FEB/MARCH 2025 — VERSATILE SIDEMOUNT
Learn to fly sidemount with the experts. RAID’s sidemount specialty is one of the most popular and something the agency is famous for… RAID has early bragging rights!
If you’re ready to add this to your scuba adventure, you’ve come to the place: the place where it all started.
The foundation of any new skill is to start the journey learning from comprehensive manuals and challenging quizzes. Students tell us our online course is excellent on both counts. That’s no surprise really, our sidemount specialty materials and standards were created by SMEs* who have been diving and teaching open-circuit sidemount for a couple of generations in conditions as diverse as under the ice in eastern Canada to caves under the Mexican jungle, the wrecks of Truk Lagoon and coral canyons off the Philippines. They know their stuff, and after a RAID sidemount specialty course, so will you.
Typically, once a student has completed the online work, their chosen instructor will conduct an academic session in the classroom, covering the relevant theory and various techniques and alternate configurations in detail. Following this there will be a comprehensive equipment workshop. The focus will be on the best options to deal with local dive conditions and kit demands (such as drysuits or dive skins). At this stage, students will learn about all necessary equipment, how to assemble it, and how to make adjustments to fit their body type and the demands of the local environment.
This segment will be followed by skills development in confined water and then it’s off to the final open water checkout dives.
To start your new adventure, start your course via RAID FREe-Learning and then contact your local RAID Dive Centre >>>
*SME is the abbreviation used to describe a subject matter expert. At RAID, this is most often an experienced dive professional
