Nitrox

[lhayes]

Certified 2004 with 25 dives under my belt now. Thinking about moving on to AOW then Nitrox or maybe Nitrox first. Any recommendations or advice. Thanks, LH. :06:

 

[mrobinson]

Both... and right away....

Hey welcome to the board! What part of Texas are you from?

 

[Ann Marie]

I'm with Michelle on this one. I love geezer gas!!

First: AOW
Second: Nitrox

 

[Bill Schindler]

Certified 2004 with 25 dives under my belt now. Thinking about moving on to AOW then Nitrox or maybe Nitrox first. Any recommendations or advice. Thanks, LH. :06:

AOW first and then Nitrox. In fact, many agencies require this sequence.

 

[mrobinson]

PADI doesn't require to do the AOW prior to Nitrox. In fact, some people are diving their open water dives with Nitrox because of the new eased rules.

 

[Sideband]

I would ask to combine the classes. You can do your nitrox dives at the same time as the AOW dives. I know NAUI doesn't require AOW first because I got my Nitrox cert about a month after OW. In fact, I could have had my Nitrox cert before I certified because NAUI doesn't require any dives for it. They have 2 cards. One is a Nitrox Diver card and the other is just a Nitrox card. The only difference is you have to do 2 dives on enriched air for the word "Diver" to be put on it. Everything else is the same and I can use and get the exact same gas as the guy with the other card.

Joe

 

[DandyDon]

I suggest you do your AOW and Nitrox together. About time, and this approach will save some money.

I'm on Utila Island Honduras this week, enjoying a great dive trip, but wanted to log on long enough to welcome new members. Glad you're with us here...

don :bandit_2:

 

[SubMariner]

Moved from Introductions & Greets forum.

 

[Tom Smedley]

Do AOW and Nitrox and combine your open water dives to cover both.

 

[StSomewhere]

Take the Nitrox class first. Esp. if you are going off on a dive trip where you'll be doing two, three or four dives a day. The advantage to Nitrox isn't so much for the first dive, its in subsequent dives that day where you will have longer no-stop times vs. (gasp!) diving air.

You'll read about a lot of people here on SB who didn't think they got a lot of value from their AOW. Its rare to find anyone who feels that way about their Nitrox class.