Scuba Dive Panama City Beach provides another excellent charter option. They are known for personalizing their trips and can send you with a US Coast Guard-certified captain on the spearfishing or diving trip to your heart's content. You can choose to drop at natural limestone reefs or an artificial, made from fighter jets. Would you like the opportunity to discover an underwater bridge. The decision is up to you.
For good reason, the St Andrew's Park Jetties is where you start your shore dive in Panama City Beach. From the parking lot, it's only a short walk to the beach. Once you are in the water, it's easy to get back. The beach-side has very little boat traffic. You should bring your diving flag if crossing to the channel side. The rocks around the jetties are home to many tropical fish. High slack tide is the best period to dive. The visibility and current are also better. St Andrew's Park jetties make for great snorkeling spots in Panama City Beach.
Ever dreamed of diving under the sea to discover sunken ships and pirate's treasures? Scuba Dive Panama city Beach will teach you how to scuba dive and make your next trip more exciting.
Historic wrecks are scattered throughout the region. Because of these and so many other artificial reefs in the area, Skin Diver Magazine dubbed Panama City Beach the "Wreck Diving Capital of the South."
Our instructors are committed to diving excellence and maintain the highest standards in the industry. You have many choices when it comes to your training, and your first consideration should be the same as ours, your safety. Our staff are some of the best in the world with a combined total of more than 50 years spent teaching folks just like you how to safely experience the underwater world. Our philosophy of Only The Best in Training means working with you towards your goals, and ensuring a top end experience, from our heated pool to the open water, leaving you a confident and comfortable diver.
Absolutely PERFECT! This is the place to go, period. We did a refresher course with Scuba Dive Panama City Beach and we are once again hooked on diving. The Team was friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating. It is obvious they love the sport of diving. All their gear is new and meticulously maintained. They have mastered the art of Customer service!
With all of these great options, it isn't hard to see why Panama City Beach is the second-most visited dive location in Florida. You too can jump fins-first into the Gulf of Mexico to experience the marine life and treasured underwater landscapes we call home.
Never hold your breath
As every good entry-level dive student knows, this is the most important rule of scuba. And for good reason — breath holding underwater can result in serious injury and even death. In accordance with Boyle's law, the air in a diver's lungs expands during ascent and contracts during descent.
As you become a qualified scuba diver, you learn the basics of an essential scuba system. A cylinder, weights, an exposure suit, regulators, BCD gauge and timing device, mask and fins are the bare essentials.