beauty of the Yucatan cenotes.
More Info
Cenote: 24C-26C / 74-76F year round.
If you do not own or cannot travel with your own do not worry. All of our courses include the rental of our equipment; sidemount wing, regulators, boots and open heels fins, and 3mm long wetsuits.
If you’re a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives, you qualify to enroll in a Tec Sidemount Diver course. It’s recommended that you also have a PADI Enriched Air Diver certification.
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
If you’ve looked into technical diving, you realize that tec divers always wear more than one tank. Sidemount is an increasingly popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving. You can enter the world of tec diving with the Tec Sidemount Diver course and apply what you learn to other TecRec courses. Available TecRec courses are the following: Tec 40, Tec 45 or Tec 50 courses.
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PADI: Enriched Air Diver Course
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