Divers with diverse experience can take a variety classes to earn their scuba diving certification.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach is the Florida Panhandle’s best full-service Dive Center and Aquatic Training Facility. Located in beautiful Panama City Beach, divers have direct access to miles of uninterrupted white sand beaches, shipwrecks, natural reefs and freshwater springs. Whether you want to see beautiful aquatic life, swim with sharks, or visit relics hidden deep below, our staff can prepare you for it.
The snow-white sugar sand of St Andrew’s Park and Shell Island are picture-perfectly beautiful. Dolphin cruises abound, and there are even attractions like Pier Park, Shipwreck Island, and Ripley’s Believe it or Not for land lovers. At night, you’ll find some of the best fresh seafood around (the she-crab soup at Firefly is legit the best we have EVER had!!) and golden sunsets over the turquoise blue water.
If you are seeking a unique and memorable vacation experience in Panama City Beach, diving is the perfect answer. Below the surface of our turquoise waters awaits a second world, a different kind of paradise. Sea turtles, goliath grouper and even bottlenose dolphins frolic off the shores, and numerous historic shipwrecks are scattered throughout the region.
Warsaw Reef is the best reef dive. It's a natural cave with concrete rubble, tire bundles and other debris. Fish love it and travel frequently between the hole, nearby wrecks, and the Black Bart.
SCUBA diving is an awesome experience, and we want to share our passion with you! We offer SCUBA classes through NAUI, and we tailor courses around your individual needs. We teach entry-level classes through Instructor level. Diving is serious fun to us, and we look forward to getting you started on an amazing journey!
Scuba Diving Magazine recognizes Scuba Dive Panama City Beach among the best dive locations! Scuba Diving Magazine named Scuba Dive Panama City Beach one of the Top 100 Readers Choices 2011.
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.