Panama City Dive Sites
Most operators classify sites as inshore or offshore. Fishing boats and individuals will have different concepts of what this mean, and there is alot of confusion when divers start talking about this too. In the Dive charter mindset of PCB this is really just a measure of how far the site is from the pass not from the shoreline. Since big dive boats typically get about 1mpg operators needed a way to classify sites to charge more for trips that burned more fuel and time. Consequently you could be charged for an offshore trip to dive a reef ledge and span 5 and only be 4 miles from shore but 11 miles from the pass.
Additionally, even though some sites are in the same bracket they aren't particularly close to one another. Given fuel prices today most charters Captains are under orders to keep all the running around to a minimum. Below is a general association of the different popular sites based on proximity to the pass and each other.
