{"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\n

The Main Dangers of Diving With Nitrox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Oxygen Toxicity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The main, and really only, danger of diving with nitrox is exposure to oxygen toxicity<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using enriched air on a dive brings the floor for oxygen toxicity comfortably up inside recreational diving limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In most recreational dive shops, the most common nitrox mix is EANx32 (32% oxygen). <\/p>\n\n\n\n