Course overview

Earn your SSI Enriched Air Nitrox certification in the Solomon Islands and gain longer bottom times on the wrecks and reefs of Iron Bottom Sound. Diving enriched air across Guadalcanal and Munda lets you make the most of the deeper WWII wrecks and untouched reef walls in warm 27-30°C water. SSI's digital, flexible course can be completed in a single day.

What you’ll learn

• Understand how enriched air extends no-decompression limits
• Analyse the oxygen content of a scuba cylinder
• Calculate and respect maximum operating depth
• Program a dive computer for nitrox mixes
• Plan safer, longer dives using enriched air

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• Diver medical clearance where required by health history

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 & analysis

   Work through the SSI nitrox digital materials, practise oxygen analysis and computer setup, then optionally dive enriched air on a local reef or wreck.

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