Recreational Trimix

Purpose

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.

Prerequisites

• Advanced Open Water Diver
• 15 logged dives
• Nitrox diver – may be taken together with the Recreational Trimix Course
• Minimum age 15 years

Qualification Limits

• No stop diving down to 100 ft, 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 80 ft.