Advanced Nitrox with Deco Procedures $

[p1medicshawn]

Thanks for the reply. I don't plan on rushing the course. Just curious if it was doable. Some courses out there are a weekend or couple of days. Obviously this is a more demanding course and takes more time than some of the other "collector" certifications.

 

[PerroneFord]

I'd be comfortable paying US$350-$500 for this course depending on instructor and circumstance. As for how long it takes to pass, it too me over a year! I took the course LONG before I was ready as I was curious. Just over a year later, I did a dive with the same instructor and declared me ready to recieve my Adv. Nitrox card! I wasn't in a hurry for it, and he wasn't in a hurry to give it. Now that I am learning my drysuit, It may be another 4 months before I do another deco dive. I'm not clean enough at 20ft. by my own standards.

Once you get to this kind of class, you really do have to try to judge your own skills objectively. Can you do a 5 minute stop at 70ft without a line and without "working too hard?" If not, then put off the card until your buoyancy is better. Take the class, learn, practice, then re-test when YOU think you're ready.

 

[ianr33]

I did my Advanced Nitrox/Deco with Divetech in Cayman. At the time there were no instructors locally which meant I was going to have to travel somewhere so figured it might as well be somewhere with great diving.
Course was 6 dives over 5 days. Cost of course was/is $650 +gas(not cheap) +any rental gear needed. All dives were shore dives which saves a fortune on boat fees.
The "graduation dive" was 150 feet for 30 minutes on a huge wall with stunning views of the abyss .No turning back after that
it worked well for me and was worth the cost.

 

[String]

The TDI Adv Nitrox course is best combined with the Decompression Procedures course for the best value.

Adv Nitrox allows you to use up to 100% O2 but NOT to accelerate decompression. The Deco Proc. course trains you for decompression diving. Doing the combined means you leave able to use up to 100% O2 for accelerate deco. Theres a lot of overlap in the coure topics, skills and theory that is again best done combined rather than separate.

 

[ianr33]

Totally agree with String. Advanced Nitrox as a standalone course seems very odd to me. What use is having a card for 100% O2 but not being allowed to do staged deco?

 

[Rick Inman]

Adv Nitrox allows you to use up to 100% O2 but NOT to accelerate decompression.

Yeah, I'm confused. What would you use the 100% for, if not deco?

 

[do it easy]

Yeah, I'm confused. What would you use the 100% for, if not deco?

Really shallow, short dives where you need direct, immediate acccess to the surface

 

[do it easy]

Totally agree with String. Advanced Nitrox as a standalone course seems very odd to me. What use is having a card for 100% O2 but not being allowed to do staged deco?

I know a person who has only advanced nitrox because the instructor wouldn't certify him for deco procedures. He signed up for both classes but washed out before he could complete the deco procedures requirements.

 

[mrjimboalaska]

I took my TDI Adv. Nitrox/Deco Procedures classes as a combined program.

I have to agree with others who have posted, "Shop the Instructor, Not the Price"
A great quality Instructor who is willing to say " Ah, grasshopper, you are not ready to jump yet" is better than one who will just issue a card. You are paying the Instructor for education, NOT certification, that is up to you and your skills.....

 

[Rick Inman]

Really shallow, short dives where you need direct, immediate acccess to the surface

It's safer to plan this dive using air tables.