Scuba Diving in Panama City Beach

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Panama City Beach’s newest wreck, the El Dorado, is now known as Panama City Beach. Hurricane Michael destroyed the ship in October 2018. She was left stranded off the Hathaway Bridge, as a reminder of the storm's devastation in winter and spring. In May 2019, she became a top-ranked diver.



You can download our free dive resources and other useful information to help you feel more comfortable before you take your first plunge. Explore some of our favourite dive spots and learn more about historical landmarks only found underwater.

Scuba Diving Panama City Beach Deep Sea


Scuba Dive Panama City Beach's newest dive shop is an additional asset. The shop is also a good place to get certified by PADI. Their knowledge and experience will help you become a more confident diver.

Scuba Diving Panama City Beach Deep Sea
Thomas Drive

Thomas Drive



Scuba Diving Magazine has named Scuba Dive Panama City Beach the top dive operation! Scuba Diving Magazine lists Scuba Dive Panama City Beach in the Readers Choice Top 100 for 2011.

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Perfect! This is the place to go. Scuba Diving Panama City Beach was able to give us a refresher class and have made diving a passion of ours. The team was very friendly, knowledgeable, accommodating. It's obvious that they enjoy diving. They are meticulously maintaining their equipment and keeping it new. They're experts at customer service!

Best Scuba Diving in Panama City Beach

Best Scuba Diving in Panama City Beach


Scuba Dive Panama City Beach can take you to famous watery shipwrecks, including Black Bart, or for beachside snorkeling at St. Andrews State Park. At high tide, the park's remarkable rocky jetties allow you to see ocean creatures up close, such as octopus and redfish.

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Scuba Dive Panama City Beach, the most prestigious PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), Training Center on the Gulf Coast. You can have more fun with your life by coming to Panama City Beach and joining the Scuba Dive Panama City Beach team. Panama City Beach is the most popular spot for scuba diving in North Florida. It's second only behind the Florida Keys as the most popular dive spot in the state.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.