Why Become a Nitrox Diver?

Nitrox (Enriched Air Nitrox) is one of the most useful certifications a recreational diver can earn. By diving with a higher oxygen and lower nitrogen mix than regular air, you'll gain several advantages:

Longer No-Decompression Limits
Because your body absorbs less nitrogen, you can often stay at depth longer before reaching your no-decompression limit.

Shorter Surface Intervals
On repetitive dives, Nitrox can reduce the amount of nitrogen remaining in your system, allowing for shorter surface intervals between dives.

More Bottom Time on Dive Trips
Whether you're diving in Cozumel, Roatan, Fiji, or the Philippines, Nitrox can help maximize your enjoyment during multi-day dive vacations with multiple dives per day.

Added Safety Margin
Many divers choose to dive Nitrox while staying within air dive limits. This provides an additional margin of safety by reducing nitrogen exposure.

Widely Available
Nitrox is offered by many dive resorts and liveaboards around the world. Having the certification means you're ready to take advantage of it whenever it's available.

Easy Certification
The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty is one of the easiest and most valuable scuba certifications. There are typically no required open water dives. Most students complete the digital learning and practical gas analysis training in a short amount of time.

Is Nitrox Worth It?

If you plan to:

• Dive more than a few times a year
• Travel on dive vacations
• Make multiple dives in a day
• Dive from liveaboards
• Continue your dive education

Then Nitrox is one of the best investments you can make in your diving.

Many experienced divers will tell you that if they could only have one specialty certification, Nitrox would be the one they'd keep. It gets used on real dives far more often than most other