Padi nitrox enriched air diver specialty book wcomputer simulator 70470 unknown binding january 1, 2011 by padi author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. You can choose to take this short course in 2 ways. The air we breathe is approximately 20% oxygen and 80% nitrogen. Enriched air nitrox diving beqa adventure divers offers enriched air nitrox diving ean to divers who are trained and certified to use nitrox by any reputable training agency padi, ssi, naui etc. You can typically stay down longer and get back into the water sooner. You will learn how to analyze tanks with oxygen mixes up to 40% and how to. Enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time and allows you to enjoy longer bottom time, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
The higher the pressure, the more nitrogen is absorbed, and the greater the risk of decompression illness. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The padi enriched air diver course is padis most popular specialty scuba course. The padi enriched air diver course qualifies you to dive with nitrox and extend your no decompression dive time. The padi enriched air diver specialty course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air nitrox for no decompression stop recreational diving. Padi enriched air diver specialty course aquaviews. Enriched air nitrox also known as ean, enriched air, on nitrox is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen that has a higher percentage of oxygen and a lower percentage of nitrogen than air.
This results in a safety margin on your no decompression times. The padi enriched air diver specialty course is designed to prepare you to dive with ean. The proper term for the gas is enriched air nitrox eanx, pointing to the extra oxygen that the mix is enriched with. The webbased system covers all the enriched air diver course content and allows you to study at your own pace through an easytouse, interactive program.
We utilize the padi elearning option for this class as we have found it to be very thorough and you can start today. The primary purpose for breathing enriched air nitrox is to increase your bottom time at shallower depths. Nitrox is a mixed gas of oxygen enriched air between 23% oxygen and 40% oxygen. I have no hardcopy of an enriched air diving book nor plastic enriched air diving table plastic card. Idc koh tao msdt padi nitrox instructor specialty course. Ean can add as much as 25% more to your allowable dive time giving you more time to enjoy diving. Enriched air dive course coral garden diving center.
Padi enriched air nitrox course thailand scuba diving in. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then dont hesitate to become an enriched air diver. Padi nitrox diver course diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no. This course teaches you about using oxygenenriched air, also known as nitrox, to increase your dive times, especially on deeper dives, as well as your margin of safety. Padi nitrox enriched air diver specialty book wcomputer.
By diving with enriched air nitrox rather than standard air you can extend your no decompression limits. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time which means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. The course involves approximately a four hour training workshop ending with an exam. Rescue diver scuba training jacksonville first coast divers. The ssi enriched air nitrox scuba diving classes will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. The enriched air diver course is a popular specialty scuba course.
I decided to take an enriched air diving course before i leave and im going to finish my advanced class there. Diving with nitrox can change your dive experience by increasing your nodecompression limits, increasing your safety, and reducing the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air tanks. Padi enriched air diver speciality dive academy yeovil. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more nondecompression dive time. Padi enriched air nitrox in bali alpha world diving. The original diving locations boynton florida scuba diving book manual rare. Due to the slower buildup of nitrogen in your body, you can stay down. Online enriched air youll learn why diving with air that has higher oxygen and lower nitrogen content gives you more bottom time, along with enriched air equipment considerations. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the nodecompression limits for air. The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen, with emphasis on enriched air 32 and 36 percent oxygen. I bought the book and dvd for the ead course but there is no enriched air rdps or oxygen exposure tables included in the packet i.
The padi enriched air diver course is padis most popular specialty scuba. You will also feel less tired after diving, less drowsy and your surface intervals are way shorter. The manual is designed for divers who have no familiarity with nitrox or enriched air, and takes them very slowly through the relevant steps. For more details check out our padi enriched air diver course. The padi enriched air diver course is padis most popular specialty scuba diving course, and its easy to see why. You will learn about ordering nitrox tank fills and how to analyse the oxygen content of the tank. But, diving on an enriched air mixture of 36% you get 220 minutes of no decompression time an increase of. Or, you can breathe enriched air on your dive and leave your computer in air mode. For a dive shop to supply nitrox to divers, they need to clearly specify what mixes their tanks have.
The padi enriched air diver course is padis most popular speciality scuba diving course, and its easy to see why. Nitrox has gained wide acceptance in the recreational. Book your enriched air nitrox diving with beqa adventure divers now. Enriched air nitrox, nitrox with an oxygen content above 21%, is mainly used in scuba diving to reduce the proportion of nitrogen in the breathing gas mixture. Padi enriched air diver course master divers koh tao, thailand. During this course you will learn the difference between air content and nitrox content. The theory for this course will be conducted in al boom divings training facility at the jumeirah dive center on al wasl road in. Breathing enriched air allows divers to safely extend their no decompression time and spend more time underwaterwhich explains why the nitrox enriched air diver certification is the most popular specialty certification available. A standard mix of 32% nitrox is produced via continuous blending through a nitrox stik.
Nitrox 32% have a maximum operating depth of 110 feet and nitrox 36% has a maximum operating depth of. Padis most popular specialty course makes diving even safer and can be used to extend bottom times, especially useful when making repetitive dives. Due to the slower buildup of nitrogen in your body, you can stay down longer and enjoy shorter surface intervals. Scuba center padi enriched air diver specialty classes. During diving, water pressure causes the nitrogen we breathe to be absorbed into the bloodstream. If staying down longer and getting back in the water faster is what you are looking for, sign up to be an enriched air diver today. The course is much more maths intensive than other diving courses, and clearly the manual has been drafted to try and ensure that no one gets left behind by making too great a leap at any step.
Contact us to enroll in the course and get a padi search and recovery crew pak that includes your manual and video. Nitrox enriched air diver diving lessons and scuba. Nitrox specialty instructors can offer their student divers maximum options, and in doing so great customer service. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. Padi enriched air nitrox specialty sail fish scuba. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
Common misconceptions about enriched air nitrox nitrox is for deep diving. In recreational diving terms, enriched air nitrox ean refers to any nitrogenoxygen gas mixture with an oxygen concentration higher than the 21 percent found in normal air 32 percent oxygen is the most commonand tanks filled with ean are often clearly marked with a nitrox tank band and have the mix percentage written somewhere near the. You will learn how to analyze, calculate your maximum depth and equivalent air depth, and safely dive up to 40% oxygen mixtures that could help maximize your bottom times. Practice analyzing oxygen content in your scuba tank. The padi enriched air nitrox diver course is interesting and simply presented.
The forcee enriched air diver course is the most popular specialty scuba course. To a considerably lesser extent it is also used in surface supplied diving, where the logistics are relatively complex, similar to the use of other diving gas mixtures. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then dont hesitate to. The padi enriched air diver course is padis most popular specialty scuba diving course and its easy to see why. Welcome to one of padis most popular specialties the padi enriched air diver course. Enriched air nitrox course this course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air nitrox for non stop recreational diving. The padi enriched air diver course nitrox is the most popular padi specialty course in the world and a must have certification for any padi instructor. Padi enriched air diver nitrox course al boom diving. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater but you need to be certified as an enriched air diver to get enriched air fills. Padi nitrox diver course aquarius dive center tenerife. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. This is a fantastic course for all divers, especially the avid photographer, extended bottom time seeker and multi dive diver. Learn how to integrate enriched air nitrox into your regular dives, the benefits it can provide, the flexibility it allows and a great skill for future travel.
Dvd, enriched air dive book, recreational diver planner nitrox dive simulator access cardeanx computer dive simulator access card allows the buyer to download a diving simulator program from padi. Enriched air diver manual download ebook pdf, epub. The most common use of nitrox mixtures containing oxygen in higher. Because scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox does just that especially on repetitive scuba dives. Set your dive computer for diving with enriched air nitrox. Whether youre into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in a tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the padi enriched air diver course helps you get more out of. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. For example, if you dive to 50 feet on air, your no decompression limit is 80 minutes. Enriched air dive courses, dive tours, snorkeling on koh.
Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell whats in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer start by signing up for padi elearning, please click on the elearning buton when. The most common mixes used are eanx32 and eanx36, with 32 % and 36 % oxygen, respectively, compared to 21 % oxygen in atmospheric air other mixes are also used but a mix richer than 40 % is quite rare in recreational diving. Actually nitrox is somewhat of a misnomer as its an abbreviation of nitrogen and oxygen, which are the main components of both atmospheric air and nitrox. You also have access to an online version of the enriched air diver manual. A divers guide to nitrox and enriched air diving scuba. Padi enriched air diver course dive with nitrox kenya. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. Padi online enriched air diver course scuba diving. If staying underwater longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then dont hesitate to become an enriched air diver. We offer the enriched air nitrox course in a combination with most of our other courses at a. The enriched air diver course is one of the most popular specialty scuba courses because scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more nodecompressionbottom time especially on repetitive scuba dives.
The ssi enriched air nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Learn to dive with nitrox with the padi enriched air diver course at diving the crab, kenya. When you complete the course with alpha world diving, we will ensure that you will get free nitrox air fills for any dives that you book with us in the future. Diving with enriched air can increase your nodecompression limits, increase your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air. Padi diving enriched air nitrox with aquatic dreams scuba center. Padi enriched air diver eanx course dive barbados blue. Oxygen purity calibration meter for enriched air scuba, nitrox, oms,tech diving. Padi online enriched air diver course scuba diving elearning nitrox certification on line classroom dive books. Nitrox air has a higher, hence enriched, oxygen level and a lower nitrogen content.
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