SSI no longer requires dives for a Nitrox card (neither does PADI). If a shop is requiring dives anyway, go somewhere else and save the cash.
Advanced Open Water SSI vs PADI
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DevonDiver
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Yep.. God forbid that they would attempt to go beyond the base standards required and apply the optional dives to actually make the course beneficial for the students' diving skills....
SSI has 2 NITROX certifications. The first is to 32% which is classroom only. Dives under this cert must be planned using air tables, and are limited to 100ft for 60 minutes. The second is to 40% and requires 2 dives, which allows it to be used for Specialty Diver, AOW and Master Diver ratings. The second option also allows dives to be planned using NITROX tables/computer within MOD/PO2/CNS limits.
Mike
Mike
Mike - yep, you are correct.
Devon - OK. However, assuming I did take a newly classroom trained nitrox diver on two dives, what new skills would he be learning? Would a 200 dive diver really be learning anything new on those two dives? Supposedly he already knows how to read tables, monitor time and depth, or use a computer.
Devon - OK. However, assuming I did take a newly classroom trained nitrox diver on two dives, what new skills would he be learning? Would a 200 dive diver really be learning anything new on those two dives? Supposedly he already knows how to read tables, monitor time and depth, or use a computer.
I would focus the dives on planning using the skills taught in the class (Analyzing, setting computers, dive tables, repetitive dive planning, CNS clock, etc.), with the idea of reinforcing the advantages and limits of NITROX. This is also a good time to do a review of basic skills that many divers don't practice after open water.
Mike
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