Tuesday, April 7, 2009

ENRICHED AIR DIVER (NITROX)

The PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty program is the most popular specialty program of all. Diving with enriched air (air with oxygen content from 22% to 40%) allows you to safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater thus provides a number of benefits to scuba divers depending on the type of diving they do.

Prerequisites:

At least 15 years old

PADI Open Water Diver or a qualifying certification from another training organization
Program Structure:


1) Independent study with manual and one evening in the classroom covering 2 modules of theory with knowledge reviews and a final exam.

2)What's covered in knowledge development:
- Techniques for getting more bottom time when using enriched air
- Enriched air equipment considerations
- Managing oxygen exposure
- Using dive computers with enriched air

Diver Certification: After you have successfully completed all requirements, you will receive your PADI Enriched Air Diver specialty certification.