Can you get Nitrox certified online?

Asked by: Mike Pudic

Complete your course online. The PADI Enriched Air Nitrox course is PADI’s most popular specialty course and can now be taught and certified entirely online. The open water dives for this course are optional, and therefore can be conducted, if desired, at a later date.

How do I become nitrox certified?

It’s possible to earn your nitrox certification in just one day. Simply complete the online course and schedule a short practical session with your instructor. The two dives are optional. You can also earn a nitrox certification simultaneously with another course.

How much does nitrox certification cost?

The cost is $179.00. Price includes either the PADI E Learning Access Pass or text book, a demonstration on acquiring and logging Nitrox tanks and fills, the PADI Enriched Air Certification Card upon completion. There are no open water dives required or included in this class.

Do you need to be certified to use nitrox?

You must complete a course and get certified to use Nitrox anywhere in the world and enjoy it’s benefits. All major dive agencies have their version of the course, and any certificate will allow you to get Nitrox almost everywhere.

How long does nitrox course take?

about three hours

The duration of the PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox ) diver course runs about three hours. The class will start out with a short review session followed by the final exam.

How deep can you dive without a certification?

-Javier Cantellops. The short, super long answer is… as an Open Water certified diver you are qualified to dive “independently” (with a buddy of course), without a certified professional guiding you, to 18m/60ft. This is why we recommend continuing your scuba education and going on more dives.

How deep can you dive on nitrox?

However, when diving on nitrox, the potential for oxygen toxicity lurks well within the depth range of recreational diving: the maximum depth on 32 percent nitrox is 121 feet; on 36 percent nitrox, it’s just over 100 feet. Many divers regularly cruise at these depths and even deeper without giving it a second thought.

How do I get nitrox SSI?

Once you have completed all required training sessions, final exam and open water training dives, your SSI Training Center will issue your digital certification card which will show up instantly on your MySSI App. We congratulate you on your accomplishment and welcome you to SSI’s global diving community.

How old do you have to be to be nitrox certified?

To enroll in SSI’s Enriched Air Nitrox Course, you must be at least 12 years old and Open Water Certified. In SSI’s Enriched Air Nitrox Course, you’ll learn how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40%, how to calibrate an oxygen analyzer, how to analyze Nitrox cylinders, and more.

What does EAN stand for in scuba?

In recreational scuba diving, we can use what is called Enriched Air Nitrox (EAN). Blending an EAN mixture, we add 100% oxygen to normal air to increase the percentage of oxygen in the blend.

Can you put air in a nitrox tank?

Filling a Nitrox tank with air is possible.
However, once you do the tank is no longer safe to be used for Nitrox until it has been oxygen serviced. Any tank having a standard air fill will need to be serviced before using EAN. If you plan on using both air and Nitrox, it may be best to get a second tank.

How deep can you dive with Trimix?

The commercial diving industry commonly uses heliox in place of trimix. This mixture of helium and oxygen can be used at depths of up to 984 feet (300 m). Any deeper than that requires divers to replace helium with hydrogen.

Which special skills are required to dive with nitrox?

When diving with nitrox, you have to balance which two factors? More dive time OR a greater safety margin. The single most important aspect of managing your exposure to oxygen is controlling the intensity of that exposure by determining: A Maximum Operating Depth (MOD), based on a limiting ppO2 of 1.4 ata or less.

Does nitrox make you less tired?

Despite the common impression that diving on nitrox may cause less fatigue than performing the same dive using an air mixture, scientific research to date has not found solid evidence to support such an assumption.

Can you stay underwater longer with nitrox?

Longer Bottom Times
Divers who use nitrox absorb less nitrogen, making them stay underwater for longer. They’re also less likely to get decompression sickness. It’s worth noting that older divers and those who’ve experienced decompression sickness or physical injuries can reduce no-decompression limits with the gas.