Panama City Beach offers a safe haven for divers and snorkelers. You won't regret taking your family to PCB during your diving trip. Even if you and your partner are certified, it is possible to combine a diving trip with a romantic weekend in Panama City Beach.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach, Florida's premier full-service Dive Center, is also an Aquatic Training Facility. The beautiful Panama City Beach location gives divers direct access to miles upon miles of white sand beaches and shipwrecks as well as freshwater springs and natural reefs. Our staff can help you prepare for anything, whether you are looking to swim with sharks or explore hidden relics below.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach is a new dive shop that can be a great asset for divers. You can also get certified by PADI, the largest scuba certification agency in the world. You will be a better diver and more confident thanks to their expertise.
Take a look at our list of free diving resources, downloads and more so you can feel more at ease before you take your first plunge. You can also explore some of our favorite dive spots as well as learn more about historic landmarks found only underwater!
PCB is the wreck capital of the south! Our interactive map to scuba dive Panama City Beach has almost 150 locations, with over 50 wrecks submerged as artificial reefs. Eight feature dive sites are included. Here's the scoop for scuba fans all across the Florida Panhandle.
Members of the Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association and Florida Wildlife Commission generated a report assessing the impact to the reefs. They discovered that the reef adjacent to the Varmar (not shown on our dive map because it’s off Mexico Beach) experienced the most impact since it was in 25' of water, with only 35% of the reef material remaining in the original reef patch. However, the artificial reefs in moderate and deep water remained undisturbed. Below is a graphic from that report showing the path of the hurricane through the reefs and wrecks of Panama City Beach.
Warsaw Reef is the best reef dive. It's a natural cave with concrete rubble, tire bundles and other debris. Fish love it and travel frequently between the hole, nearby wrecks, and the Black Bart.
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.