SSI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Specialty

Continue your SCUBA discovery with the enriched air nitrox specialty program

If you had decided that diving is a sport you want to really immerse yourself in, then its time for you to continue your adventure with SSI's continuing education program.

Get your SSI Enriched air specialty and become certified in a new field. Digital learning from home. 

With this specialty program you will no longer have to chose between safety and longer dive times. This program is SSI most popular specialty and serves as a prerequisite for getting involved in Technical Diving. 

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of  32% to 40% oxygen. Diving with enriched air can increase your no-decompression limits, increase your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air. You will earn the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification after completing this program.

Minimum Age:10

Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver if in-water training is included

Academic Sessions: Online learning

Open Water Dives: Optional (No in-water training required, academic specialty only) 

Maximum Training Depth: Optional

Suggested Duration: 6 - 10 hours

Specialized Equipment: Knowledge Program

With an array of specialty dive programs to chose from, here at NZ diving we have selected ones in which feel will increase your ultimate dive experience, right here in the beautiful NZ coastline. Once certified these specialties will allow you to explore different marine environments around the world.

The Diver Diamond methodology

Diver Diamond is the cornerstone of the SSI educational system. It emphasizes the critical components of a great scuba education program: Proper knowledge, Proper Skills, Proper Equipment and Proper Experience. The diver diamond is the foundation for the Ultimate Dive Experience.