Enriched Air / Nitrox
Increase your no-decompression limit — a half-day course you'll use forever.
Extend your bottom time, so you can spend more time doing what you love.
The Nitrox certification is one of the most useful specialties you can take. By using enriched air you can increase no-decompression limits (NDL).
Want to spend that extra 10 minutes with the bull sharks, or watching your favourite fish? Then Nitrox is the answer. No more watching your NDL wishing to stay down a bit longer.
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| Nitrox Course | $199 USDThis is a dry course. Get a $30 discount when booking alongside dives and a free nitrox tank dive! |
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Ready to dive with us?
Small groups, private guides and premium gear included. Book in two minutes.
Is the Enriched Air Nitrox course right for you?
For this course, you will need an Open Water certification or higher and be physically fit. A basic medical questionnaire will be given to you (the same as your Open Water course).
You Want Longer Dives
More no-stop time at the depths where the good stuff lives.
You Dive Several Days in a Row
Shorter surface intervals and more bottom time across a multi-day trip.
You Want to Feel Fresher
Many divers finish a nitrox day with noticeably more energy left.
You Can Finish It in a Day
Theory plus analysis and planning — the fastest upgrade to your diving.
What will you learn?
Nitrox is regular air enriched with oxygen. The percentage of nitrogen in your tank is reduced and the oxygen percentage is increased.
For every breath you take you receive less nitrogen than with a normal tank. Nitrogen is the reason for our no-decompression limits — why we can only spend around 15 minutes at 30 m. Nitrox 32 extends this to ~25 minutes, a 66% increase in bottom time.
This is a half-day, dry course done in a classroom — no dives included. We can dive together with Nitrox afterwards if you wish.
What Your Dive Day Looks Like
- Prior to the course
Self Study
About 1 or 2 hours of self-study to do at home before we start the course
- At the dive shop
Theory session
We review all the important concepts together, so you feel safe and confident diving with nitrox. This will take about an hour and can be accommodated into your diving day.
- At the dive shop
Practical
We will learn how to use an oxygen analyser to test your tanks and how to label them correctly.
- Optional
Nitrox Dive
If you book this course along side you dives, we will give you a $30 discount and one free nitrox tank to use on your dive. (additional are $8 each)
PADI OR SDI
We are an SDI shop, we chose them for their flexibility in how we can teach. This means we can tailor each course to your needs and find the best way to help you with any difficulties you find in your studies.
Both PADI and SDI are worldwide agencies with big names.
Agencies don't train divers; they create training materials and certification requirements. The instructor makes the difference.
Our Instructors are very experienced and are all technical divers. We chose to work under the agency of SDI as it best supports us in passing on our knowledge to you.
We also have PADI instructors available.
If you would like to learn more, you can read our blog post about our decision to change over to SDI.
Study materials
- PADI Certification — manual included
- SDI Certification — full eLearning included
What Makes Diving with Us Different?
Small Groups
Maximum 4:1 diver-to-instructor ratio — better attention, easier communication and a more controlled experience underwater.
We Take Our Time
No rushing through the course. We want you comfortable, prepared, and the best diver you can be.
Safety Comes First
We brief properly, choose sites carefully and keep conservative safety standards. You should feel looked after before, during and after your course.
Premium Gear Included
Well-maintained top-brand equipment, sized for you and checked carefully before every dive — at no extra cost.