A mixture of oxygen and nitrogen used as a breathing gas by divers, especially a mixture containing a lower proportion of nitrogen than is normally present in air, to reduce the risk of decompression sickness.
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This wreck is sufficiently shallow for nitrox to offer little advantage.
By now anyone diving on air will be well into decompression, and anyone diving on nitrox will be at their no-stop time.
By the time I was down to 50 bar of nitrox I noticed I was alone.
I travelled lighter, diving with a single cylinder of nitrox and a solitary camera, and I was able to head off down to the wreck the moment we arrived at the site.
I later ask Terry about oxygen, nitrox and helium.
If you dive twins best bring them with you, air is free and all the boats pump nitrox at an extra cost.
A maximum depth of 44m at highwater slack makes nitrox a good idea for decompression safety.
What they could do with is nitrox - not least the guides themselves, who have to make preliminary dives to check out the currents.
Mike collects trains and supplies nitrox, and not a lot of people know that.
With basic and advanced nitrox divers should not be able to buy oxygen.
Five of us on nitrox, we are led by Matt into the Temple of Doom.
You can use air or nitrox, and dive from the shore at any time, day or night.
Air is provided by on-board compressors, and nitrox can be mixed on-board most boats for an extra charge.
As yet, nitrox is not locally available, so such stops would be long ones.
There is a choice of 10, 12 or 15 litre steel tanks and nitrox for those who order it when booking.
A good use for the last few pounds would be a couple of fills for additional shore dives or some nitrox to get the most out of some of the boat dives.
Using nitrox to reduce your nitrogen content offers these advantages.
On the huge dive deck, everyone has a big locker under a bench seat, with his or her cylinder charged in situ with air or nitrox via a hard-plumbed system.
I found diving on air very limiting, and when I return I'll be taking nitrox for my second dive.
Average depth of 33m makes the Warwick Deeping ideal for nitrox, though beware of the scour under the stern.