Dive Locker Panama City Beach will teach you how to scuba dive and make your next trip more exciting. Dive Locker has been named the top PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors.) Training Center along the Gulf Coast. Come to Panama City Beach to experience more joy in your life. Join the Dive Locker community and become a certified Scuba Diver.
Over 50 artificial reefs can be found within miles of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches. There are also bridge spans, boats, and hundreds upon hundreds of natural limestone reefs. The depths range from 18 to 110ft. St. Andrews State Park has the best beaches in the Emerald Coast. The channel side of West Jetty reaches 70 feet in places.
Panama City Beach offers scuba diving and outstanding seafood. It also has the largest population in the world of bottlenose dolphins. It's an excellent destination for a weekend getaway or a long weeklong vacation. Below is the Panama City Beach dive map. Each pin provides more information about the dive locations. This map is intended to provide information only, and not for navigation.
At the time of our last visit, you could still spot the "Happy Holidays” unknown townsfolk painted on the deck. This was visible to all cars that pass over the bridge. Inshore diving, according to our definition, is less than 8 mi from St Andrew's Pass. This area is safe for open-water divers. Red Sea, a 125 foot tug boat, was installed in 2009. A
Dive Locker is an aquatic training and dive center that offers full-service. Their instructors have over 50 combined years of international diving experience. This is passed on to students in their heated pool as well as open-water courses. Dive Locker is able to take you to some of the most famous underwater shipwrecks such as Black Bart.
Grey Ghost is an extended offshore dive and takes 6-8hrs to reach. While she's only a mere 105 foot vessel, what makes this dive so spectacular is the wide variety of aquatic life. Her resting place was at the edge a natural coral reef, which has been enriched with fiberglass boats and scraps of steel. This spot is an ideal habitat for fish. Panama City Beach is home to the El Dorado, Panama City Beach's most recent wreck. Hurricane Michael destroyed the ship in October 2018.
We offer refreshers for anyone who is already certified but has not done so in a while. Contact us and we'll get you added to our schedule. Sport Diver published a short article about our boat and the wonderful diving at Panama City Beach. Scuba Diving Magazine recognizes Dive Locker among the best dive facilities! Scuba Diving Magazine listed Dive Locker as one of the Top 100 Readers Choices in 2011. You've probably always wanted to explore the underwater world of sunken vessels and Pirate's treasure.
An Average Diver, at an Average Depth, With an Average Tank
Based on personal experience, an average open-water certified diver using a standard aluminum 80-cubic-foot tank on a 40-foot dive will be able to stay down for about 45 to 60 minutes before surfacing with a safe reserve of air still in the tank.
So just to reiterate: don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).