ENRICHED AIR SPECIALTY
Enriched Air Nitrox is for technical divers right? It is only worth it if you want to dive deeper for longer right?

Wrong
 • Enriched Air Diver course is for every diver. Yes it does allow you to safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. However, if you were to make even a short, shallow dive on enriched air you would reap the benefits. You need to be a certified Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills or hire an enriched air tank.

The PADI Enriched Air Diver specialty certifies you to use Enriched Air Nitrox up to a maximum of 40% oxygen. Whilst some divers use the certification as the first step towards Technical Diving, most see it is simply a means to achieve extended no decompression limits and dive for longer, or to end their dive with less nitrogen in their body and to lower their risk of decompression illness.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course is almost entirely theoretical, with two optional open water dives. So you don't necessarily have to jump into dive in UK waters if this is not your thing. At Aquanaut we therefore offer this course with and without the dives, and in conjunction with other courses. Many people choose to do this course in conjunction with either their Advanced Open Water or another speciality course, such as the Wreck Diver or Deep Diver specialities.

If you own a dive computer we will also take you through how to set your computer into nitrox mode and to plan nitrox dives.

THEORY SESSION

Prior to the theory session you will have read the Enriched Air Manual, completed the knowledge reviews and watched the Enriched Air Diver DVD. During the evening theory session you will go over your Knowledge Reviews with your instructor, learn to analyse the contents of your diving cylinder, plan a series of dives using Enriched Air and complete the short multiple choice exam.

OPTIONAL DIVES

These are conducted over one day. There are no actual skills on the dive
 • the skill is involved in learning how to plan the dives, and how to analyse the content of your cylinder before diving, hence why this course is easy to combine with other PADI specialty courses.

LOCATION AND TIMING

The theory session takes place at Aquanaut in Kingston. The optional open water dives can be run in conjunction with any open water dive weekends at Wraysbury, Vobster, Chepstow or the coast.

PREREQUISITES

 •  Minimum 15 years of age
 •  Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver (or have a similar qualifying certification from another training organisation.)
 •  If you wish to complete the optional dives you should be in relatively good health and fitness, You will need to make sure that you can answer 'no' to all the questions on the medical questionnaire, if not you will need medical clearance from a doctor.

PRICES

Enriched Air Non-Diving Option

£109

Enriched Air having completed E-Learning

£50

Open Water Diver + Enriched Air Specialty

£465

Advanced Open Water + Enriched Air Specialty (non diving option)

£329

Advanced Open Water + Dry Suit Specialty + Enriched Air Specialty (non diving option)

£435

SPECIALTY TRAINING PACKAGES

Advanced Open Water to Master Scuba Diver (includes AOW, EFR, Rescue, Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Deep, Wreck)

£1285

Advanced Open Water to Divemaster (includes AOW, EFR, Rescue, DM)

£1000

Advanced Open Water to Instructor + Master Scuba Diver (includes AOW, EFR, Rescue, Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Deep, Wreck, DM, EFRI, AI, OWSI)

£2,450

Rescue + Master Scuba Diver (includes EFR, Rescue, Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Deep, Wreck)

£1085

Rescue to Instructor + Master Scuba Diver (includes EFR, Rescue, Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Deep, Wreck, DM, EFRI, AI, OWSI)

£2200

Master Scuba Diver Package 2 – 5 Specialties of Choice . Pay for 4, 5th is free*. *If booked together , cheapest specialty is free.