PADI Sidemount Diver at Underwater Vision in Utila, Honduras

PADI Sidemount Diver

~~$499.00~~ $450.00

Having scuba tanks on your back isn’t a requirement for exploring the underwater world. Many scuba divers have discovered the joy of mounting cylinders on their sides. Sidemount diving gives you flexibility and streamlining options. Plus, you don’t have to walk with heavy cylinders on your back – just enter the water, clip them on and go. Sound interesting? Sign up for the PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty course.

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PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty Course at Underwater Vision

Find a new and different way to configure your air cylinders with the PADI Sidemount Diver course. Sidemount diving offers:

an alternative way to streamline in the water
easier equipment transportation when topside
reduced lower back strain
provides redundant gas supply
ability to monitor all equipment because it’s in front of you
increased gas supply for longer dives

Because you are able to move the cylinder from your back to your side, it instantly takes the pressure off of your back and gives you more flexibility to move and enjoy your dive. Plus, you don’t have to walk to the dive site with the air cylinders on your back. You can enter the water and clip them on and go.

Additional Information

Minimum Age	15 yrs+
Course Prerequisites	PADI Open Water Diver

PADI Enriched Air Diver

Many PADI students in Utila choose to take the popular PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Scuba diving on Enriched air Nitrox generally allows divers to increase the length of their dives and enables them to spend less time on the surface between dives.Spend more time on the fantastic dive sites around Utila as a PADI Enriched Air Diver! Don’t miss out on turtle, eagle ray, dolphin or whale shark sightings due to short decompression times! Diving on Nitrox is sure to give you more time spent under the waves especially when doing repetitive dives thereby increasing your chances of such sightings!

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PADI Wreck Diver

Wreck diving is some of the most exciting recreational diving there is! The story each wreck tells, whether sunk on purpose to create an artificial reef or as the result of an accident is tantalizing and food for the imagination! Around the world there are an uncountable number of diveable wrecks to be explored. Airplanes, war ships, junks, tall ships, automobiles and more!

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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

That’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. You log dives and develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun scuba diving.

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PADI Night Diver

Experience the complete change of underwater landscape and creatures as the sun sets on Utila and day turns into night! Learn crucial night time navigational skills, how to communicate underwater at night and how to use a dive light and other equipment essential for scuba diving at night. You will be amazed at the complete change in the creatures which make themselves visible on Utila’s reef once the sun sets.

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