Panama City Beach offers one of the most beautiful drives and diving weekends in the South. You can drive back to bed on Sunday night and dive Sunday morning without worrying about your no-fly schedule.
The Black Bart is a 180-foot boat that was built as an artificial coral reef. Vulcano del Golfo was established in 1977 to honor Charles' Black Bart Bartholomew who was Navy Supervisor of Salvage Capt. Bartholomew died while diving off Panama City Beach on September 30, 1990. His feats include leading the Navy in the cleanup of Exxon Valdez's oil spillage.
Inshore diving is defined as less than 8 miles away from St Andrew's Pass. It is generally safe for open water divers. The Red Sea, a tugboat measuring 125 feet, was installed here in 2009. It is also home to the E. E. Simpson Tug, which sank in 1929. Stage 2 (a Navy platform, which was destroyed in 1984), Fontainebleau Boxcars (2 boxcars with associated reef material) and a pair Voodoo Jets anchoring in Seltzer Reef are other interesting locations. Below is a table listing inshore dive spots in Panama City Beach and their associated bottom depths.
SCUBA diving offers a unique experience. We are excited to share our enthusiasm with you. We offer SCUBA classes through NAUI. Courses can be tailored to meet your specific needs. We offer Instructor-level classes as well as entry-level classes. We are passionate about diving, and look forward to helping you start on an unforgettable journey.
Apart from diving, Panama City Beach boasts white sand beaches, outstanding seafood, and the largest population of bottlenose dolphins in the world. It’s a beautiful destination for a weekend drive or a week-long trip. Below is our dive map for Panama City Beach. The individual pins contain more information about the dive sites. Although we strive for accuracy, this map is for information purposes only and not intended for navigation.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), is the best PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors Training Center) on the Gulf Coast. Join the Scuba Dive Panama City Beach Family to have more fun and be a certified diver. Panama City Beach is known for being the best place to dive in North Florida. It is second only to Florida Keys in popularity as a dive destination.
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.