{"id":1314,"date":"2021-08-26T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divingcorner.com\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2021-10-04T08:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:33:04","slug":"is-nitrox-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divingcorner.com\/is-nitrox-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Nitrox Dangerous? The Risks of Enriched Air Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There are a wide variety of supplemental certifications a diver can add to their PADI Open Water qualification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By far the most popular of those is the Enriched Air Diving certification. This teaches divers about the advantages and dangers of diving with enriched air, also called nitrox, and how to dive safely with nitrox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Is Nitrox Dangerous?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n With proper training, Nitrox is not dangerous. Using nitrox brings the floor for oxygen toxicity inside recreational dive limit, and so long as the diver understands these limits and sticks well within them then nitrox is just as safe as air.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Main Dangers of Diving With Nitrox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n