PADI Tec Sidemount
The world’s most recognised diving certification.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Training dives
- 4
- Maximum depth
- 45 m
- Group size
- Max 3
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Languages
- English · Arabic · German
Why take Tec Sidemount with PADI?
Take your PADI course in Hurghada with the same small-group instruction, Red Sea dives, equipment and support that define every DiveRED course.
Choose PADI when worldwide brand recognition is your priority. Your course includes the same local expertise, equipment, boat logistics and safety standards as our other agency options.
Day by day.
A clear, calm progression from theory and confined-water skills to confident Red Sea dives.
- 1 Day 1
Rig setup + confined skills
Building and trimming a sidemount harness to your body, hose routing, cylinder rigging, and the core drills: independent-cylinder gas management, valve access, and switching between sides.
- Personal rig fit
- Independent gas rules
- Valve access
- 2 Day 2
Training dives 1 & 2
Two open-water dives dialling in horizontal trim, cylinder swaps and buoyancy as gas is consumed, plus S-drills and team procedures in the sidemount configuration.
- Trim & buoyancy
- Cylinder swaps
- S-drills
- 3 Day 3
Training dives 3 & 4
Applying sidemount to staged decompression — deco-gas handling on the side, failure drills and controlled ascents — to certify you for technical sidemount diving.
- Deco in sidemount
- Failure drills
- Certification dive
Everything arranged for your course.
What's included
- Certified PADI Tec instructor, max ratio 1:3
- Complete sidemount rig (harness, bungees, regulators)
- Two independent cylinders + deco cylinder as required
- All tank fills and enriched-air / deco-gas blends
- PADI Tec Sidemount eLearning, materials & certification (PIC)
- 4 technical boat dives
- Hotel pickup and transfers
- Hot lunch and soft drinks on every dive day
- Dive accident insurance for the course
Not included
- Tips (optional)
- Diving camera rental (€20/day)
Skills that stay with you.
- ✓Configuring and trimming a personal sidemount rig
- ✓Independent twin-cylinder gas management
- ✓Sidemount valve drills and S-drills
- ✓Deco-gas handling in the sidemount configuration
- ✓Trim, buoyancy and failure management on your sides
Your Tec Sidemount in the Red Sea.
Real training, real reefs and the people who will guide you through the course.
About PADI Tec Sidemount.
Why dive sidemount instead of a cylinder on your back?
Sidemount gives you fully independent gas supplies, both regulators and valves within easy reach, excellent horizontal trim, and a much easier carry — you kit up in the water rather than lugging doubles on your back. It's also the foundation for cave and restricted-wreck diving.
Do I need any technical experience first?
No. This course starts from Advanced Open Water with solid buoyancy. If you want to combine it with your first decompression training, take the Tec Sidemount + Tec 40 combo and learn both together.
Is this the same as recreational sidemount?
It goes further. Recreational sidemount is about the configuration within no-stop limits; Tec Sidemount adds decompression, a deco cylinder and technical failure management so you can run staged deco dives in the rig.