Scuba Dive Panama City Beach provides daily dive charters. A 40-foot dive boat can hold up to 18 divers. All charters are friendly, professional, and safe.
The threshold for offshore diving lies more than 8 miles away from St Andrew's Pass. These sites require advanced certification. A nitrox certificate would be a good idea. These trips are not available every day due to the distance involved. Check with the dive shop for the latest trip information. Or, plan a trip with well-qualified friends. They might be able put one on the calendar.
Spearfishing is essentially bow hunting underwater. It is neither easy to master or cheap to get into and it’s more addictive than crack. If you want to get clean, ethical and non-industrial protein that doesn’t have any hormones, pesticides, or antibiotics and you don’t mind wearing life support equipment to “go shopping” – this might be for you. We offer charters for very experienced divers that want to spearfish as well as closely supervised Introduction to Spearfishing classes where we teach you the basics and guide you on a spearfishing dive.
Our scuba diving courses are perfect for anyone who has ever tried snorkeling. For those vacationers who have limited time and want to do as much as possible, the Discover Scuba class will be a great choice. It's a great time for scuba diving lessons and to start a new adventure. We offer lifetime certifications for those who love diving. The initial level of diving training involves 3 days of instruction in the water as well as some online learning.
The wave interval and not the absolute size are the most important factors that affect the oceans around Panama City Beach. For example, long interval waves create rollers. While short interval waves make the boat rock and roll, divers can't be missed in the water.
Our threshold for offshore diving is more than 8 miles from St Andrew’s Pass. Due to the depths and the open water, these sites require advanced certification, and nitrox cert would be a good idea. Due to the distances involved, these trips don’t run every day. You’ll want to check with the dive shop to see when the next trip is running, or plan a trip with your well-qualified friends, and they might be able to put one on the schedule for you.
Scuba Dive Panama City Beach provides a full-service training and dive center. Their instructors have more than 50 combined years of experience worldwide in diving. This knowledge is passed on to students in the heated pool as well as open-water courses.
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.