Course overview

SSI Sidemount Diving teaches you to carry cylinders at your sides for better trim, balance and gas redundancy on South Ari Atoll's reefs and channels. The streamlined configuration is a favourite for divers who want stability in the atoll's drift conditions.

What you’ll learn

• Sidemount rigging and cylinder setup
• Balanced trim and streamlining
• Managing two independent gas sources
• Valve and regulator handling
• Sidemount buoyancy and finning

Prerequisites

• 15 years or older
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Good buoyancy control

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Rig & confined skills

   Set up sidemount gear and practise trim and gas-switching in confined water.
2. Day2
   Open-water dives

   Apply sidemount skills on South Ari reef dives with balanced trim.

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