UTD Overhead Protocols (with sidemount configuration)

This three-day class takes place in non overhead environment (open or confined water), generally at depths of 30’/10m or less, and introduces the student to line-laying, line retrieval, no-visibility line following, touch contact communication and skills, critical skills while no-visibility line following, lost line, lost buddy and lost light. Once these skills are learned, the class introduces a series of simulated failures while on the line: out of air situations, valve failures, etc. These are tested to a level similar to that of  Tech 2 skills, but complicated by the necessity of staying on a line and simulating the need to navigate back to open water.