Sidemount diver
Coming Soon! This continuing education course provides divers with the knowledge and skills and how to minimize risks while conducting open water dives utilizing a sidemount scuba equipment configuration within the no decompression limit. Graduates are considered competent to conduct dives using a sidemount equipment configuration in open water diving activities without supervision, provided the diving environment, activities, areas dived, and equipment approximate those of training.
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Prerequisite
- Age. Minimum is 15 years by the water phase of the course.
- Certification/Experience/Knowledge.
- NAUI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver Certification or equivalent.
- NAUI Nitrox Diver or equivalent.
- Proof of at least 25 dives.
- The Instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations to do so. One open water dive (which does not count towards the minimum number of dives required for the course) may be used as a screening and evaluation dive. This is not required when the student’s diving proficiencies are well known to the instructors.
- Equipment. Students shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of their own diving equipment. The instructor shall initially assist the student in checking all student gear to ensure it is adequate and in proper working order.
