Course overview

The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver course on the Perhentian Islands lets you breathe oxygen-rich blends to extend bottom time and shorten surface intervals, valuable on repetitive island diving and on deeper sites like the Sugar Wreck and the Pinnacle. It is largely a knowledge course, with options to apply your training on local dives.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the benefits and risks of enriched air
• Calculate maximum operating depth for a nitrox blend
• Set a dive computer for enriched air
• Analyse a cylinder's oxygen content and log the blend
• Plan extended no-decompression limits with nitrox

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• PADI (Junior) 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 and analysis

   Enriched-air theory, the exam, cylinder analysis and computer setup, with optional nitrox dives on local sites, ending in certification.

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