Nitrox on OW Cert Dives?

[padiscubapro]

Someone in another thread posted that a person at their LDS suggesting diving on Nitrox during the OW dives. Is this possible? I'm going to be doing my OW dives next month and I am very interested in getting Nitrox certified as well. However, I thought that OW was a prerequisite for Nitrox (I'm talking about PADI here, in case it matters). Can the two courses be combined or something so that you can dive your initial OW check-out dives on Nitrox?

It depends on the agency, ANDI allows all 5 ow dives (or more if necessary) to be conducted on nitrox as long as the extra academics are conducted and the exam passed by the student. ANDI OW is a 5+ scuba dive program not 4 scuba plus 1 snorkel.

 

[creamofwheat]

I'm combining the nitrox specialty with my AOW which i am starting in about 2 weeks. I know for me personally, i was NOT ready to do a nitrox course with my OW class (the regular tables confused me enough. numbers scare me. ) but that's me. I know it is possible to do though.

 

[MB]

I'm combining the nitrox specialty with my AOW which i am starting in about 2 weeks. I know for me personally, i was NOT ready to do a nitrox course with my OW class ...

That's a much better way for most folks to do it. The Nitrox / Advanced combination completments the objectives of each class, and is a nice step forward for a lot of divers.