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Best Places to Snorkel and Scuba Dive



Panama City Beach is a paradise for both divers as well as non-divers. You won't want to go to the beach or feel guilty for taking your family out to PCB while you dive. If your partner is certified, you can make a diving trip part of a romantic weekend in Panama City Beach.


Our instructors are committed to diving excellence and maintain the highest standards in the industry. You have many choices when it comes to your training, and your first consideration should be the same as ours, your safety. Our staff are some of the best in the world with a combined total of more than 50 years spent teaching folks just like you how to safely experience the underwater world. Our philosophy of Only The Best in Training means working with you towards your goals, and ensuring a top end experience, from our heated pool to the open water, leaving you a confident and comfortable diver.

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Our threshold for off-shore diving is 8 miles from St Andrew's Pass. These locations require advanced certification. Nitrox certification would be a good idea. Because of the distance involved, these trips do not run every day. To find out when the next trip will be running, you can check with the dive shop. You might also want to plan a trip together with qualified friends.

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PCB is known as the Wreck Capital for the South. This interactive map shows you the best places to dive in Panama City Beach. We have over 50 wrecks, eight of which are artificial reefs. We will tell scuba-lovers all about the reasons they must blow bubbles in the Florida Panhandle.

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Looking for something different? Get your Open Water Scuba Diving Certificate in 3 Days. Your certification is valid for your whole life. The classes are small enough that you will not face any scheduling difficulties. We offer refreshers for anyone who is already certified but has not done so in a while. Give us the call to be added to our schedule.

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If you have ever been snorkeling and want to take it to the next level, our scuba diving classes are for you! Our Discover Scuba class is perfect for the first timer down on vacation with only so much time to squeeze in everything they want to do. Now is a great time to learn to scuba dive and start a new adventure. If you know you love scuba and want to earn a lifetime certification to dive, we can do that too. The first level of dive training requires 3 days of water training as well as some eLearning.

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Scuba Diving Magazine has named Scuba Dive Panama City Beach the top dive operation! Scuba Diving Magazine lists Scuba Dive Panama City Beach in the Readers Choice Top 100 for 2011.

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.