Is Panama City good for diving
Sport Diver published a short article about us, and the wonderful diving off Panama City Beach.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach's newest dive shop is an additional asset. The shop is also a good place to get certified by PADI. Their knowledge and experience will help you become a more confident diver.
A 100' long Navy hovercraft sank in 1985. The twin aluminum pontoons are still in good shape and rise 10' off the ocean floor. Although the hovercraft is unusual, it probably wouldn’t be a feature dive site, except it’s so close to the Black Bart. It’s still fun to swim laps around the structure and float up and down the stairs.
Sport Diver published a short article about us, and the wonderful diving off Panama City Beach.
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.
It seems that during this summer a writer from Sport Diver took an excursion on one of our boats and was so impressed, he/she wrote a great little article about us and the great diving off Panama City Beach.
SCUBA diving can be serious fun. We want you to have as much fun as we do. The entry-level SCUBA programs offered by NAUI, PADI & SSI are designed to get you and your friends in the water as fast as possible while also satisfying your training requirements.
You can expect visibility between 30'-50' with water temperatures ranging from the 60s in winter and 80s in summer. You should bring gloves for the sharp edges on the wrecks, a dive knife in case you run into some fishing line, and a safety sausage since you’re on a boat trip.
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.