Course overview

Get more bottom time on North Malé Atoll's reefs and channels with the PADI Enriched Air Diver certification. This mostly-theory course teaches you to dive with enriched-air blends up to 40% oxygen, extending your no-stop limits on repetitive dives — ideal when you are logging multiple dives a day across the atoll's manta and shark sites.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • eLearning enriched-air theory (can be done before arrival)
  • Practical cylinder analysis and computer set-up
  • Two optional enriched-air dives (where included) on the atoll's reefs
  • Use of analyser and reference materials
  • Internationally recognised PADI Enriched Air Diver certification card
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) pathway

PADI Enriched Air Diver can be completed without any training dives, though optional dives are often added. It is one of PADI's most popular specialties and counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

Where you'll dive in North Male Atoll

Nitrox is especially useful on North Malé Atoll's multi-dive days, extending bottom time on the channel and reef sites where mantas, reef sharks and turtles gather. The diving season peaks from November to April, when visibility is best across North Malé Atoll's channels and reefs, with warm 27-30°C water year-round and moderate currents on the channel sites.

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