PADI Nitrox Cert w/ NAUI Adv. Cert

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• Sep 10, 2008

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Hi There, So im planning on getting my Nitrox Certification soon, and my local Dive shop here in Charleston SC is a PADI Shop. Ive got my Basic, Advanced, and Rescue Certifications already, however they are all through NAUI. I know NAUI and PADI use different tables, but ive never used a PADI table. Is this really gonna matter when i take the Nitrox course?

 

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• Sep 10, 2008

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You'll have no problems - nitrox math/theory is it's not agency specific.

 

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You will probably have to work out some dive tables problems using the EAN32 table and some others using equivalent-air-depths and the PADI air RDP.

No big deal though. Those tables work exactly like the USN-based NAUI dive tables. The numbers will be different of course, and there will be a bunch of minor changes in what things are called --- "Pressure group at end of dive" instead of "end-of-dive letter group"; "ABT or Actual Bottom Time" vs. "ADT or Actual Dive Time", etc. But the basics of finding NDLs and of calculating NDLs for repetitive dives are the same for both agency's tables.

 

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awesome, thanks guys!

 

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Charlie99:

You will probably have to work out some dive tables problems using the EAN32 table and some others using equivalent-air-depths and the PADI air RDP.

No big deal though. Those tables work exactly like the USN-based NAUI dive tables.

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Out of curiosity, does PADI have separate EAN32 tables? Are they derived from the PADI air RDP, NOAA, or something else?

 

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• Sep 11, 2008

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NAUI & PADI tables work exactly the same way, if you can work one, you can work the other. One caution, don't switch between them, A D Group on one is not a D group on the other. NAUI's tables are much more conservative, especially for repetitive diving.