Nitrox course. What's the point?

[Dody]

Hello. I met my instructor this morning to discuss my February diving plan. For the context, I started diving on Nov 3rd, got OW certified in late nov then AOW in late december. 48 dives so far all in the ocean. Took Perfect Buoyancy, React Right, Science of Diving and Deep Diving courses. For the next month, I wanted to do Stress & Rescue and Nitrox courses but then I realized that the Nitrox course is theory only. And when I looked in details, I could not find the added value compared to the Science of Diving Course. If this is only about learning Nitrogen Narcosis, Oxygen toxicity, Partial Pressures, Diving tables, Oxygen service, Oxygen clean, equipment compatibility concepts that are already taught in Science of Diving or that can easily be learnt reading (SB among others), what's the point?

 

[BRT]

Hello. I met my instructor this morning to discuss my February diving plan. For the context, I started diving on Nov 3rd, got OW certified in late nov then AOW in late december. 48 dives so far all in the ocean. Took Perfect Buoyancy, React Right, Science of Diving and Deep Diving courses. For the next month, I wanted to do Stress & Rescue and Nitrox courses but then I realized that the Nitrox course is theory only. And when I looked in details, I could not find the added value compared to the Science of Diving Course. If this is only about learning Nitrogen Narcosis, Oxygen toxicity, Partial Pressures, Diving tables, Oxygen service, Oxygen clean, equipment compatibility concepts that are already taught in Science of Diving or that can easily be learnt reading (SB among others), what's the point?

About $150.

 

[rhwestfall]

LDS loves you (actually, your money), don't they? Go diving outside of instruction....

 

[Marie13]

Most folks won’t be doing that science of diving class. That’s SSI only.

Seems many divers take it just after OW or AOW. It’s a good winter/off season class. There’s really no reason to do dives with it, either. Aside from the theory, you have to know how to set you computer for nitrox, get it into your head watching MOD is critical, and analyzing tanks. That’s it.

 

[rhwestfall]

Best mix?

 

[rhwestfall]

Dakota's triangle?

(Love auto-correct - should be "Dalton's)

 

[scubadada]

Hello. I met my instructor this morning to discuss my February diving plan. For the context, I started diving on Nov 3rd, got OW certified in late nov then AOW in late december. 48 dives so far all in the ocean. Took Perfect Buoyancy, React Right, Science of Diving and Deep Diving courses. For the next month, I wanted to do Stress & Rescue and Nitrox courses but then I realized that the Nitrox course is theory only. And when I looked in details, I could not find the added value compared to the Science of Diving Course. If this is only about learning Nitrogen Narcosis, Oxygen toxicity, Partial Pressures, Diving tables, Oxygen service, Oxygen clean, equipment compatibility concepts that are already taught in Science of Diving or that can easily be learnt reading (SB among others), what's the point?

My first course after OW was nitrox, 2002. Biggest advance in rec diving, perhaps ever.

 

[lermontov]

Dakota's triangle?

whats that?

 

[rick00001967]

i am confused a bit by your post. are you asking what is the point of taking a nitrox class when you are already taking the science of diving ? or am missing something ?

science of diving is a great knowledge based course, but most would only take this if they want to progress through the ssi system to the pro level.

the nitrox course gives you the knowledge / ability to dive using O2 rich gases up to 40%.

the two courses have nothing to do with one another.

 

[Dody]

Most folks won’t be doing that science of diving class. That’s SSI only.

Seems many divers take it just after OW or AOW. It’s a good winter/off season class. There’s really no reason to do dives with it, either. Aside from the theory, you have to know how to set you computer for nitrox, get it into your head watching MOD is critical, and analyzing tanks. That’s it.

Right. The only additional thing that I identified was Tank analysis. Watching MOD is also taught in SSI Deep Diving and setting the computer for nitrox should not require a dedicated course, should it?