If you’ve looked into technical diving, you realise that tec divers always wear more than one tank. Sidemount is an increasingly popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving and also recreational diving.
You can enter the world of technical diving with the Tec Sidemount Diver course and apply what you learn to other TecRec courses.
Your instructor may offer to integrate this course with the Tec 40, Tec 45 or Tec 50 courses.
This streamlined approach to diving works well for those who are cave diving, wreck diving & especially wreck penetration.
Moreover it is also is favoured for those divers who may have back issues due to the where the weight is focused on the bodies frame…
All in all the Sidemount Course is awesome and broadens your diver capability in a way you can not understand until your certified.
Prerequisites:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
- PADI Enriched Air Diver certification.
- Minimum of 30 logged dives.
- At least 18 years old.
- Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
- If you don’t have the prerequisites – contact Alpha Divers and we can guide you on your way
Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Tec Sidemount Course Instructor.
What will you learn?
You’ll learn about the advantages of diving with a sidemount configuration. How to set up a tec sidemount harness. You’ll get hands-on training during one confined water session and four open water dives where you’ll start with two tanks and move forward.
How can you start learning now?
Get the Sidemount Diver Course and Tec Sidemount Diver Course Manual from our Alpha Divers diving centre and start studying immediately. If you have a recreational sidemount diver course certification, you will focus on Chapters Two and Three, if not, you will be required to read the entire manual.
Next Step
Get on board with a Recreational Sidemount Course
Enroll in a Tec Sidemount course at Alpha Divers NOW
Cost for this Course is 399 euros + equipment, manual & certification fee