Best Places to Snorkel and Scuba Dive
Talk about an unforgettable experience. The service was personalized and extremely comfortable. I can't wait to go back to dive!
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), is the best PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors Training Center) on the Gulf Coast. Join the Scuba Dive Panama City Beach Family to have more fun and be a certified diver. Panama City Beach is known for being the best place to dive in North Florida. It is second only to Florida Keys in popularity as a dive destination.
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.
Talk about an unforgettable experience. The service was personalized and extremely comfortable. I can't wait to go back to dive!
The Black Bart is a 180-foot boat that was built as an artificial coral reef. Vulcano del Golfo was established in 1977 to honor Charles' Black Bart Bartholomew who was Navy Supervisor of Salvage Capt. Bartholomew died while diving off Panama City Beach on September 30, 1990. His feats include leading the Navy in the cleanup of Exxon Valdez's oil spillage.
I love this boat crew, shop and dives! Since many years, we have used their services and had great fun and memorable dives. There is a wide range of gear available to rent or purchase. Everyone is friendly and willing to help.
Panama City Beach is known for its white sand beaches, excellent seafood and large population of bottlenoses. It's an excellent destination for a weekend or week-long vacation. Below is our Panama City Beach dive plan. Each pin provides more information about the dive locations. Although we endeavor to provide accurate information and navigation, this map does not represent navigation.
Our definition of inshore diving is less than 8 miles from St Andrew’s Pass and generally safe of open water divers. Notable dives here include the Red Sea, a 125' tug boat installed in 2009, and the historic wreck of the E.E. Simpson Tug that sank in 1929. Other interesting sites include Stage 2 (a Navy platform that was demolished in 1984), the Fontainebleau Boxcars (two boxcars and associated reef material), and a pair of Voodoo jets anchored in Seltzer Reef. Below is our table of inshore dive sites in Panama City Beach with associated bottom depths.
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.