The staff are knowledgeable and very helpful. They offer excellent diving classes, both for beginners and experienced divers. It is perfect! This is the best place to be! Dive Locker provided a refresher course and we were hooked again on diving.
Both beginners and experts can enjoy the many great dive spots at Panama City Beach. You can find over 50 artificial reefs within walking distance of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches. This includes bridge spans, ship spans, bridge spans and hundreds natural limestone reefs that range from 18 feet to 110ft in depth. St. Andrews State Park offers the best beach diving along the Emerald Coast.
Ever dreamed of diving under the sea to discover sunken ships and pirate's treasure? Scuba Dive Panama Beach is the best place to learn scuba diving and add a new adventure to your next vacation or cruise. Dive Locker (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), is the most prestigious PADI Training Center on the Gulf Coast. You can have more fun with your life by coming to Panama City Beach and joining the Dive Locker team.
If your partner is certified, you can make a diving trip into an extended weekend in Panama City Beach, or even a longer romantic getaway in Florida. It is breathtakingly beautiful to see the snow-white sugar sand at Shell Island and St Andrew's Park. There are many dolphin cruises available.
The twin aluminum pontoons, which rise 10 feet above the ocean floor, are in good condition. Although the hovercraft is unique, it wouldn't make a great feature dive site. It's also close to the Black Bart. You can still swim laps around the structure, and glide up and down the stairs.
It is best to check with the dive shops to find out when the next trip will be running. If you plan to go with friends who are well qualified, they may be able arrange one for you.
Dive Locker is a full-service diving center and aquatic training facility. The instructors are experts with over 50 years of experience in diving, which they share with students in the heated pool or open-water courses. Dive Locker will take you to the famous Black Bart shipwrecks or allow you to snorkel at St. Andrews State Park.
An Average Diver, at an Average Depth, With an Average Tank
Based on personal experience, an average open-water certified diver using a standard aluminum 80-cubic-foot tank on a 40-foot dive will be able to stay down for about 45 to 60 minutes before surfacing with a safe reserve of air still in the tank.
So just to reiterate: don't grab animals, don't hold them for photo ops, don't go for rides on dolphins or turtles, and don't force puffer fish to inflate (it can be fatal to them).