Course overview

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty in Papua New Guinea helps you make the most of long diving days on Kimbe Bay's coral seamounts and reef walls. By learning to analyse and dive nitrox mixes, you extend your no-decompression bottom time and shorten surface intervals across repetitive dives in this biodiverse bay. It is a practical favourite for divers logging multiple dives a day here.

What you’ll learn

• Understand how enriched air extends no-decompression limits
• Analyse oxygen content and label cylinders properly
• Program a dive computer for nitrox mixes
• Calculate maximum operating depth and respect oxygen limits
• Plan repetitive dives for maximum bottom time
• Handle enriched-air equipment safely

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• No prior nitrox experience required
• 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
   Academics & analysis

   SSI nitrox digital theory, oxygen analysis and computer set-up, with optional nitrox dives on Kimbe Bay reefs and certification.

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