Scuba Dive Panama City Beach will take you to the famous Black Bart watery shipwrecks or allow you to snorkel at St. Andrews State Park beachside. The park's incredible rocky jetties at high tide allow you to view ocean creatures like redfish and octopus up close.
This is a great place to learn how to dive, and it has a wide selection of equipment. The staff are knowledgeable and very helpful. They offer excellent diving classes for both beginners and experienced divers.
Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association, Florida Wildlife Commission and others compiled a report to assess the impacts on the coral reefs. They discovered that the Varmar reef (not shown in our dive map, as it is off Mexico Beach), suffered the greatest impact because it was only 25' deep. However, artificial reefs in medium and deep water remained intact. Below is a graph from that report showing how Hurricane Michael passed through Panama City Beach's reefs and wrecks.
Spearfishing can be described as underwater bow hunting. It is not difficult or cheap to learn and can be addictive. This is the place to go if you're looking for ethical, clean, and non-industrially produced protein. We offer spearfishing charters for more experienced divers. Also, we provide closely supervised Introduction to Spearfishing classes. In these classes, we will show you how to spearfish and give you tips.
This place is great for first divers and offers a good selection. Their staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. Both beginners and experienced divers will find great classes.
Warsaw Reef is a top-rated reef dive. It's a natural, undeveloped hole that is filled with concrete rubble and tire bags. Fish love it, and often travel between the hole (and nearby wrecks like Black Bart) to find food.
Panama City Beach's latest wreck is the El Dorado. The ship was swept ashore by Hurricane Michael in October 2018. As a constant reminder of Hurricane Michael's devastating wrath, she sat abandoned off the Hathaway Bridge. She began her career as a professional diver in May 2019.
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.