Sidemount Diver PADI course

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2 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 2 more

The desire for underwater adventure in caves, caverns and cenotes has settled in you?

Mexico has the most concentrated submerged cave system in the world. The Yucatan Peninsula is a gigantic karst plateau with the two longest underground systems in the world (Ox Bel Ha and Sac Actun). It is an ideal place to follow this course because the region offers cave dives of all types and levels with different passages and depths.

This course will allow you to learn the lateral configuration of scuba tanks in order to have more versatility and hydrodynamics. The main idea of this new equipment configuration is precisely to sneak into tight spaces and/or with obstacles.

This course is designed to teach certified divers how to safely utilize sidemounted primary cylinders as an alternative to the traditional back-mounted configuration.

What's Included

Equipment
Theory
All Fees and Taxes
Professional multilingual guide
Bottled water
TDI certificate
Hotel pickup and drop-off for hotels in Playa del Carmen

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

All hotels in Playa del Carmen

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Meeting point

All hotel in Playa del Carmen

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

Course content:

- Gas matching procedures to include dissimilar volumes
- Gas management utilizing independent cylinders
- Psychological considerations
- Equipment considerations (cylinder options, regulator options, buoyancy compensator, harness options, proper weighting and equipment configurations)
- Communication (hand signals and light signals)
- Problem-solving (gas-sharing, gas hemorrhages, light failure, loss of visibility, entanglement and self-rescue)
- Tight spaces
- Conservation
- Difficult water entries
- S-Drills; specific to sidemount

Additional info

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age 18
  • Minimum certification Open Water Scuba Diver SDI or equivalent
Supplied by Diversland Mexico

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Tags

Scuba Diving
On the Water
Freediving
Sea Caving
Zombie
Zombie Slice
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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