Panama City Dive Charters
SCUBA gear, dive classes and diving vacations too!
5512 Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, Florida 32408
850-588-8077
Open Daily from 9am to 6pm
SCUBA gear, dive classes and diving vacations too!
5512 Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, Florida 32408
850-588-8077
Open Daily from 9am to 6pm
Call us today to begin your underwater adventure. Our full service Dive
shop offers classes from Openwater (beginner) to Divemaster and Tec. We
sell competitively priced top of the line dive gear, and our charters
are the highest rated by customer review in town. If you want to go
diving in Panama City, we are the people to call.
Thanks to our new super efficient Fill Station,
Our Dive Shop has $3 Air Fills and $5 Nitrox the cheapest in town!
Our 3rd annual spearfishing tournament "Seeing Red" is scheduled for June 8th, 9th and 10th.
For details call or come by the Dive Shop.
Thanks to our new super efficient Fill Station,
Our Dive Shop has $3 Air Fills and $5 Nitrox the cheapest in town!
Our 3rd annual spearfishing tournament "Seeing Red" is scheduled for June 8th, 9th and 10th.
For details call or come by the Dive Shop.
Panama City, Florida
Dive Trip Reports and Updates
4-12-2012 Inshore SCUBA
Dive Sites- USS Strength and the Red Sea
Dive Conditions- 35' Vis, Water Temp 70*F no current, no thermocline
April 2012- The Cobia are here!!!
March-May 2012 is our Spring term for our shop's quarterly spearfishing contest. Enter at anytime please call the shop if you have any questions. All skill levels welcome all contestants weighing fish are eligible for a free speargun (Ocean Rhino- RX-4) to be given away at random.
12-31-11 Offshore Spearfishing Trip
All 3 dives were on limestone reefs in 105'. Visibility underwater 30-40'. The surface temperature was 66*F and we got an incredible 70*F reading on the bottom. Many mangrove snapper were taken from 4-10lbs. One of the Best Winter Dive Trips Ever. Pics on Facebook.
Escape to warmer seas with us this Winter! We are planning a trip to the Bahamas aboard Blackbeard's Liveaboards Feb 11th-17th. Cost is only $939 (plus taxes and airfare to Nassau) for this all inclusive liveaboard.
Dive Trip Reports and Updates
4-12-2012 Inshore SCUBA
Dive Sites- USS Strength and the Red Sea
Dive Conditions- 35' Vis, Water Temp 70*F no current, no thermocline
April 2012- The Cobia are here!!!
March-May 2012 is our Spring term for our shop's quarterly spearfishing contest. Enter at anytime please call the shop if you have any questions. All skill levels welcome all contestants weighing fish are eligible for a free speargun (Ocean Rhino- RX-4) to be given away at random.
12-31-11 Offshore Spearfishing Trip
All 3 dives were on limestone reefs in 105'. Visibility underwater 30-40'. The surface temperature was 66*F and we got an incredible 70*F reading on the bottom. Many mangrove snapper were taken from 4-10lbs. One of the Best Winter Dive Trips Ever. Pics on Facebook.
Escape to warmer seas with us this Winter! We are planning a trip to the Bahamas aboard Blackbeard's Liveaboards Feb 11th-17th. Cost is only $939 (plus taxes and airfare to Nassau) for this all inclusive liveaboard.
The vast majority of Panama City
diving is done via dive boat to shipwrecks or artificial reefs. PCB
does not have the warm tropical water temperatures year round to
support the large coral formations prominent in the Keys. Local
visibility is about 30' on average and there is seldom any current to
speak of. The shore based diving opportunities are limited to the
several springs north of town and the jetties at St Andrews State Park.
It is very important to catch the tide correctly at the jetties or low
visibility in high current may be in store for you!
Local dive shops and dive charters expect divers to be able to dive without needing assistance beyond a site and conditions briefing. This is not to say that if its been awhile or if a passenger is anxious or unsure of themselves that they will be uncomfortable, its just that dive operators need to be told so they can give the extra attention to those who need it, while avoiding the need to hold more expereinced divers back. To that end local diver operations also offer escorted dives with a Divemaster for divers who may be a little rusty.... provided they are notified ahead of time.
This a marked contrast with many dive operations in the Caribbean where scuba divers are led in a single file line by a Divemaster and everyone surfaces when the first diver gets low on breathing gas, potentially shorting more experienced divers of divetime. This policy of letting the divemaster be concerned with only diver safety instead of acting as a tour guide has caught some divers from out of town off guard. Our divemasters will give a site orientation pointing out the dive site's highlights and hazards plus a conditions report that they experienced while securing the boat's mooring or tie-in line. The openwater cert card is an official statement that the bearer is capable of diving without need of assistance. This is our philosophy as well. For your safety and enjoyment, please perform a self evaluation of your dive skills before any ocean based trip.
If you have local diving questions like what conditions will be like while you are here, feel free to email Capt Pat Green at CaptPat@PanamaCityDiveCharters.com. Pat has logged over 2000 scuba dives in local waters and is always happy to get more people to see what he loves about diving out of Panama City.
Local dive shops and dive charters expect divers to be able to dive without needing assistance beyond a site and conditions briefing. This is not to say that if its been awhile or if a passenger is anxious or unsure of themselves that they will be uncomfortable, its just that dive operators need to be told so they can give the extra attention to those who need it, while avoiding the need to hold more expereinced divers back. To that end local diver operations also offer escorted dives with a Divemaster for divers who may be a little rusty.... provided they are notified ahead of time.
This a marked contrast with many dive operations in the Caribbean where scuba divers are led in a single file line by a Divemaster and everyone surfaces when the first diver gets low on breathing gas, potentially shorting more experienced divers of divetime. This policy of letting the divemaster be concerned with only diver safety instead of acting as a tour guide has caught some divers from out of town off guard. Our divemasters will give a site orientation pointing out the dive site's highlights and hazards plus a conditions report that they experienced while securing the boat's mooring or tie-in line. The openwater cert card is an official statement that the bearer is capable of diving without need of assistance. This is our philosophy as well. For your safety and enjoyment, please perform a self evaluation of your dive skills before any ocean based trip.
If you have local diving questions like what conditions will be like while you are here, feel free to email Capt Pat Green at CaptPat@PanamaCityDiveCharters.com. Pat has logged over 2000 scuba dives in local waters and is always happy to get more people to see what he loves about diving out of Panama City.
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