IANTD Courses at Lochaline Dive Centre

Recreational trimix / Nitrox diver

Recreational Trimix

The Recreational Trimix course allows you to get the benefits of nitrox diving and also allows you to reduce the level of narcosis that you feel. Recreational Trimix allows you to get the advantages of increased bottom time from nitrox, with the lack of narcosis from trimix diving, so opens up the deeper sites for longer dives.

Course length: 3 Days (1 day shore diving and 2 days hardboat diving)
Course cost: £539

Prerequisites

• Advanced Open Water Diver
• 15 logged dives

Nitrox diver

This qualification may be taken together with the Recreational Trimix Course

• Minimum age 15 years

Qualification Limits

• No stop diving down to 30m, or limit of previous diving qualification if deeper.
• Dive using any mixture with 28% to 40% oxygen content, and sufficient helium to give a narcotic depth of less than 24m.

Equipment requirements

• Single cylinder and regulators
• SMB and reel
• Appropriate exposure protection
• All normal diving equipment

Equipment requirements

All gases required for the course is included in the course cost and will be mixed by qualified personnel at the Lochaline Dive Centre gas station and shop. A landrover shuttle service from the gas station to the shore/ accommodation is provided.

Although you can hire some equipment for these courses it is advised that you have your own since it is better if you can complete the course in the equipment that you are actually going to use when you go diving.

Equipment required for Lochaline Dive Centre courses is as follows:

All technical diver training programs

• Exposure protection - UK - Dry Suit preferably crushed neoprene or membrane
• Twin Set - preferably with isolating manifold, or independent cylinders (except CCR course)
• 2 primary regulators - one with a 2m long hose attached (except CCR course)
• Dive Computer
• Back up depth, time and decompression information
• Fins
• Mask
• Compass
• Surface alert devise - whistle
• 2 cutting devises - preferably knife and another type
• Main torch - preferably umbilical
• Backup torch
• Main reel - approximately 50m of line
• Backup reel
• Orange SMB
• Yellow SMB
• Slate and Pencil

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