Experience a new level of diving freedom with the RAID Sidemount Diver Course! This innovative program is designed to teach divers the techniques and benefits of sidemount diving, where your cylinders are mounted alongside your body instead of on your back. This configuration allows for greater mobility, improved streamlining, and enhanced comfort, making it a popular choice among divers of all levels.
In the RAID Sidemount Diver Course, you’ll learn essential skills for safely configuring and managing sidemount equipment, including how to enter and exit the water with ease. Throughout the course, you’ll gain hands-on experience and develop a deep understanding of the advantages sidemount diving offers, especially in overhead environments.
Whether you’re looking to gain more control during your dives or seeking to explore overhead environments with confidence, the RAID Sidemount Diver Course is your ticket to diving versatility. Join us and discover how sidemount diving can enhance your underwater adventures like never before!
Sidemount Program Overview
- Divers may dive to their maximum current certification depth, but may not exceed a maximum depth of 40 meters / 130 feet.
Divers May Use:
- Two correctly configured sidemount cylinders.
- Air, nitrox, oxygen and trimix (where applicable)
- The END/EAD for trimix must not exceed 30 metres/100 feet.
- The PO2 of any gas used may not exceed 1.4.
- Divers may only complete no decompression dives.
- The rule of thirds (or sixths where appropriate) must be strictly observed when managing gas.
- The RAID Sidemount course is a not a decompression or overhead program.
Prerequisites
- There is a minimum of 1 confined water skill session and 2 open water dives.
- The minimum in water time is 1 hour in confined and 3 hours in open water.
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