St. Andrews State Park Dive Tour: Experience Diverse Marine Life in Florida's Underwater Paradise
4.9
30 Ratings
Panama City Beach
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
What's Included
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Use of SCUBA equipment
Additional Information

The fauna in the State park can vary, with a certain presence of groupers, snappers, and angel fish, whereas sightings of dolphins, eagle rays, and manatees are possible, albeit less frequently. Those with keen observation skills or a penchant for macro photography might discover octopuses, scorpion fishes, frogfishes, and sea horses, as well as a variety of blennies, crabs, mollusks, and other fish species, if they look carefully enough. Expect visibility around 15-30’ typically, and usually, there are gentle currents.

Location
106 Thomas Dr
Thomas Drive
We meet at the dive shop for paperwork and outfitting. Rental gear is available for divers traveling without their own gear.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Skoobatee
May 3, 2024
Dive with PCD - I had signed up for an offshore trip, but PCD didn’t have enough divers, so they offered the guided shore dive as an option. John is a great guide and I had a wonderful time.
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Richardmn56wq
Apr 21, 2024
Learning new dive computer - Great shore dive although the visibility was 15 feet. I was mainly learning about my new dive computer. John our instructor was awesome. Very knowledgeable about the dive site and helpful the computer. Thank you, John. I will dive again with this company.
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X5209bfbonniec
Mar 19, 2024
Refresher/guided dive with Baylee - We had an amazing time on our dive with Baylee. She was really patient with us and gave us the nest tour. I was doing a refresher dive and my kids were doing a guided dive. She made me feel so comfortable getting back into the water.
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Lindseylq7948nh
Mar 18, 2024
Thx! - Very nice and informative guide. The shop was nice. They produced and provided their own air and mixtures. Offered gear too. Thx!
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K6141qkchadg
Sep 29, 2023
Great staff, great shop, great diving experience! - I took a refresher course since it had been a while since I'd dived ... 32 years, to be exact. The staff was awesome, assessed my ability, and proved I could still find my way through the water. Lol. The guided beach dive was a great way to ease back into the water, so to speak. Now when it's beach time and I get away from north Alabama, I'll be headed back to PCB and my new friends at Panama City Diving! - Chad
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Vancep807
Sep 18, 2023
Excellent guided shore dive - This is a great dive shop with great people. Sara quickly realized my original plan was not suitable for the level of experience and presented an alternative shore dive that was indeed exactly what we needed. Ben Slaughter was the instructor and again you could not do better. I would recommend this dive center for anyone regardless of their level of experience.
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O2365dflindsayf
Sep 16, 2023
September Dive at St Andrew’s State Park - Panama City Diving was an absolute dream. My sister in law and I hadn’t been diving in years and this was her first open salt water dive. We were nervous but Sara (our dive master) was incredible. She was so calming and helpful and I had no issues during the dive. If you go, ask for Sara. Best dive master I’ve been with. She’s very chill and made things so enjoyable and I felt very safe with her for the entire dive. We saw so much wildlife during our dive in the jetty. Loved every minute of it. Thanks Sara and Panama City Diving.
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Dogfish42
Aug 17, 2023
Great staff, safe and fun dive - Guide and dive shop staff were knowledgeable and friendly, dive site was fun. We were down for about an hour. This was my first salt water dive and first dive post-certification, and not only was the guide fantastic (making me feel comfortable to ask questions etc) but the other divers were friendly and helpful, giving me some nice tips. Would highly recommend this dive for anyone, especially newer divers like myself.
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Macock5507
Aug 7, 2023
Great shore dive! - This was a great dive. Bailey was awesome! I just got certified this year and was hoping to get a refresher dive while on the cost. This was perfect. Bailey was never in a hurry and gave lots of room for us to set up equipment and gear while also being super encouraging with our questions and dive plan. The dive itself was great. Bailey was patient and took the dive slow and helped each of us to see tons of marine life at the Jetty. Lobsters, craps, tons of tropical fish and beautiful schools of fish the whole time. Panama City Diving was great to work with and the online payment and sign-up went smooth. I hope next time to do an open water dive with them. They would be my first choice.
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Fearless55308253672
May 3, 2024
Overall Great Experience - John was an excellent dive master who patiently fiitted my brother and me for the wet suit and BC we had to rent which was a very reasonable price. John transported our equipment on his truck and we followed him to the Jessie’s at St. Andrews Park. He made sure our equipment was properly set up and gave us a safety brief. John made sure we were never separated while in the dive and even made several helpful suggestions. My only complaint was the water visibility was terrible and little sea life to see. That is not the dive shop fault, it as just the time of year and the day we went. John was extremely friendly and made us feel relaxed. Overall, a very good experience.
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