Enriched Air Nitrox Course
Perfect for All Scuba Divers!
Nitrox is an enriched air mixture that allows for extended bottom times and shorter surface intervals
during scuba diving activities. It contains higher levels of oxygen than regular air,
typically between 32% and 40%.
This specialized breathing gas is carefully blended to precise specifications, ensuring safe and
efficient use by certified scuba divers. Nitrox enhances dive experiences by reducing nitrogen absorption,
minimizing decompression requirements, and allowing for longer underwater exploration.
More bottom time? Yes please! It always seems like the best dives have to end early.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a magical gas mixture that could give you longer no-deco bottom
times when dive planning? Well there is!
It goes by many names: Nitrox or Enriched Air or Enriched air oxygen, EAN, and EANX.
There's a big reason why the
Enriched Air/Nitrox Diver Course is the most popular specialty course and often the
very first specialty divers choose to earn after certification.
It’s all about more bottom time!
Diving nitrox allows you to get the most out of a day of scuba diving. You can stay underwater longer
and get back into the water sooner. Divers also find that diving with Nitrox lets them feel less tired
at the end of the day! This gives you more time enjoying your vacation and
less time resting in the hotel.
What is it? Enriched air/nitrox is a gas blend with a higher percentage of oxygen than regular air.
Diving with nitrox, your no-decompression limits can increase tremendously particularly in the 40-80
foot range, where most recreational diving takes place.
Most all dive computers can be easily set to enriched air/Nitrox.
The All Inclusive Course:
In the online Enriched Air/Nitrox certification course you’ll learn how to
select the best mixture for your planned depth, how to analyze the mixture for safety and how to decide your
oxygen exposure limits after each dive. You will also learn about the special equipment concerns that arise
when you’re using higher oxygen percentages. The online course Enriched Air / Nitrox Course teaches you how
to plan Nitrox dives, to take into consideration both nitrogen and oxygen exposure limits,
calculate maximum operating depths (MOD) and much more.
It is definitly worth it to get nitrox certified, as it will increase your bottom time,
no decrompession limits and reduce the chances of decompression sickness.
The course is HIGHLY recommeded for mulitple dives during the day, and for multiple dive days.
Nothing to download. No dives required!
No dive shop visit! Its done completely online.
The Benefits of diving with Nitrox enriched air.
1. Longer Bottom Times
Recreational Nitrox (21 – 40% oxygen) contains a lower percentage of nitrogen than air.
The reduced percentage of nitrogen in recreational Nitrox allows divers to extend their no-decompression
limits (or dive time) by reducing nitrogen absorption – the less nitrogen there is in a scuba diver’s
breathing gas, the slower nitrogen absorption will be at a given depth.
2. Shorter Surface Intervals
A diver using Nitrox absorbs less nitrogen for a given depth and dive time than a diver using air.
This means that the Nitrox diver has less nitrogen to off-gas during a surface interval,
which can shorten the required surface interval drastically.
3. Longer Repetitive Dive Times
Nitrox becomes especially useful for divers who engage in more than one dive per a day
and more than one dive days.
A diver using Nitrox will have a longer allowable bottom time on a repetitive dive than a
diver using air because the diver using Nitrox has absorbed less nitrogen.
4. Reduced Exhaustion
Many divers claim to feel less exhausted after a dive on Nitrox than after a comparable dive on air.
By reducing a diver’s nitrogen absorption, Nitrox also reduces a diver’s post-dive exhaustion.
5. Shorter Decompression
Technical divers use Nitrox to reduce decompression requirements. If Nitrox is used throughout the dive,
the diver may require shorter or fewer decompression stops. If Nitrox is used as a decompression gas
(the diver only breathes Nitrox during the decompression stops),
the decompression stops will be shorter.
Live long and prosper...
I always use Nitrox because of... Ahem... my age.
Sea ya under the Sea!
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