SIDEMOUNT DIVING
About SIDEMOUNT DIVING
Exploring overhead environments like caves and wrecks is an exciting endeavor. However, squeezing traditional dive equipment into the tight spaces found within these areas can be challenging. Improving your diver trim and streamlining by using a sidemount configuration allows you to explore more constricted places than ever before.
Academic
The SSI Sidemount Diving and Extended Range Sidemount programs provide divers with the training necessary to
independently plan and conduct dives using sidemount equipment configurations and techniques, within the depths
allowed by their certification levels, and with an equally-or more-qualified buddy.
Required Equipment
Minimum Equipment, Sidemount BCD and Regulators.
Prerequisites
a. Sidemount Diving
• Minimum age: 12 years old.
• Be a Referral Diver or higher, or hold an equivalent certification from another recognized certification agency.
b. Extended Range Side-mount
Minimum age: 16 years old.
• Be an SSI Open Water Diver, or hold an equivalent certification from another recognized certification agency.
What’s Included
- Academic Sessions
- Pool/Confined Water Sessions
- Open Water Dive
What’s Not Included
- Equipment Costs
- Access fees for dive sites
What do I need to get started?
How long will it take?
16 hrs
Maximum Training Depth
Confined Water 30ft Open Water 130ft