TDI Side Mount & SDI Solo Diver Course

Perth Scuba have combined it with the TDI Sidemount Diver Course! The TDI Sidemount Diver Course prepares you for a different style of diving. Sidemount diving has been around for decades in the cave diving world, but only just recently has it become mainstream to the general SCUBA market. And divers who previously had to shy away from carrying heavy twin tanks, such as small women or divers with back problems, are now able to perform normal recreational dives due to the ease of carrying sidemount tanks to the water and donning the tanks in-water versus on land.

The TDI Sidemount Diver Course prepares you for a different style of diving. Sidemount diving has been around for decades in the cave diving world, but only just recently has it become mainstream to the general SCUBA market. And divers who previously had to shy away from carrying heavy twin tanks, such as small women or divers with back problems, are now able to perform  normal recreational dives due to the ease of carrying sidemount tanks to the water and donning the tanks in-water versus on land. Some of the skills you will learn on the course include:

• Familiarization with equipment 
• Using twin independent cylinders
• Proper trim and buoyancy techniques
• Swapping and sharing cylinders
• Different entry and exit techniques

Course Pre-requisites

• Have a minimum Advanced Open Water certification.

• Show proof of a minimum 20 logged open water dives.

Course overview

• Pre Course - e-Learning module x 2.
• Day 1 - Theory, Gear Configuration and pool session.
• Day 2 - 3 Open Water Dives for Side Mount Course.
• Day 3 - 2 x Solo Dives for Solo Diver Course (done in Side Mount configuration).

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• Tuition
• Air Fills
• Certification Cards
• Hire of Sidemount Harness (if you do not own your own)
• All mask, fins and wetsuit must be provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.

We recommend that you look at purchasing your own Sidemount Harness System before you begin the course as it is best to learn in your own gear that you are comfortable in. Ask us about your options.

Try Sidemount Diving!

One of SDI’s most popular courses, the solo diver program teaches experienced recreational divers how to safely dive independently of a dive buddy or strengthen your buddy team skills. The course stresses on proper dive planning, personal limitations, accident prevention as well as the benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for diving solo.  You will also learn the additional equipment that is required for solo diving including it’s proper usage and assembly. This is the prefect course for underwater photography and underwater video divers.

Student Pre-Requisites
Minimum age of 21 years, minimum of 100 logged dives and certification as an Advanced diver. 

Qualifications of Graduates
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in No Decompression solo diving activities up to 40 msw.

Required Course Minimums
Classroom / Briefing Hours – Minimum 4
Open water Dives – 2, including a non-stop surface swim of 200 meters in full scuba gear, navigation with a compass, deployment of a surface marker and use of a surface audible signaling device.

Required Subject Areas
Why Solo Dive? Who should solo dive? When not to solo dive, Solo Diving Mentality, Using the Solo Diver release form, Equipment for Solo Diving, Planning & Conducting a Solo Dive, Navigation, Management of Solo Diving Emergencies, In-Water Drills.

Equipment Required

• Two cylinders, volume appropriate for planned dive, and student gas consumption 
• Two independent first and second stage regulators each with a submersible pressure gauge 
• Buoyancy compensator device (BCD) with power inflator appropriate for side mount configuration 
• Mask, spare mask, cutting device and fins 
• Exposure suit adequate for diving environment 
• Dive computer
• Compass 
• Surface Marker Buoy and finger spool

Note: All SDI/TDI Programs require the use of a Dive Computer.