Have you ever tried scuba diving? It's possible. Panama City Beach is the perfect spot to get your feet wet. The dive shops can help you get certified and take you to the deep blue. Scuba Dive Panama City Beach, for example, is well-equipped to help you get started with your aquatic lifestyle. They offer dive training, equipment rental, and repair.
For divers with different levels of experience, we offer several classes.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach offers another charter option. The US Coast Guard-certified Captain can take you on the customized diving or spearfishing trip that you desire. Do you want to dive at the natural limestone reefs? Or an artificial one created from a fighter-jet? Would you like to visit an underwater bridge. You can choose.
It's a three-story tall vessel that is home to an incredible amount of marine life. The "Happy Holidays" unidentified townsfolk were still visible on the deck of the vessel, which you can see as cars pass over the bridge.
The SS Tarpon is a historic shipwreck. She sank in 1937 and took the lives of 18 crew members, including her captain – Willis G. Barrow. Remarkably, one crew member, Adley Baker, survived by swimming the 9 miles to shore in gale-force winds. It was a 25-hour ordeal, but he lived to tell the tale.
Panama City Beach is a paradise for both divers as well as non-divers. You won't want to go to the beach or feel guilty for taking your family out to PCB while you dive. If your partner is certified, you can make a diving trip part of a romantic weekend in Panama City Beach.
St. Andrews State Park offers the best beach diving along the Emerald Coast. The channel side of the west jetties has a depth of 70 feet. In spots, the rocks also attract and keep a variety of sea creatures, such as octopus and red snapper. The best part about diving is when you catch an incoming tide.
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.