If you’re a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives, you qualify to enroll in our Sidemount Diver course. It’s recommended that you also have a PADI Enriched Air Diver certification.
You will learn the benefits of diving with a sidemount setup and how to create a tec-sidemount harness. Practical training will take place in one confined-water session and four open-water dives. You'll begin with two tanks and expand to at least two additional tanks.
With over 200 dives per year, we were certified Open Water Scuba Instructors (PADI), over a decade before. Since then, we have been active instructors in Arizona, Florida, Mexico and New Jersey. Both of us were able to obtain our PADI Master Scuba Diving Diver Trainer rating in less time than a year. In addition, we also teach several specialty courses. On average, we do over 150 dives per year. The majority of our dives last for more than an hour.
Our teaching philosophy is simple: We are instructors first and mentors second. We are not only instructors, but also dive. We're here to help you with your questions. Although we may not have all the answers, we can direct you to someone who does. We want to improve your diving experience and knowledge. Make sure you don't pay for an instructor rating just to get the rating. Check that the instructor is qualified to teach the diving skills he/she teaches.
Sidemount Technical Diving Panama City Beach's driving concept is to create a clubhouse. This is the hub of a group of divers. It's a place where they can meet up, plan their next adventures and provide support. All are welcome. Our fundamental belief has driven our expansion. We believe that the status-quo is not enough. We have been continuously examining the systems in place for diving and asked ourselves whether they are safe, efficient, fun and enjoyable for our customers and the diving community.
Sidemount Technical Diving Panama City Beach offers PADI and NAUI diving. We offer every course, from Discover Scuba to Dive Master. No matter if you are just starting out in diving or looking to increase your knowledge and skills, we have the course for you. Learn to dive with the friendly, experienced instructors at our Advanced Open Water Course or Enriched Air Diver.
We offer all scuba certifications. Elearn and onsite classes are flexible enough to tailor your class schedule.
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).