Our courses are taught in an open-water environment. The lake provides a stable and predictable teaching environment, which is not affected negatively by the weather issues that might be encountered if we were to train at an ocean location.
Our teaching philosophy is simple: We are instructors first and mentors second. We are not only instructors, but also dive. We're here to help you with your questions. Although we may not have all the answers, we can direct you to someone who does. We want to improve your diving experience and knowledge. Make sure you don't pay for an instructor rating just to get the rating. Check that the instructor is qualified to teach the diving skills he/she teaches.
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The new SDI/TDI Sidemount Diver Program is more than a book about sidemount diving. This comprehensive, complete set of materials is designed to help you learn and teach sidemount diving.
Sidemount Diver's new course materials are time-saving for instructors and retailers. They don't have to search through multiple sources to put together the course materials, nor do they have to spend the time to create their own exams, quizzes and other teaching tools. They don't have to explain to customers and students why eLearning isn't available for this course.
This course covers the equipment and skills for technical sidemount diving including both classroom workshops and three days of in-water skills development.
The new program saves retailers and instructor money, as there is no need to invest in multiple sets of materials to teach what are, essentially, the same course, just to different audiences.
Don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).