Maximize your time with the upgraded PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Enriched Air Diver saves you time by allowing you to:

Plus, by diving with Enriched Air you may feel less tired on your vacation.

This course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air (“nitrox”) for no stop recreational diving. The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen, with emphasis on enriched air with 32 and 36 percent oxygen. PADI Enriched Air Diving (EANx) specialty is also one of the specialty required to attend DSAT Tech Diving.

This course covers the knowledge, skills and techniques for diving with enriched air. The minimum number of recommended hours is 3, spent on knowledge development and practical operational application, which does not include the enriched air training dives.

1. The instructor must follow the standardized PADI Enriched Air Diver
   Specialty Course outline. Other enriched air programs may not be used
   for this course.
   
2. Students must complete and sign the Liability Release and Assumption
   of Risk Agreement for Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diving.
   
3. If available in a language students can read, students must read the
   PADI Enriched Air Diver Manual and turn in the completed Knowledge
   Reviews for review by the instructor.
   
4. If available in a language students understand, students must watch the
   PADI Enriched Air Diving video. It is recommended, but not required, that
   students have personal copies of the video for independent study and review after the program.
   
5. Students must successfully complete the Enriched Air Diver Exam and
   demonstrate mastery of all performance objectives during the Practical
   Application Session 1 and 2 and enriched air training dives. To be successful on the exam, the student must either score 100 percent initially, or score 75 percent or higher and have each question missed explained until mastery is achieved.