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TDI Sidemount Course
The TDI Sidemount Diver course is designed for divers who want to master the lateral configuration with a technical, safe, and efficient approach. You will learn advanced trim, buoyancy control, gas management, and problem-solving in challenging environments. Ideal as a step toward technical or cave diving, this course enhances your performance, safety, and versatility underwater.
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 18 years (15 with parental consent)
- SDI Open Water Scuba Diver certification or equivalent
Once certified, you will be able to:
- Dive using a sidemount configuration independently, efficiently, and safely.
- Manage gas properly using two independent bottles with true redundancy.
- Solve common failures and execute specific sidemount emergency procedures.
- Adapt to more demanding environments such as wrecks, walls, or confined spaces.
- Establish a solid technical foundation to progress toward technical diving or cave diving training.
What you will learn:
- Adaptation to different gas volumes in sidemount configuration.
- Gas management with independent cylinders and true redundancy.
- Psychological foundations applied to technical diving.
- Optimal selection and configuration of sidemount equipment (tanks, regulators, BCD/harness, and weights).
- Underwater communication.
- Sidemount configuration-specific problem solving.
- Water entries and exits in sidemount configuration.
- Sidemount specific S-Drill procedures.
Practical skills:
- Advanced propulsion techniques.
- Precise buoyancy control.
- Stable technical trim.
- In-water tank rigging and derigging.
- And much more.
Course Duration and Price:
- This course has a duration of 4 full days.
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