The new Sidemount Diver course materials save retailers and instructors time, as they don’t need to go to several different sources to assemble the materials needed to teach a comprehensive course, nor do they need to take the time necessary to come up with their own quizzes, exams and similar teaching tools. Further, they do not have to explain to students and customers why eLearning is not available for this course because it is.
Sidemount Divers are available to anyone who is at least 18 years of age and has logged at least 30 dives. You should also hold a PADI Enriched A Diver certification.
We have a full service dive center with almost 15,000 cubic feet of 30% Nitrox banked as well as banked Trimix and oxygen. We can also provide any custom scuba fill. Call Sidemount Technical Diving Panama City Beach for an appointment.
Sidemount Pros will supply your sidemount harness and all hardware necessary to set up your sidemounts cylinders. If you are interested in purchasing the equipment, you can have it customized for you by Sidemount Pros during your course.
We have some additional information to offer you, potential students, about becoming a cave diving or technical diving instructor. It is not an easy job. Both of us decided to undergo the hard work of becoming technical and cave diving instructor.
Scuba diving training should not be limited to learning how to handle any eventualities. Although this is an important part of training, we ensure that you can do it when you're done. However, you should also be able to do this in mid-water and not at the bottom with your knees. This applies to all courses we offer, including Open Water and Technical. You will learn how to scuba dive and not how to survive underwater. It is not always possible to dive in an area that allows you to get down to the bottom if an issue occurs. It is important to be able and willing to tackle any issue in the water. That's what we teach.
Tech Sidemount skills are: gas management, gas switching and staged ascents. Vale drills.
Don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).