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Sidemount in worldwide: 8 instructors on TecDiveTools, with the agencies and courses each teaches, and a summary of what students say.
TecDiveTools lists 8 instructors teaching Sidemount worldwide.
Listings are ordered by how much evidence exists about their technical diving, not by a star rating, with any paid Featured listing shown first and marked as such (how rankings work). 6 of these 8 carry reviews we have read and classified as being about technical or overhead training. The count excludes recreational certifications by name, so a busy resort does not outrank a one-instructor cave operation on the volume of its reef trips. Separately, 6 have a written synthesis of what reviewers say about them. How we read and count reviews.
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8 instructors on TecDiveTools teach RAID Sidemount worldwide: Indonesia (3), Mexico (2), Thailand (2) and Philippines (1). Each is listed above.
One centre in the TecDiveTools directory publishes a whole-course price for RAID Sidemount worldwide: Bali Dive Trek, at IDR 8,400,000. Prices differ mainly in what they include, so compare the inclusions before comparing the numbers. Prices were last checked in September 2026.
4 days, based on the durations 1 centre publishes for it worldwide. The time depends on the centre's schedule, weather, and how quickly the required skills are demonstrated — agencies set a minimum number of dives, not a fixed number of days.
At the same tier in TecDiveTools' cross-agency comparison, instructors worldwide also teach IANTD Tek Sidemount Diver (56), TDI Advanced Sidemount (25), PADI TecRec Tec Sidemount (4) and SSI XR Extended Range Sidemount (2). They are comparable rather than interchangeable — each agency sets its own standards and card, so check which one your next course accepts.