Our threshold for offshore diving is more than 8 miles from St Andrew�s Pass. Due to the depths and the open water, these sites require advanced certification, and nitrox cert would be a good idea. Due to the distances involved, these trips don�t run every day. You�ll want to check with the dive shop to see when the next trip is running, or plan a trip with your well-qualified friends, and they might be able to put one on the schedule for you.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach offers a variety of water-based snorkeling opportunities, such as Black Bart and St. Andrews State Park. You can see many ocean creatures close up at the park's rocky jetties, including redfish and octopus, when it is high tide.
Check out our videos. You�ll see that no matter what your experience level is, you can have your own adventure of a lifetime with the help of Scuba Dive Panama City Beach in Panama City Beach!
Apart from diving, Panama City Beach boasts white sand beaches, outstanding seafood, and the largest population of bottlenose dolphins in the world. It�s a beautiful destination for a weekend drive or a week-long trip. Below is our dive map for Panama City Beach. The individual pins contain more information about the dive sites. Although we strive for accuracy, this map is for information purposes only and not intended for navigation.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach - our newest dive shop - is another advantage for any diver. It's also an excellent location to become certified by PADI (the largest scuba certification body in the world). They will make you a more confident and knowledgeable diver.
The wave duration is more important than its absolute size in the waters around Panama City Beach. While long interval waves can create rollers, short interval waves cause the boat to rock up and down. Divers are difficult to spot because of this.
Sport Diver's summer trip was so successful that a journalist wrote an article about us and the amazing diving off Panama City Beach.
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.