Course overview

Maximise your time on the Belize Barrier Reef with the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty on Ambergris Caye. You learn to analyse and dive with nitrox to extend no-decompression limits and shorten surface intervals, perfect for the multi-dive days the reef sites off San Pedro encourage.

What you’ll learn

• Explain the advantages and limits of enriched air
• Analyse oxygen content in a cylinder
• Program a nitrox dive computer
• Determine maximum operating depth for a blend
• Track and respect oxygen-exposure limits
• Plan longer no-stop dives using nitrox

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI 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

   Digital theory, cylinder-analysis practice and computer setup, with an optional enriched-air reef dive off San Pedro.

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