Course overview

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty extends your bottom time across the reefs of Baa Atoll in the Maldives, perfect for the long, repetitive dive days that the channels near Dharavandhoo and Hanifaru Bay encourage. Delivered through SSI's digital platform, it can be completed in a day.

What you’ll learn

• Understand how enriched air extends no-decompression limits
• Analyse and label nitrox cylinders correctly
• Calculate maximum operating depth and set your computer
• Plan safer repetitive dives on busy reef days
• Recognise oxygen-exposure limits and management

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10 (Junior) / 15
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• No prior nitrox experience required

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
   Digital theory & analysis

   Work through the MySSI nitrox module, practise gas analysis and computer setup, then complete optional enriched-air dives on the reefs near Dharavandhoo.

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