Course overview

The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) specialty is one of the most popular courses in Hurghada, and for good reason: with multiple boat dives a day on Red Sea reefs, the extended no-decompression limits of nitrox let you spend more time underwater across a diving holiday. This knowledge-based course teaches you to analyse, plan and dive with enriched air blends of 22 to 40 percent oxygen. You finish certified to dive nitrox worldwide.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the benefits and limits of enriched air diving
• Analyse a tank's oxygen percentage and label the cylinder
• Set maximum operating depths and avoid oxygen exposure limits
• Plan nitrox dives using tables or set your computer for the blend
• Manage oxygen-exposure tracking across repetitive dives
• Handle enriched air cylinders safely

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)
• 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
   Theory, analysis & certification

   Complete the nitrox knowledge development, practise analysing and labelling cylinders, set up your computer for the blend and qualify; the specialty can be completed without training dives and applied on your next boat dives.

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