Dive Locker is an aquatic training and dive center that offers full-service. Their instructors have over 50 combined years of international diving experience. This is passed on to students in their heated pool as well as open-water courses. Dive Locker is able to take you to some of the most famous underwater shipwrecks such as Black Bart.
It's a great time for scuba diving lessons and to start a new adventure. We offer lifetime certifications for those who love diving. Three days of instruction in the water as well as some online learning is required for the first level of your dive training.
Both beginners and experts can enjoy the many great dive spots at Panama City Beach. You can find over 50 artificial reefs within walking distance of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches. This includes bridge spans, ship spans, bridge spans and hundreds natural limestone reefs that range from 18 feet to 110ft in depth. St. Andrews State Park offers the best beach diving along the Emerald Coast.
If your partner is certified, you can make a diving trip into an extended weekend in Panama City Beach, or even a longer romantic getaway in Florida. It is breathtakingly beautiful to see the snow-white sugar sand at Shell Island and St Andrew's Park. There are many dolphin cruises available.
ivers with different levels of experience will find plenty to love about coming back, and so will their families. Even if you are unable to travel the globe, we hope that our site will allow you to enjoy the escape it offers. K
The SS Tarpon is a shipwreck that has a long history. She went down in 1937 killing 18 crew members, including Willis G. Barrow who was her captain. Adley Baker, a member of the crew, managed to survive by swimming 9 miles to shore in gale force winds. It was a difficult 25-hour trip, but Baker lived to tell it all.
Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association and Florida Wildlife Commission compiled a report on the effects of hurricane-force winds on reefs. The reef next to Varmar (not shown in our dive map, as it is off Mexico Beach), had the highest impact. This was because it was in 25 feet of water. 35% of the original reef materials were still in place.
An Average Diver, at an Average Depth, With an Average Tank
Based on personal experience, an average open-water certified diver using a standard aluminum 80-cubic-foot tank on a 40-foot dive will be able to stay down for about 45 to 60 minutes before surfacing with a safe reserve of air still in the tank.
So just to reiterate: don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).