Course overview

Extend your bottom time on Pondicherry's reefs with the PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) specialty. Breathing enriched air on the Bay of Bengal's 18-30m sites, including dives toward the Aravind Wall, means longer no-decompression limits and more time among the reef fish.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Enriched-air knowledge development and eLearning
  • Oxygen-analysis practical
  • Computer and table nitrox planning
  • Maximum-operating-depth calculation
  • Optional enriched-air dives
  • Cylinder-labelling procedures
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver specialty certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) pathway

PADI's Enriched Air Diver specialty is largely knowledge-based via eLearning with practical gas analysis, carries a Project AWARE ethic and issues a lifetime PADI specialty card.

Where you'll dive in Pondicherry

Nitrox shines on Pondicherry's deeper reef and wreck sites at 18-30m, where extended no-deco limits let you linger near the Aravind Wall and artificial structures. The calm Oct-May season and 27-30C water make ideal conditions for longer, relaxed dives among stingrays and schooling fish.

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