Sidemount Diver Specialty
Discover a new approach to scuba diving! Learn to configure, manage, and dive with cylinders mounted alongside your body for improved streamlining, flexibility, and equipment accessibility.
Why Stuart Scuba? Small groups of no more than 3 divers per instructor ensure personalized instruction, hands-on equipment training, and a strong focus on safety.
Availability: Contact us for booking information
Course Description
Take your diving skills to the next level! Master sidemount equipment configuration, cylinder positioning, gas management, buoyancy control, and propulsion techniques through practical, instructor-led training. Learn to manage independent gas supplies, improve underwater trim, and handle equipment confidently while earning your SDI Sidemount Diver Specialty certification.
Price $595.00 per diver
Prerequisites
- Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
- Certification: SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent
- Minimum logged dives: No additional logged dives required
- Completed SDI paperwork and medical questionnaire
Duration
- Approximately 2 days, including:
- SDI knowledge development and instructor review
- Sidemount equipment configuration and adjustment
- Confined-water skills practice as appropriate
- 2 open-water training dives
What's Included
- SDI specialty training materials
- Professional instructor-led training
- SDI digital certification upon successful completion
- 1 Day 2 Tank Boat Dive
- Tanks and weights
- Sidemount configuration instruction and equipment familiarization
Not Included
- Personal mask, snorkel, fins, and boots
- Sidemount harness, BCD, Stage Kits and regulator sets unless arranged separately
- Boat fees if applicable
- Transportation and personal expenses
What You'll Learn
- Sidemount equipment selection, setup, and configuration
- Cylinder attachment, positioning, and streamlining
- Proper weighting, buoyancy control, and trim
- Independent cylinder gas management and regulator switching
- Sidemount entries, exits, and equipment handling
- Emergency procedures and gas-sharing techniques
Certification
Complete the required knowledge development, practical skills, and 2 open-water boat dives to earn your SDI Sidemount Diver Specialty certification, meeting current SDI standards.
