Panama City Beach can be both a vacation and diving destination. The fact that you are able to drive there from so many places makes this even better. Divers of all skill levels will find plenty to love about coming back, as will their families.
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.
PCB is the wreck capital of the south! Our interactive map to scuba dive Panama City Beach has almost 150 locations, with over 50 wrecks submerged as artificial reefs. Eight feature dive sites are included. Here's the scoop for scuba fans all across the Florida Panhandle.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach takes you to famous shipwrecks like Black Bart. Or, you can snorkel along the beach at St. Andrews State Park. The park's amazing rock jetties make it possible to see sea creatures such as redfish, octopus, and more at high tide.
Sport Diver's summer trip was so successful that a journalist wrote an article about us and the amazing diving off Panama City Beach.
Warsaw Reef is one of the most popular reef dives. It is a natural hole made of concrete rubble and tire packages. It is a favorite spot for fish and they travel regularly between it and nearby wrecks such as the Black Bart.
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.
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.