Basic Nitrox

Nitrox diving is suitable for everyone and this program is designed to provide Sport Divers with a safer breathing medium to enjoy dives in the 12 to 39 meter depth ranges. The advantages of a higher percentage of Oxygen are better air consumption, longer bottom times, shorter surface intervals and conservative dive planning. Based on these advantages many divers choose to change from normal air to an “Oxygen Enriched Air (Nitrox)” and once qualified the diver may elect to dive the “mix” on EANx tables or dive conservatively using computers set to air or air tables.

The program covers the use of EANx mixes in the range of 21% to a maximum of 40% and the Nitrox Diver Program can be combined with any air based program (cave, wreck, etc)

Prerequisites:

Must be a minimum of 12 years of age with a parent or guardian authorization
Open Water Diver
At least 10 logged dives

Program Content:

Theory lecture
Nitrox dives
Final examination (minimum of 80%)

Duration:

Minimum of 2 days
4 hours of theory lectures
2 training dives

Limits:

Maximum depth of 39m
No decompression, simulated decompression dive
Maximum oxygen partialpressure 1.4 ATA

Requiert equipment:

Singletank
First stage with primary regulator (long hose) and second regulator (alternative regulator), pressure gauge and inflater hose
Wing/backplate or buoyancy controle device
wetsuit or drysuit
Mask, fins, snorcel
Cutting device
Divecomputer
Wet Notes
Decompressiontable
Compass
Lead