What is considered an open water dive

How much does open water scuba certification cost


Scuba Dive Panama City Beach, the most prestigious PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), Training Center on the Gulf Coast. You can have more fun with your life by coming to Panama City Beach and joining the Scuba Dive Panama City Beach team. Panama City Beach is the most popular spot for scuba diving in North Florida. It's second only behind the Florida Keys as the most popular dive spot in the state.


The El Dorado is Panama City Beach’s newest wreck. Hurricane Michael blew the ship ashore in October of 2018. She sat derelict off the Hathaway Bridge as a constant reminder of the storm’s deadly wrath through winter and spring. In May of 2019, she started her life as a premier dive site.

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The SS Tarpon is a historical shipwreck. In 1937, she sank and claimed the lives of 18 crewmembers, including Willis G. Barrow (captain). Adley Baker, one of the crew members, was able to swim 9 miles in gale-force wind to reach shore. It was a 25-hour marathon, but Adley Baker lived to tell it all.

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Artificial Reefs

Artificial Reefs



Scuba diving is a great way to make your vacation memorable in Panama City Beach. Under the turquoise waters lies a second universe, a paradise like no other. The region is home to many historical shipwrecks and sea turtles as well as goliath grouper, bottlenose dolphins and other marine life.

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With water temperatures between the 60s and 80s in winter, visibility can be expected to range from 30'-50'. To protect yourself from sharp edges and to prevent you getting into fishing lines, gloves are a must. A safety sausage is also a good idea since you will be on a boat trip.

Scuba Diving Lessons Panama City Beach Fl

Scuba Diving Lessons Panama City Beach Fl



Panama City Beach is home to a wide variety of artificial reef material. Materials include bridge pilings, old-piers, and special designed reef habitat. Although these locations won't attract divers, you can be sure that they will attract fish when there is a sunken ship with reef modules surrounding it.

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Scuba Dive Panama City Beach keeps dive trips to 14 divers. This is to ensure everyone's comfort and safety. If we have space, any of our charters will be open to the public. We generally run 2 trips per week during the season.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.