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Experience Diving with Freedom and Flexibility

Discover a whole new way to dive with the PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty. By carrying your cylinders at your sides instead of on your back, you’ll enjoy greater comfort, improved streamlining, easier equipment handling, and increased flexibility underwater. Whether you’re looking to enhance your recreational diving or prepare for more advanced adventures, sidemount diving is an exciting skill that transforms the way you explore beneath the surface.

At Zero Limits Diving, we’ll help you master this innovative configuration, giving you the confidence and control to dive more comfortably while opening the door to new underwater experiences.

Prerequisites

To enrol in the PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty course, you must:

Be at least 15 years old.
Be a PADI Open Water Diver (or hold an equivalent certification from another recognised training agency).

Course Outline

During one confined water session and three open water dives, you’ll learn how to:

Assemble and configure sidemount diving equipment.
Achieve perfect trim and balance underwater.
Manage your gas supply using dual cylinders.
Safely switch regulators during your dive.
Respond confidently to common sidemount diving situations.

The first dive of this specialty may also count as an Adventure Dive towards your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Equipment

You’ll use your standard scuba equipment together with specialised sidemount equipment, including:

Sidemount BCD and harness
Two scuba cylinders
Two regulators with SPGs
Mask, snorkel and fins
Exposure suit

Your Zero Limits Diving Instructor will guide you through the setup, adjustment, and use of all sidemount equipment to ensure maximum comfort and safety.

Getting Started

Once you’ve enrolled, you’ll receive your PADI Sidemount Diver learning materials to begin preparing for the course before your practical training starts.

One of our experienced Zero Limits Diving PADI Instructors will then contact you to schedule your training sessions and guide you through every stage of your sidemount journey.

Practical training typically takes 2–3 days and is usually conducted over weekends, with weekday training available by prior arrangement.

Your Sidemount Diver Course Includes

PADI learning materials
Professional instruction
One confined water training session
Three open water training dives
Full sidemount equipment rental
Air fills throughout the course
Internationally recognised PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty Certification
Digital PADI eCard

Dive Smarter. Dive Freer.

Sidemount diving offers a new level of comfort, balance, and freedom beneath the surface. Whether you’re looking to improve your recreational diving or prepare for more advanced technical adventures, this specialty will expand your skills and transform the way you dive.

Join Zero Limits Diving and discover the freedom of sidemount diving—because the best adventures happen when you explore beyond the limits of traditional diving.

Go beyond and book today

Plan your training with Zero Limits Diving

Contact Zero Limits Diving in Centurion, Gauteng, to arrange PADI Sidemount Diver training. We can help you confirm the prerequisites, venue and next available dates before booking.

Equipment configuration

PADI Sidemount Diver