PADI Enriched Air Diver

Welcome to one of PADI’s most popular specialties – the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.

Whether you’re into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater.

What do I need to start?

PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 12 years old

What will I do?

Learn to analyze cylinder contents.
Plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers.
Safely increase your no stop time.

What will I need?

The enriched air theory, oxygen analyzer, enriched air dive tables

How long will it take?

Recommended Course Hours: 12 Minimum
Open Water Training: one day, two dives

Where can I go from here?

Your Adventures In Diving Enriched Air Adventure Dive may count towards the Specialty certification at instructor discretion. And, the Specialty certification counts as one of five Specialty certifications necessary for your Master Scuba Diver certification.