TDI Nitrox Diver
Benefits or Features
Looking to get a bit more bottom time on some of your dives or do you just enjoy the extra oxygen? The TDI Nitrox Diver is geared to give you a fun and exciting entry into nitrox diving.
Technical Description
This is the entry-level certification course for recreational divers wishing to utilize enriched air nitrox (EAN) as a breathing gas. The objective of this course is to train divers in the benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for using nitrox mixes from 22 through 40 percent oxygen content.
What will I be learning
1. History of Enriched Air Nitrox (EAN)
2. Physiology
3. Physics
4. Equipment Considerations
5. Dive Tables
6. Dive Computers
7. Advantages and Disadvantages of EAN
8. Procedures
9. Common Mixing Procedures
Before I start
1. Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
2. Have a minimum certification of open water diver or a current enrollment in an open water diver course
What do I need
1. Nitrox cylinder for analyzing
2. Nitrox analyzer
(can be supplied by the instructor)
What will I be doing
1. Two nitrox dives are recommended but are not required
2. TDI allows instructors to structure courses according to the number of students participating and their skill level
