Why should you try SIDE MOUNT DIVING even as a recreational diver 😎🤓?

Find out why so many divers (recreational and beyond!) are making the switch to side mount diving. Sidemount is the safe and cool way to go!
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You don't need to be a technical diver to go side mount diving! Get started once you feel confident with your buoyancy in single tank backmount. Do a lot of dives in sidemount while diving recreationally so that when you do decide to go for the technical courses, it'll be much easier and more enjoyable!
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[@AzulUnlimited]

Who here is a sidemount diver? Put a 🤘🏻here in the comments 🤘🏻

[@GeoffInfield]

🤘🏻My 15th dive was on a sidemount course and I never looked back. As a new diver with terrible gas consumption I wanted more air, but twins were terrifying - being able to SEE my valves, turn my valves off, all in my field of view, all accessible, and without the non-din o-ring blowouts, gave me twice the air with 1/10th of the stress. So while I went on to be a keen tech diver (the instructor happened to be a cave diver who loved wrecks, if I hadn't met him I'd probably never have carried on diving!) I'm an ardent supporter of sidemount being the FIRST option for all recreational divers who want more gas. All the TDI courses I've done I've had to watch backmount guys do shutdown drills - a friend even asked me to turn his valve back on for him underwater, as his shoulder was playing up - and I'll never forget the instructor telling everyone that when they do their drills they may need to go literally upside down to reach the manifold isolation valve before turning to me and saying "you just, I dunno, turn a valve off and on again or something" lol. I'm constantly trying to convince people it's NOT just for tech, that everyone should try it, and my number on argument is this - if I find you trapped in a wreck, I can push one of my tanks complete with reg through a porthole in seconds. I also love how cool we look pushing two tanks out of a gap we shouldn't have fitted through :) The only downside is upright wrecks. The 'BONG! BONG! BONG!' as we smash our way through vertical doorways gets old fast lol - you get used to turning onto your side but sometimes we get lazy. Bong! 🤣

[@alhavill1837]

Just finished dive #1 in sidemount. A very humbling day. Looking forward to dives #2, #3, #4 ... Thanks for the virtual reassurance that it will all come together with practice. I needed that. Cheers from Nova Scotia, Canada

[@Eolodasilva]

I'm doing the sidemount course at the momment. This is a complete 'different kind of dive'. Love it.

[@darkburnstar9269]

Hi Sarah!

[@alexfinn7989]

A huge benefit is the ease (and safety) of getting in / out of the boat. You can clip the tanks to a rope and set them in the water, then enter/exit the water. In addition it is way more comfortable in the water than the standard setup. Really great video!

[@AirwolfCrazy]

Went Sidemount after shoulder surgery. Love it. 🤘🏻

[@yogawithsarahmiller632]

Sidemount is my favorite course to teach!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@MDWtubeChannel]

Sidemount is the way to go. Sarah is definitely right that it will be more efficient to find a GOOD sidemount instructor to help you get started than to figure it out on your own like I did 10 years ago. Back then there were very few SM instructors and even fewer agencies with a course. Additionally, there were barely any SM harnesses to speak of. So, I made my own, then tuned it over the course of a year of diving it, then made a better one, and another year of tuning. My third harness was pretty good, and I still dive all three of them, but these days I'd recommend starting with a Razor or X-Deep and a good SM instructor. They can help you get it fit right for you and teach you the basics in a week, and you can become proficient enough in a few months of regular diving.

[@albertoskytwins3527]

Last Wednesday I did my first side mount dive on my 45th dive and wow, I swear I'm never going back to my old BCD 😂

[@TnEEn]

Side mount is perfect for solo diving and made it really easy for me to transition into tech 🤘

[@Yggdrasil42]

🤘I switched to sidemount after a spinal injury. Backmount wasn't comfortable anymore. Got trained by some of the best sidemount instructors. It not only was more comfortable but helped me finally get perfect trim. It also introduced me to the tech mindset of the thinking diver. I've since done Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures training in sidemount as well, with up to 4 tanks. Surprisingly comfortable. This winter I started drysuit diving, in sidemount of course. But it does invite far more tinkering than backmount. I keep finding things to tweak, streamline and optimize.

[@RobertoLopez-ms8nv]

Love your sidemount videos. I’ve been thinking about sidemount for a while. You have helped me to make my decision easier. I’m planning to do my side mount training and to do my AOW in sidemount configuration.

[@stefr6255]

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[@darthknowl9222]

Thanks for this video. I’m planning on becoming a sidemount diver.

[@KB-gd6fc]

I use those same 1st stages for SM and doubles. love them

[@nemmessis2405]

A good tip for storing the lead on the Siedmount is to build a Maghalter Fast Mag Pouch into the belt.

[@thomastuorto9929]

Always willing to try new ways of doing things. One plus to not get into a side mount set-up, I don't have to spend any more money on scuba equipment or lessons.

[@rhteoi]

Thanks a lot for the video! I tried sidemount for the first time recently and it

[@waynestorey8174]

Thank you for video and videos you do. Taken your advice no split fins for me. I've just got apeks rk3. Safe diving