PADI Sidemount Diver
Having scuba tanks on your back isn’t a requirement for exploring the underwater world. Many scuba divers have discovered the joy of mounting cylinders on their sides.
Sidemount diving gives you flexibility and streamlining options. Plus, you don’t have to walk with heavy cylinders on your back – just enter the water, clip them on and go.
Sound interesting? Sign up for the PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty course.
Duration: 2 days
Number of dives: 1 confined session & 3 open water dives
What will you learn
Along with learning about the many benefits of diving with a sidemount configuration, during one confined water and three open water scuba dives you’ll learn how to:
- 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.
Also check out our Advanced Open Water Course as the first dive of this Specialty can be credited to this course.
Pre-requisites
- Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization
- 15 years of age or older.
What you get
- The PADI Sidemount & TEC Sidemount Manual
- Full equipment rental
- Highly qualified and professional scuba instructors and staff
- Academics can be completed while sunbathing in Sihanoukville or sight-seeing in Phnom Penh
- PADI certification
On the boat
- Overnight stay or day trip, plus all the snorkelling you can handle
- Dormitory sleeping with mattresses, sheets and blankets if overnight
- All meals, full breakfasts, lunches, hot dinner and non-alcoholic drinks, fruit and snacks
- Two deck boat – Sun deck plus shaded lower deck
- Onboard Washrooms, fresh water showers and western toilet
Price
- Advancing your PADI diving skills is a learning experience you aren’t quick to forget. Doing it in Cambodia will ensure you have an amazing dive without giving up any measure of safety, professionalism, quality of instruction or diving locations.
- Cost: Please add US$230 to day trip or overnight trip price.