Sidemount Divers will be accepted if you are a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and at least 18-years old. It is highly recommended to also hold the PADI Enriched Diver certification.


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Training in open water for our Courses takes place in a comfortable environment. The lake is a more stable and predictable environment than an ocean location, which allows for a better teaching experience.

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Technical Sidemount Diving

Technical Sidemount Diving





Sidemount Diver course material saves time for instructors and retailers. Customers and students are not required to know why eLearning was not available for this course.

Sidemount Technical Diving And Cons




You’ll learn about the advantages of diving with a sidemount configuration and 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 add at least two more, maybe even getting to six side-mounted cylinders.

Technical Diver

Technical Diver



The new SDI/TDI Sidemount Diver program is far more than just another “how to” book on sidemount diving. It’s a complete, comprehensive set of training materials designed to work together to make learning and teaching sidemount diving easy.

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Sidemount Pros will supply your sidemount harness and all hardware necessary to set up your side mounts cylinders. If you are interested in purchasing the equipment, you can have it customized for you by Sidemount Pros during your course.

Frequently Asked Questions

Don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).