Our extensive inventory of quality brand-name equipment is available for customers to rent or buy for their diving adventures. Every rental equipment is thoroughly cleaned and inspected before being returned.
All over the region are historic wrecks. Skin Diver Magazine has named Panama City Beach the wreck diving capital of the South because of these and other artificial corals.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach is a full-service diving center and aquatic training facility. They have more than 50 years of combined experience in diving, which they pass on to their students through both the heated pool and open-water courses.
The perfect choice for those looking for an unforgettable vacation in Panama City Beach is diving. Below the turquoise waters of Panama City Beach lies another world, a new kind of paradise. Many historic shipwrecks can be found throughout the region.
Panama City Beach was directly impacted by Hurricane Michael, which was a category four storm in October 2018. It made landfall in the Panhandle with maximum sustained winds of 154mph. Hurricane-force winds were experienced by more than 650 artificial reefs.
The Black Bart (180') is an artificial reef that was built in 1993. Vulcano del Golfo is a memorial to Charles' Black Bart’ Bartholomew. He was the Navy Supervisor of Salvage captain who drowned in a dive off Panama City Beach in 90. His contributions include the rescue of the Space Shuttle Challenger as well as leading the Navy’s cleanup of Exxon Valdez, an oil rig supply vessel.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach has a variety of dives for divers of different levels. The passionate divers at Scuba Dive Panama City Beach can make your trip a memorable one, no matter if you're looking for couples retreats, family vacations, or solo adventures. Feel the adrenaline of diving into exciting depths in carefully selected locations.
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.