SSI Recreational Sidemount Diving

SSI Sidemount Diving Specialty

Do you want more comfort, flexibility, and control while diving? With the SSI Sidemount Diving Specialty , you learn to dive with your tanks on the side of your body instead of on your back. This configuration is becoming increasingly popular among both recreational and technical divers thanks to the comfort, balance, and extra safety.

The course is offered by Scuba Schools International and is ideal for divers who want to further optimize their equipment and diving technique.

What does this course entail?

During the Sidemount course, you will learn how to dive efficiently and comfortably with a sidemount configuration. You will work with, among other things:

• Building and configuring sidemount equipment

• Correct trimming and positioning of the bottles

• Improving trim, balance, and buoyancy

• Efficient gas management and cylinder exchange techniques

• Troubleshooting sidemount configurations

• Performing dives with one or two cylinders

The course consists of theory and several practical training dives in which you practice the techniques step by step.

The benefits of this course

Why choose Sidemount Diving?

• 🤿 More comfort and freedom of movement underwater

• ⚖️ Better balance and trim while diving

• 💨 More efficient gas management with multiple cylinders

• 🧠 You develop more advanced diving skills

• 🌊 Ideal preparation for wreck or cave diving

Many divers experience sidemount as lighter, more flexible, and more comfortable than a traditional backmount configuration.

Conditions to start

To start the SSI Sidemount Diving Specialty , you must:

• Be at least certified Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

• Be at least 15 years old

Do you want to optimize your diving equipment and discover a new way of diving? Then the SSI Sidemount Diving Specialty is an exciting upgrade for your diving skills. 🤿🌊