What is a side mount rebreather?

Sidemount is a scuba diving equipment configuration which has scuba sets mounted alongside the diver, below the shoulders and along the hips, instead of on the back of the diver.

What is a side mount BCD?

BCDs (buoyancy control devices) used for sidemount are usually wing style with a harness and different tank attachment points than backmount BCDs. Tanks attach at the hip and on the upper chest, at armpit level on either side.

What is side mount?

Sidemount or side mount is a configuration of breathing gas cylinders carried by scuba divers, and a shortened form of Sidemount diving or Side mount diving. Side control also known as side mount is a wrestling technique.

What is no mount cave diving?

This Program is designed to familiarize the experienced, certified technical cave or mine diver with the techniques; equipment and mindset required for No Mount diving activities in an underwater, overhead environment.

What do I need for sidemount?

A low-profile, adjustable, environmentally appropriate sidemount system is essential. Required features include: Must be sidemount specific. Triangular/diamond shaped wing that can be raised and lowered on the harness without changing the fit of the hamess.

What is a sidemount scuba diving system?

Sidemount is used today in sport, technical and cave diving applications. Scuba diving with a sidemount configuration simply means that you carry your tanks at your sides instead of on your back. This can reduce drag and is more comfortable for many divers. Sidemount divers often dive with two smaller tanks that are attached in the water.

What is no-mount diving?

No-mount diving is a specialized overhead-environment strategy for dealing with particularly tight restrictions. This may involve divers wearing a very basic harness under their existing configuration, or simply hand-carrying cylinders.

What is a sidemount stage?

Sidemounting stages. Sidemount stages is the practice of using sidemount configuration (bungee loops and/or buttplate rails) as a means for stowing stage/deco cylinders in a streamlined manner against the sides of the torso, when otherwise diving in back-mounted doubles or CCR.

What equipment do you need for scuba diving?

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