Sidemount- Principles For Success Apr 2026

Sidemount diving isn’t just about looking cool with tanks on your hips. Done right, it’s a game-changer for streamlining, redundancy, and access. Done wrong? It’s a tangled mess of hoses, trim issues, and frustration.

You don’t have one cylinder—you have two independent lifelines. Never breathe one tank below 1/3 of its starting pressure unless you’re in a deliberate failure drill. Symmetrical consumption isn’t the goal; discipline is. Sidemount- Principles For Success

After countless dives (and fixing my own bad habits), here are the that separate successful sidemount divers from the “doorway dangles.” Sidemount diving isn’t just about looking cool with