I paid $1200 for my gorazor sidemount one on one 4 day course in Cancun cenotes/caves. To this day it’s still far an away the best training course I’ve had in any facet of life. 100% worth it IMO
Day 1:
- configuration and adjustment of the harness
- prepare the tanks
- gear up at the surface
- gear up in water
- proper weighting,
- descent/ascent
- buoyancy,
- trim
- communication
- Read pressure gauge
- 2 hands Regulator switch
- pressure gauge reading
- swimming techniques (frog kick, flutter, helicopter turn, back kick...)
Demo Dive in Side Mount practicing skills
This will be the base for Day 1 and then depending on how it goes, the program will be adjusted to enable you to get the best out of your training.
Day 2 and 3: The skills will include
- one hand regulator switch (both right and left)
- gaz sharing receiving and doning (3 ways: breathing from the long hose, breathing from the short hose unclipping long hose, breathing from the short hose using the break away connector) - static, swimming and ascending
- stowing the long hose underwater
- send a SMB
- drop and recover right tank underwater
- Valve drill
- swim without mask
Equipement failures:
- Clip failures
- mask replacement
- bungee replacement
- LPI failure self inflate disconnect and oral inflate
- primary wing failure switch to back up
- regulator's free flow
Side Mount dives including practice of the skills
Day 4
- tune up if necessary and evaluation of all skills .