Different PADI Nitrox courses?

[tamas970]

I would like to get a Nitrox and Deep diver certification and saw very different prices, e.g. Nitrox for 100€ in some
croatian Padi bases while the same (?) costs 250+€ in Greece or Italy.

Do I get the same certification at the end?

 

[tplyons]

PADI Enriched Air Diver does not require dives, only that you plan them.

The cheaper course may include planning while the more expensive course may actually include the dives.

But in the end, it's the same certification. My certification course did not include the dives, but I did them myself at the quarry the next weekend.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

You also need to take into account that the course prices are not set by PADI. Shops and instructors set their own prices and usually reflect what the local market will bear. I offer SEI and TDI Nitrox only. They both include extensive planning and use of tables and calculations. I also include dives. Yet the going rate in my area for a Nitrox course is anywhere from 125.00 - 175.00. Mine is kinda of in the middle at 145.00 currently. That's for a class of two or more. Private lessons, since I do include dives are more depending on where the dives are done.

 

[tamas970]

Thank for both of your answers! That's right, the difference was the number of dives (the expensive version included 2...).
I'll take the course without dives and collect experience on fun dives afterwards.

 

[boulderjohn]

Thank for both of your answers! That's right, the difference was the number of dives (the expensive version included 2...).
I'll take the course without dives and collect experience on fun dives afterwards.

The only skill you have to perform during a nitrox dive is make sure you don't go too deep. That is why the dives are optional.

 

[tamas970]

That's what I thought too, the point is to avoid oxygen toxicity (stay below 1.5bar ppO2). I figured out that equipment-wise
I don't need anything special (e.g. new regulators/1stage) just a nitrox compatible dive computer.

The only skill you have to perform during a nitrox dive is make sure you don't go too deep. That is why the dives are optional.

 

[Teller]

I teach NAUI and TDI nitrox and I focus more on EAD and planning dives on an air table. Daltons Law is only part of the course.

That's what I thought too, the point is to avoid oxygen toxicity (stay below 1.5bar ppO2). I figured out that equipment-wise
I don't need anything special (e.g. new regulators/1stage) just a nitrox compatible dive computer.

The only skill you have to perform during a nitrox dive is make sure you don't go too deep. That is why the dives are optional.