Tech Diving: Side-Mount & Back-Mount

SIDE-MOUNT &
BACK-MOUNT

TDI Open Water Side-Mount

This course will teach you how to conduct independent dives using Side-Mount equipment with single or double cylinders within recreational limits. It is the introductory course for our technical diving courses if you choose the Side-Mount configuration. All skills will be performed in neutral buoyancy and a stationary position. Come learn how to dive Side-Mount in Playa del Carmen!

Course Details

Course duration: 5 days minimum
$ 250 USD per day
Certification fees included
32% nitrox tanks included
Private instructor
Transfer to dive sites from Playa del Carmen
Prerequisites: Open Water, 25 dives

Theory

History of Side-Mount
Physics and physiology
Equipment workshop and set up
Dive planning and gas management
Gas matching procedures
Psychological considerations
Communication
Problem solving
Land drills

In-water

Fundamentals: breathing, buoyancy, trim, awereness
Donning & removing SM gear
Gas switches
Mask failure
Basic light management
Long hose gas sharing
Valve Shut Down Procedure
Managing gas hemorrhage
Hardware problem solving
SMB deployment

TDI Intro to Tech Back-Mount

This course will teach you how to conduct independant dives using Backmounted Doubles within recreational limits. It is the introductory course for our technical diving courses if you choose the Back-Mount configuration. All skills will be performed in neutral buoyancy and a stationary position. Come learn how to Tech Dive in Playa del Carmen!