Courses · PADI · Aqaba
PADI Sidemount Diver
Mount one or two cylinders at your sides for a streamlined, low-strain configuration.
Starting point
Age 15+
Duration
2 days
Included
Instructor, materials and certification fees are confirmed when you book.
Prerequisites
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) – see PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
- Age 15 or older.
What you will gain
- How to configure and use one or two cylinders at your sides.
- The advantages for streamlining, lower-back strain and gas supply.
- A practical session, 1 confined-water dive and 3 open-water dives.
How the course works
Sidemount is popular for cave and wreck diving, and single cylinders are easier to carry over rough terrain. It also suits divers with limited mobility. It is the base for the technical PADI Tec Sidemount Diver.
Where you dive in Aqaba
Dives are done on Aqaba’s reefs and wrecks, from Laila 1 or from the shore. Many specialties can be combined into a single trip.
Your path
This course
PADI Sidemount Diver
Related courses
PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver · PADI Wreck Diver
All courses: Diving specialties
What next? Your next steps
PADI Tec Sidemount Diver
Sidemount is a popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving.
PADI Master Scuba Diver
The “black belt” of recreational diving, a rating that shows broad experience.
PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
The most popular PADI specialty: stay longer and add a wider safety margin.
Why dive with Dive Aqaba
Aqaba’s original dive centre
Founded in 2002, Dive Aqaba is the mother of the diving industry in Aqaba. Many of our former students went on to build their own dive companies.
We dive every day of the year
Daily boat trips and shore diving all year round, holidays included.
Clean air, deep expertise
Top-quality air is the basis of our technical and deep diving, and our team has logged trimix dives beyond 100 m since 2007.
Our own boat and beach club
Laila 1 for daily trips, and a private beach club with dive sites that only Dive Aqaba can dive.
Ask about dates for this course
Call or message us on WhatsApp: +962 79 669 9008. Tell us what you want to dive and when.
Scope, prerequisites and length are confirmed at enrolment, because PADI standards can change.