Course overview

Get more bottom time and shorter surface intervals with the PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver specialty out of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island. Nitrox is especially valuable in the Galapagos, where repetitive dives on deep, current-swept sites like Gordon Rocks and Cousins Rock benefit from extended no-decompression limits. You earn the PADI Enriched Air Diver certification on completion.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the benefits and risks of enriched air nitrox
• Analyse a cylinder's oxygen content and set maximum operating depth
• Plan nitrox dives with tables or a nitrox-capable computer
• Avoid oxygen exposure limits across repetitive dives
• Label, log and manage nitrox cylinders correctly

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior Open Water Diver)
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Nitrox theory & analysis

   Complete enriched-air knowledge development, practise cylinder analysis and maximum-operating-depth calculations, and set up a nitrox computer.
2. Day2
   Optional enriched-air dives

   Apply the skills on optional nitrox dives at repetitive sites like North Seymour or Cousins Rock, enjoying longer no-decompression limits.

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