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Description
TDI Technical Sidemount Diver
The course is an advanced scuba diving training program designed for experienced divers who wish to develop skills in technical diving, such as decompression or diving in overhead environments. This course takes your diving skills to the next level, extended dive times, deeper depths, and more complex dive profiles. The course can be extended by adding additional cylinders (deco/stage) for even greater versatility and capability.
Benefits of TDI Technical Sidemount Diving
- Extended Dive Times: Leverage stage cylinders to maximize underwater duration.
- Advanced Dive Planning: Master techniques for executing more complex and deeper dives.
- Enhanced Safety: Utilize additional gas reserves and redundancy for greater confidence.
- Optimized Equipment Management: Refine your ability to handle multiple cylinders efficiently.
- Access to Tighter Spaces: Enable penetration of narrower entrances, ideal for wreck or cave exploration.
What You Will Learn
This course builds upon foundational sidemount and technical diving skills, with a strong focus on the safe and effective use of stage cylinders. You’ll gain advanced knowledge and techniques that enhance your diving safety and efficiency.
- Dive Planning & Gas Management: Learn the principles of gas matching and managing independent cylinders.
- Emergency Procedures: Gain proficiency in sidemount-specific safety protocols, including gas switching and emergency drills.
- Equipment Configuration: Understand and practice the proper setup of stage cylinders and sidemount systems.
- Specialized Diving Techniques: Develop skills for buoyancy control, trim, propulsion, and deploying lift bags.
Course Structure
- Classroom Session:
Begin with an interactive session covering the theory of advanced sidemount diving. Topics include gas management, dive planning, and emergency procedures specific to stage cylinder use. - Confined Water Practice:
Practice essential skills in a controlled, shallow water environment. Refine techniques for stage cylinder setup, buoyancy control, and emergency response drills. - Open-Water Training:
Apply your skills in real-world conditions with supervised open-water dives. These dives focus on advanced dive planning, cylinder handling, and executing technical dive profiles.
Skill Development
You will develop advanced diving skills through structured training, including:
- Equipment configuration and maintenance for stage cylinders.
- Precision buoyancy and trim control in sidemount configuration.
- Gas management and switching techniques.
- Problem-solving and emergency drills specific to sidemount diving.
- Deployment of lift bags and surface markers.
Course Duration:
- 6 hours of theory and equipment configuration.
- 4 open-water dives to practice and perfect skills.
What’s Included
- TDI Technical Sidemount Diver Certification.
- E-learning.
Not Included:
- Dive site entry fees.
- Cylinder fills.
- Personal diving equipment (must meet sidemount and stage cylinder requirements).
Why Take This Course?
The TDI Technical Sidemount Diver course equips you with the skills and confidence to safely explore more complex dive sites. Upon successful completion, you’ll be ready to undertake sidemount diving activities independently, provided they align with your training and certification level. Expand your diving adventures and capabilities with this essential technical diving course!
No Gravity-Divers is a company located in Daventry – Northamptonshire, specializing in recreational and technical diving. The company offers training, diving equipment, dive trips, and equipment servicing.
No Gravity-Divers offers courses ranging from Discover Scuba Diving to advanced and technical courses. It is worth adding that the courses are in both Polish and English, depending on the student’s preference.
The company also sells diving equipment from well-known brands such as No Gravity, Tecline, Apeks, Hollis, and Xdeep.
The company is renowned for its extensive experience and passion for diving. Our instructor has been a professional diver since 2008, ensuring safety during training and dive trips. As well as the satisfaction of their clients.
No Gravity-Divers always prioritises the safety of their clients and the quality of services provided and equipment.
