The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including: The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc. Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc. Dive equipment selection, assembly, use and maintenance. Dive planning Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills, swimming underwater, buoyancy control, basic rescue techniques, and emergency procedures And a Nitrox course-- Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing nitrox mixtures, how to analyze a nitrox mixture much more!

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including: The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc. Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc. Dive equipment selection, assembly, use and maintenance. Dive planning Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills, swimming underwater, buoyancy control, basic rescue techniques, and emergency procedures And a Nitrox course-- Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing nitrox mixtures, how to analyze a nitrox mixture much more!