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While I am certified for Nitrox diving, I'm not sure I would actually use it very much. After over 100 open water dives and many dive classes (I was one class a
by todd8 3y ago
While I am certified for Nitrox diving, I'm not sure I would actually use it very much. After over 100 open water dives and many dive classes (I was one class away from being a certified instructor back in the 1970s) I realized that I didn't want to do extreme diving. Night dives in the Caribbean are exciting enough. Wreck diving, ice diving, cave diving, commercial diving, hard hat diving all seem too dangerous. Diving in the warm, clear Caribbean was great, and 75% of that experience can be obtained with just a snorkel, mask and flippers.
One of my friends was a commercial diver working on Oil platforms in the North Sea. Out of the eight divers he worked with, he is the only one that lived through it without serious injury.
- slau 3y agoNitrox is the single most issued specialisation. It’s most useful for repeat dives and on reasonably shallow dives. The most benefit you’ll get is in the 20-30m range. As I mostly dive cold waters, I use a max PO2 of 1.4, instead of the 1.6 that some people use. This means that for deep dives (30-40m), I typically end up with EAN28 instead of the more common EAN32. Nitrox is definitely not “extreme diving”, though. It’s just a way to increase your bottom time and reduce your surface interval. Just remember to keep an eye on your CNS%—there’s a limit to how much oxygen your body can safely handle.