Thread: Should I do my Nitrox Course?
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Old 31-01-03, 12:01 AM
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Hi,

I'll be landing in Sydney Feb 20th.  Planning to do Mike Ball liveaboard out of Cairns Cod Hole/Coral Sea/Yongala from Feb 27th to March 10th then back to Sydney departing March 20th.  Might do a bit around Sydney as well  - Jervis Bay perhaps.

What I am really after is more dives and a bigger safety margin.  Given my air consumption, my average dive time is 45 minutes for a dive to 28 metres with a steady gradual ascent.

I have insurance with Westfield:
http://www.divernet.com/westfield/travel.htm
That should cover it shouldn't it?

As far as the relative merits of courses go, at the moment it is simply PADI or not for this trip.  I'm a decent scientist and I already know a fair bit about it - partial pressures, oxygen toxicity etc.  
The reason I would consider the more advanced courses is for slightly deeper dives i.e. 40m to decrease the mandatory deco times.  At the moment though, I still have a lot to see down to 30m ;-)

Thanks for the views - where are you based anyway?
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