Description
PADI Sidemount Specialty Course in Pattaya, Thailand
- 2 DAYS
- 3 DIVES
- Sidemount Spec
The PADI Sidemount Diving Specialty Course is designed to introduce you to new skills used to wear two scuba tanks on your sides. During this diver training you’ll master new dive equipment setups, advanced gas management, redundancy and applications towards cave diving, wreck diving and technical diving. This course is suitable for divers at all levels although its best suited to advanced divers and wreck divers who want to glide through the underwater world with precision and control.
Benefits of Taking the Sidemount Course:
- Increased Comfort: No more heavy tanks on your back — sidemount lightens the load and improves underwater mobility.
- More Gas, Longer Dives: With twin tanks, you carry more gas, allowing for longer and safer dives.
- Better Trim and Buoyancy: Learn how to fine-tune your body position and control in the water.
- Advanced Safety Skills: Practice real-world scenarios like gas failures and gas sharing using sidemount techniques.
- Pathway to Technical Diving: Sidemount is a foundational skill used in advanced diving disciplines such as cave, wreck, and deep technical dives.
SIDEMOUNT CERTIFICATE
Upon completing the Sidemount diver training you'll be awarded a PADI Sidemount Specialty full certificate that certifies you a PADI specialty diver. This cert also credits towards your Master Scuba Diver and Tec Sidemount ratings.
DIVE THEORY
The PADI Sidemount Specialty e-learning prepares and teaches you the overview ofSidemount diving theory. Study for this specialty takes around 3 hours. Before the dives you will need to complete the specialty E-Learning.
e-learning Manuals
To help reduce our carbon footprint, we provide PADI e-learning digital manuals. Each student is registered with an online manual they can download and start studying right away. This allows you to complete the reading in advance, so you’re ready to dive in as soon as you arrive!
Small, Friendly Groups
We keep our dive courses small, with a maximum of four students per instructor. This setup lets us give each student plenty of attention, making sure you get the most out of your training. Some Dives may be reduced to two students during this course to enjoy a truly personalized and safe diving experience.
3 Sidemount Ocean Dives
The Sideomunt course in consists of 3 sidemount training dives in the oceanp. Our program will take you to local reef and wreck dive sites for training. The training dives are conducted over two day trips.
WHAT DO WE SEE
Thailands dive sites are abundant with marine life. Turtles, schools of snappers, Seahorse, moray eels, lionfish, clownfish, groupers, baracudas, nudibranchs, pufferfish, parrotfish, angelfish, butterflyfish and the list goes on, and on, and on….
BUFFET LUNCH
You’ll have refreshments, fruit, water, tea, and coffee on the boat, and between dives, we take a break for a delicious Thai buffet lunch in one of Pattaya’s beautiful bays. If you have any dietary needs, just let us know during registration, and we’ll take care of it!
