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Description: The Sidemount Diving Specialty is an advanced certification course tailored for divers interested in exploring underwater cave systems. It equips divers with specialized knowledge and skills necessary for safe and responsible cave diving. Cave environments present unique challenges, including restricted spaces, potential entanglement hazards, and limited visibility, making proper training essential for those wishing to venture into these fascinating underwater realms.
Knowledge Development: This specialty course covers a wide range of topics essential for safe cave diving, including cave geology, buoyancy control, guideline usage, communication techniques, emergency procedures, and dive planning. Divers learn about the formation and structure of underwater caves, how to navigate in confined spaces using guidelines, and how to manage potential risks associated with cave diving. They also study specialized equipment such as sidemount harness systems, reel systems, underwater lights, and redundant gas supplies.
Requirements: To enroll in a Sidemount Diving Specialty course, divers must hold an Advanced Open Water Diver certification or equivalent, as well as a Nitrox Diver certification. Additionally, divers must have a minimum number of logged dives, typically ranging from 25 to 50 dives. Prior experience with navigation and buoyancy control is also highly recommended to ensure a solid foundation for cave diving training.
Length: The duration of a Sidemount Diving Specialty course typically spans several days to a week, depending on the level of experience of the divers. The course includes classroom sessions to cover theory and safety procedures specific to cave diving, confined water or pool sessions to practice essential skills such as buoyancy control and guideline usage, and multiple open water dives in actual cave environments under the guidance of experienced cave diving instructors. Upon successful completion of the course, divers receive a certification card indicating their qualification to conduct cave dives within the limits of their training and experience.
The minimum age for this activity is 15 years old.
Once your booking is confimed, you will get a booking confirmation with the exact address.
SeaMount Hotel, Jl. I Ketut Natih
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