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Extended Range Sidemount

Extended Range Sidemount

The use of sidemount configuration in wreck and cave diving is obvious, as it allows a very streamlined setup with easy access to all parts of the diver's equipment while still offering full redundancy. The SSI Extended Range Sidemount course is designed for the diver that wants to use sidemount configuration for technical diving. You will learn how to set up your sidemount equipment for technical diving, including multiple stage tanks. You will develop new skills to allow you to react correctly in emergencies unique to technical divers.

Compared to carrying your tank(s) on the back, sidemount diving offers exceptional freedom of movement and unparalleled ease of which the diver can clear restrictions. Our sidemount course starts with an introduction to and personalized fitting of the equipment, we use the XDEEP Stealth 2.0 Tec or Classic on all our sidemount courses. On our sidemount diving course, you will learn everything about the background, history, benefits and the equipment of sidemount diving. In practice, you will learn how to configure your sidemount equipment for technical diving and manage it in the water. You will learn about trim, buoyancy, how to handle the changing buoyancy of your tanks, how to set up and carry stage tanks, propulsion techniques and how to react to emergencies when using sidemount configuration as a technical diver.


​All our courses are conducted by experienced technical diving instructors and instructor trainers. Our facilities are located 50m from the ocean, where we do our initial confined water training. Your open water training dives will be conducted from our dive boat on the many dive sites around Koh Tao.


  • Prerequisities

    Open Water Diver

  • Schedule

    Day One
    Theory, Equipment Workshop

    Day Two

    Theory and confined Water Training

    Day Three
    Dives one and two  

    Day Four

    Dives one and two  

     

  • Included / Excluded
    • 4 dives
    • Technical sidemount equipment rental,
    • digital manual
    •  certification upon successful completion of the course.
    • Personal diving equipment, such as mask fins and an exposure suit is not included but can be rented for 500 THB for the duration of the course.

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Extended Range Sidemount

price

17.000 THB


Upon booking you are required to pay a deposit of 2.000 THB.

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  • Who can take this course?

    • Minimum age 15 years
    • Open Water Diver
    • If you clear the medical questionnaire with only “NO” answers, you can sign up. Please consult your physician if you get any “YES” answers before diving
  • Duration

    • 1 day
  • Price includes

    • 2 dives
    • Equipment rental
    • Online materials - Rental kit (Online access to the digital training materials 3 months prior the certification)
    • Light refreshments on the boat; tea, coffee, water, fruits
    • Digital certification
  • Online training

    Download the SSI appPerfect Buoyancy specialty course includes rental online material that can be used with an internet browser 6 months prior your certification. However, we recommend our students to upgrade their materials to diamond access. Benefits:

    • Download the SSI appLifetime Online & Offline access to the digital training materials
    • 2-year access to the Digital Divelog on the DiveSSI app
    • Downloadable to 3 different devices

    Upgrade to diamond access +1,000 THB / course

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SSI Cavern Diving

SSI Cavern Diving

The Cavern Diving course will teach you how to plan and perform limited penetration dives within the light zone of a cavern to a maximum depth of 40m. You will learn overhead buoyancy and propulsion skills, use of navigation lines and how to react to the unique hazards present in cavern environments. The course can be completed wearing a single-cylinder with either a pony cylinder or H/Y valve, sidemount or a twin set configuration.

All our courses are conducted by experienced technical diving instructors and instructor trainers. Our facilities are located 50m from the ocean, where we do our initial confined water training. Your open water training dives will be conducted from our dive boat on the many dive sites around Koh Tao.


  • Who can take this course?

    • Minimum age 18 years
    • Advanced Open Water Diver certification & 24 logged dives
    • Have a current medical examamination for scuba diving and signed medical questionnaire
    • by a licensed medical practitioner not older than 1 year old

     

  • Duration

    • 2 days
  • Price includes

    • Minimum 4 hours of training dives
    • Lifetime Online & Offline access to the digital training materials
    • Technical diving procedures and equipment configuration workshop, Buoyancy, trim and propulsion
    • digital certification
  • Online training

    Download the SSI appAll our XR courses include DIAMOND version

    • Lifetime Online & Offline access to the digital training materials
    • 2-year access to the Digital Divelog on the DiveSSI app
    • Downloadable to 3 different devicesDownload the SSI app

    Read more about SSI online training

     

  • Required equipment

    • 2 x Mask
    • Fins
    • Dive computer (can be rented for 500 THB / day)
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SSI Cavern Diving

price

17.000 THB


Upon booking you are required to pay a deposit of 2.000 THB.

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