Getting nitrox certified...

[Randy43068]

Divers complaining about diving? Who would have thunk it?

Enriched air dive planning and showing that you can do it for real dives, safely, including all of the calculations for O2 loading on real dives is where I see the value of the open water portion of the EANx dives. If you're some yahoo off of the street, you may have had help or hell even had someone else do your math for you and the knowledge reviews if you did the work beforehand. Doing the work on the dock or the boat while you're still dripping wet shows that -you- can do it and deserve the certification. As a dive professional I would try and combine the EANx dives with some other specialty dives as allowed so that the students aren't just doing math afterwards but I think it has value to have them dive the dives and then log it with the calculations for the actual dives. Doing two dives together shows that they can accurately figure their O2 loading over multiple dives.

Thanks, it's a pretty good reason...

 

[Randy43068]

Divers complaining about diving? Who would have thunk it?

Enriched air dive planning and showing that you can do it for real dives, safely, including all of the calculations for O2 loading on real dives is where I see the value of the open water portion of the EANx dives. If you're some yahoo off of the street, you may have had help or hell even had someone else do your math for you and the knowledge reviews if you did the work beforehand. Doing the work on the dock or the boat while you're still dripping wet shows that -you- can do it and deserve the certification. As a dive professional I would try and combine the EANx dives with some other specialty dives as allowed so that the students aren't just doing math afterwards but I think it has value to have them dive the dives and then log it with the calculations for the actual dives. Doing two dives together shows that they can accurately figure their O2 loading over multiple dives.

I'm NOT complaining about diving, just wanting to know WHY the two dives are required. I'm asking for some information here not complaining. Sheesh!

So far, this is the only explanation that makes sense to me and I thank you for taking a moment to actually proffer an answer.

 

[nova]

Now there's a profound explanation!

Tell me WHY!

maybe your instructor just wants to see if the reg you're using has any titanium parts

 

[Eidolon]

I'm NOT complaining about diving, just wanting to know WHY the two dives are required. I'm asking for some information here not complaining. Sheesh!

So far, this is the only explanation that makes sense to me and I thank you for taking a moment to actually proffer an answer.

I was just teasing about the complaining.

You're welcome.

 

[Randy43068]

I was just teasing about the complaining.

You're welcome.

I posted that this morning before coffee and breakfast. I'm in a better mood now.
Sorry I was rude..

 

[asaara]

If someone can explain why there is a NEED for two dives, I'd like to hear it. Again, if you say it's because you're evaluating diving skills.. well then, that should have been done in another training segment. If I'm paying to learn about nitrox, that's that I want. Now if you're (the instructor) are willing to dive teach me something new I'd be OK with it, but again, that is outside the scope of learning about nitrox. Am I missing something? If so, please explain it to me.

I'd say because then it shows that you *have* done it, not just that you *could* do it if you wanted to, and the instructor can make sure you know how to read a gauge and aren't going to drop too deep just to see what it's like to get messed up on oxygen...and you've gotta have *some* time to play in the water after putting up with the classroom stuff, because isn't that what this whole thing's about, going diving?

 

[Sideband]

NAUI also has a plain Nitrox cert with no dive requirements.

Joe

 

[Captain CaveMan]

hay joe im taking my nirtox now. i passed the class and im doing my dives on the 23. i hope to see you out there at haigh

 

[Sideband]

hay joe im taking my nirtox now. i passed the class and im doing my dives on the 23. i hope to see you out there at haigh

Very cool. I should be out there. I'll be diving dry, but I'll be there.
Joe

 

[tangfish]

True, good point about seeing praticing paperwork but this can be done in a classroom. And if someone is more comfortable trying this for the first time with a dive master then that sould be the option of the student/diver. I think this is a tatic used so shops can get a little more money out of the consumers.

I know that I have set my self up for attack by shop owners now....lol

I think it was nice. My dive operator threw in a coupla nitrox tanks for free as part of my cert, which was about 90 bucks. I thought it was nice being taught how to analyze the O2 both in the shop and on the boat. You're right on there not being much difference beyond that as they take you to a platform reef max depth 50'.