Enriched Air Diver

Scuba Diving with Enriched Air Nitrox

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

The Fun Part Divers breathing underwater with Nitrox

You can typically stay down longer and get back in the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.

What You Learn

Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox
Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations
Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer.

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear. Your dive regulator. must be enriched air compatible.
Check with us about gear rentals and packages offered with this course.

Prerequisites Woman preparing for Nitrox class

To enrol in the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, you must

Be 15 years or older
Have a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Nitrox or Enriched Air manual The Learning Materials You Need

The Enriched Air Diver crewpak includes all required materials* to complete PADI’s Enriched Air Diver specialty. The Enriched Air Diver Manual covers the procedures for diving with Enriched Air (up to 40%) and the Enriched Air Diving video on DVD demonstrates step-by-step how to plan a dive using multiple dive tables. The crewpak also includes the 32%, 36% and the DSAT Oxygen Exposure tables.
Divers preparing their Nitrox scuba tanks

* The RDP^TM used in the PADI Open Water Diver course is required but not included with this crewpak.

Breathe underwater longer with Nitrox Diving with enriched air nitrox benefits all types of diving, but it goes especially well with these specialties:

PADI Wreck Diver course – Popular wrecks tend to be deeper, so enriched air nitrox maximizes your exploration time.
PADI Deep Diver course – The deeper you dive, the shorter your no stop time – but enriched air nitrox increases it, giving your more time at depth
PADI Digital Underwater Photographer – Photographers usually like to make several dives so they can get lots of pictures. Enriched air nitrox reduces the amount of residual nitrogen you accumulate, allowing repetitive dives to be longer.
PADI Master Scuba Diver The PADI Enriched Air Diver course counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating -- the highest non professional rating in recreational diving.