Dive with freedom
The PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty introduces a balanced, flexible and streamlined way of diving with tanks mounted at your sides.
Develop improved buoyancy, reduced drag and increased gas redundancy while extending your skills towards longer dives and more advanced diving techniques.
Course Details
- Minimum age: 15 years
- Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
- Duration: 2 days
- Two days at Surrey Hills Dive Lake, with 2 dives each day, meeting at the lake at 10:00 midweek or 09:00 at weekends
- Runs Thursday–Friday or Saturday–Sunday
- PADI eLearning included; complete it before the course
- Sidemount equipment setup and configuration
- Gas management and redundancy
- Streamlining, buoyancy refinement and problem-solving techniques
- Safe air-sharing procedures
- PADI Sidemount Diver certification upon completion
- Price: £425
Important Information
- Full sidemount equipment is required and can be provided if needed
- Lake entrance: £20 cash per day
- Air fills: 2 required; one fill per lake day is included, and extra fills are £8 cash each, paid at the lake
- Winter (November to April): the PADI Dry Suit Diver specialty is required. If you need a suit, dry suit hire is £40 for the course, added at checkout
- Bring food and drinks or money to purchase them
- A Scuba Review (£135) is required if you have not dived within 12 months — get £20 off when booked at the same time as your course with code SR20
- LSD does not provide transport to the open-water sites
- Car sharing will be sought where possible but cannot be guaranteed; you may need to make your own way to the site
What to bring
Your own gear
Bring your own mask and snorkel, plus boots in summer or gloves in winter. Everything else is as listed in the course details.
- Mask and snorkelAll year
- BootsSummer, May to October
- GlovesWinter, November to April
Why choose sidemount?
Build greater freedom and mobility, refine buoyancy and trim, manage two independent gas sources and create a strong foundation for technical, wreck or cave diving.
A different way to dive
Develop a balanced and flexible configuration
Check the live course availability above and choose the dates that fit your progression.