Sidemount

Program Content

Sidemount configuration has been a choice for advanced cave divers for years, but now it is popular for many types of divers. Sidemount has simply become a well polished approach to gear configuration. It employs innovation and discipline to produce an arrangement of scuba unlike any the typical diver is accustomed to. Our Sidemount program is about meeting those needs. In many cases, back mounted primary tanks are not ideal and other options need to be looked at. Sidemount configuration is used simply because it is a more comfortable way of diving. When used in the overhead (wreck/cave) environment Sidemount is by far the ideal configuration.

Sidemount Diving is quickly gaining popularity as an alternate method of gas management. Instead of carrying a redundant primary air source on the back, Sidemount utilizes the versatility to split the typical twin cylinders and relocate them under each arm. The low vertical profile of the diver's air supply allows the scuba cylinders to be easily manipulated, and carried in a less cumbersome manner. The diving portion of the program will entail 6 dives over a number of days. These dives help the student establish buoyancy, trim, configuration and comfort of their equipment. This will lead to the student’s second set of dives. This session is aimed at helping to achieve proficiency in completing a number of timed task-loading skills.

Prerequisites

• At least 18 years of age
• Good physical condition
• Completed medical questionnaire
• Rescue Diver certification
• Logged proof of 100 dives, including:
  • 25 dives in the last 12 months

Course Limits

• Student to instructor ratio 3:1 during open water dives
• No training dives will be at night

Tuition
All fees are in Canadian dollars

• Tuition fee: $700
• Certification fees, manuals, dive gases, boat fees and other course expenses are extra and are subject to change

At H2O Madness our courses are designed to help students find the tools they need in order to expand their knowledge and meet their diving goals. When you take a course form us you are not paying for a certification, you are purchasing training. Certification will only be issued if the student completes the program in the required time and to the satisfaction of the primary instructor.