Panama City Beach is home to many popular diving spots. There are several companies here that you can take excursions with. If you are going out on your own, please read a few safety tips:

Take lessons and get qualified by a certification agency before you go.

Never dive by yourself. Find a buddy.

Check your equipment carefully and check how the equipment functions.

Know local weather conditions before you go on a dive.

The size of divers-down flags displayed on vessels must be at least 20 inches by 24 inches, and a stiffener is required to keep the flag unfurled. Dive flags carried on floats may still be 12 inches by 12 inches. Also, divers-down flags on vessels must be displayed above the vessel’s highest point so that the flag's visibility is not obstructed in any direction.

Divers must make reasonable efforts to stay within 300 feet of a divers-down flag on open waters (all waterways other than rivers, inlets, or navigation channels) and within 100 feet of a flag within rivers, inlets, or navigation channels.