The PADI Diving Enriched Air Nitrox
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with Enriched Air Nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

The Fun Part
On your next adventure with us you'll be able to enjoy all of the dives available and potentially get longer bottom times while doing so!
What You Learn
- Setting the computer up to calculate your no decompression limit with different blends of oxygen
- Planning dives with enriched air
- How to analyze a cylinder's oxygen content
- Oxygen safety considerations
No dives are required for this specialty. To purchase learning materials and equipment, contact Blue Planet. Or click on the eLearning link to the right to sign up right now!
Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another training organization) or enrolled in PADI Open Water Diver course
- 12 years or older
The Scuba Gear You Use
Scuba gear is not necessary to take this course. If you own a dive computer, bring it along to learn how to set it up for nitrox.
Your Next Adventure
Diving with enriched air nitrox benefits all types of diving, but it goes especially well with these specialties:
- PADI Wreck Diver course – Popular wrecks tend to be deeper, so enriched air nitrox maximizes your exploration time
- PADI Deep Diver course – The deeper you dive, the shorter your no stop time – but enriched air nitrox increases it, giving your more time at depth
- PADI Digital Underwater Photographer – Photographers usually like to make several dives so they can get lots of pictures. Enriched air nitrox reduces the amount of residual nitrogen you accumulate, allowing repetitive dives to be longer
- PADI Master Scuba Diver - The PADI Enriched Air Diver course counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating -- the highest non-professional rating in recreational diving
For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with one of the Blue Planet Team members.
We'll schedule in-person cylinder analysis on an individual basis.