Rebreather Side Mount Diver
Your first step into closed circuit rebreather diving.
General Information
The Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) Sidemount Air Diluent Diver Course is your first step into closed circuit rebreather diving and your first truly quiet dive experience! Using the latest technology in CCRs can maximize your gas supply and provide an optimum breathing gas for any depth by maintaining a constant partial pressure of oxygen. It's like having a Nitrox blending machine on your back!
The participant develops the necessary diving skills, techniques and knowledge required to dive responsibly with a Closed Circuit Rebreather within recreational no-decompression stop limits. In addition to this the user will learn to correctly carry out routine cleaning and maintenance of the unit.
After successful completion, the certification will entitle the participant to both dive the model of rebreather that was used during the course and buy a unit or spare parts from the manufacturer or factory approved instructor.
During this course, your Instructor will teach you all the necessary skills to conduct no decompression CCR dives to a maximum depth of 30 meters using air diluent.
eCCR / mCCR
We offer courses focused on eCCR and mCCR rebreathers in backmount and sidemount configuration. We tailor the course content and setup to the specific type of unit and the diver's level.
Rebreathers we have experience with include, for example, Submatix Quantum CCR, AP Inspiration and AP Evolution CCR, Poseidon SE7EN+, SF2, Flex CCR, X-CCR, JJ-CCR, Liberty CCR, Revo CCR, T-REB CCR, Triton CCR.
Availability of a specific unit and the possibility of running the course on that type of rebreather must be confirmed individually in advance.
Shark Divers is not the manufacturer of the equipment listed above, and the mention of a specific equipment name is solely for identification purposes.
What Qualifications Do I Need?
- Must be a qualified Advanced EANx Diver or higher
- Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
- Proof of a minimum of 50 logged dives or sufficient experience to satisfy the instructor that the student has the ability and knowledge to continue into this level of training.
- Sidemount Diver certification with at least 20 logged dives with this configuration.
- You will need to fill out a self-certification medical statement.
- If you have any medical conditions you think may prevent you from scuba diving, please feel free to contact us and we will try to be of assistance.
What Makes A Class Different?
- More knowledge!
- More Practical Skills & Emergency Drills
- Focus on have better, more comfortable and safer divers
Course Duration
No less than 300 minutes in water training during 5 days in 6-8 dives.
What's In The Course?
The CCR Air Diluent Diver course takes an in-depth look at all the following and more:
- History and evolution of rebreathers
- Comparison of open circuit (OC), closed circuit, and semi-closed circuit, rebreather (SCR) systems noting the pros and cons of each
- Practical mechanics of the system
- Gas physiology
- Proper scrubber packing: in accordance with manufacturers recommendation
- Electronic or manual systems design and maintenance
- Dive tables
- Dive computers
- Dive planning
- Emergency procedures
- Dive checklists
- Pre-dive checks
Practice In Water
Confined Water Sessions
- Survival Skills
- Practice of SCUBA diving equipment configuration including redundancy and streamlining
- CCR Emergencies ... and much more.
Open Water Sessions
- Out of Gas Scenario
- Regulator Failure Drill, Practice of ALL Emergency Scenarios and much more ...