Enriched Air NITROX

Do you want to extend your dive time and explore the dive sites you love for longer? Join the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty program and become a nitrox diver! This is the perfect course to get the most out of your dive time, especially on multi-dive days, and helps minimize diver fatigue.

Earn your SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty certification now!

What you can expect to learn

As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals – so you can spend more time diving and less time waiting! In this program, you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge whilst learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen.

Upon completion, you will earn an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.

The SSI Enriched Air NITROX course consists of three Academic Sessions (Independent study or in a classroom)

Course equipment requirements

During all in-water scuba training, each student must be equipped with a properly fitted Total Diving System:
• Mask
• Snorkel
• Fins
• Buoyancy compensator with power inflator
• Weight System
• Delivery System with cylinder, primary regulator and alternate air source
• Information System with submersible pressure gauge, depth gauge, and timing device (a dive computer is recommended)
• Exposure suit appropriate for the environment
• Logbook

Additionally need Scuba Cylinders with Nitrox and Gas Analyser

*Equipment will be provided by your Dive Centre. We recommend that you should get your own gear once you become a certified diver.

Course prerequisites

Minimum age:

  • 10 years old.

Have the following SSI certifications or equivalent from a recognized training agency:

  • Referral Diver

Or

  • Diving Knowledge Specialty programs may be combined with an Open Water Diver program.

 

Get started

  1. Enriched Air Nitrox 32
    Complete Academic Sessions 1-3 as outlined in the instructor manual for Enriched Air Nitrox.
    Complete the program’s final exam
  2. Enriched Air Nitrox 40
    Complete all Academic Sessions as outlined in the instructor manual for Enriched Air Nitrox.
    Complete the program’s final exam.
    Complete the practical application session outlined in the instructor manual for Enriched Air Nitrox.

What’s included?

Training Material and Certification Cost

How long will this take?

Recommended hours for completion: 3-6. The number of classes, hours and sessions per day are set by the individual instructor, based on student needs, student ability and water conditions.

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