2012-09-16 - Bridge Span 14, Florida, Panama City, United States
22.8m - 42 min - Dived with Dive Locker Of Panama City Beach
Sand at 75 ft, top of bridge at 40. strong surface current, almost none at depth. Large schools ofbait fish, angels and a couple barracuda. Bridge Spans Panama City Divers will invariably end up on a bridge span at some point in their marine adventures. After all there are 14 of them from the old Hathaway Bridge. Essentially these are the steel super structure of the old bridge. Very much like a rail road trestle. They are all generally 110' long 35' high and 25' wide. Their regular structure makes them very easy to navigate and stay oriented on. The large amount of fish present keep them exciting and the "salvage" opportunities are always fun as fisherman lose many anchors on these sites. Spans are scattered all over offshore Panama City from shallow to offshore and are often referred to by numbers 1-14. Numbers 15 and on are not from the Hathaway Bridge. Spans 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, and 14 are in the "inshore" area.
2012-09-16 - Red Sea, Florida, Panama City, United States
23m - 46 min - Dived with Dive Locker Of Panama City Beach
Sitting in sand at 65 ft. hollow under stern to 80 ft. large schools of bait fish on lee side of tug. Good opportunity to penetrate engine room on future dive. Red Sea Panama City's newest dive site, the Red Sea was a 120' freighter intentionally sunk during the Summer of 2009. She has several decks and numerous swim-throughs that are both fun and safe to explore. She is upright in 75' of water, to the sand but just 40' below the surface. Many reef fish have already taken up residence. This wreck is another mile or so past the USS Strength and they are often part of the same dive trip.
2012-09-17 - Black Bart, Florida, Panama City, United States
24.9m - 38 min - Dived with Divers Den
Large, cab forward ship. sitting on 75ft bottom. top of pilot house at 55 ft. lots of penetration opportunities. Started dive with seas at 2-3 ft. Upon surfacing, seas were 4-6 and deteriorating fast. Captain called off second dive. Rough ride in. Black Bart The most popular dive site in Panama City, the 185-foot oil field supply ship sits upright and fully intact in about 75 feet of water. Her bow points due south. The bridge can be reached at 45 feet and the main deck is at 70 feet. The cargo holds are open for exploration. The Black Bart is a popular
2012-09-20 - Black Bart, Florida, Panama City, United States
24.8m - 38 min - Dived with Panama City Diving
Black Bart The most popular dive site in Panama City, the 185-foot oil field supply ship sits upright and fully intact in about 75 feet of water. Her bow points due south. The bridge can be reached at 45 feet and the main deck is at 70 feet. The cargo holds are open for exploration. The Black Bart
2012-09-20 - Bridge Span 12, Florida, Panama City, United States
21.5m - 44 min - Dived with Panama City Diving
Clouds of large bait fish. rivers of smaller ones. saw jacks and reds feeding on smaller fish. rockfish??? Bridge Spans Panama City Divers will invariably end up on a bridge span at some point in their marine adventures. After all there are 14 of them from the old Hathaway Bridge. Essentially these are the steel super structure of the old bridge. Very much like a rail road trestle. They are all generally 110' long 35' high and 25' wide. Their regular structure makes them very easy to navigate and stay oriented on. The large amount of fish present keep them exciting and the "salvage" opportunities are always fun as fisherman lose many anchors on these sites. Spans are scattered all over offshore Panama City from shallow to offshore and are often referred to by numbers 1-14. Numbers 15 and on are not from the Hathaway Bridge. Spans 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, and 14 are in the "inshore" area.
Awesome wreck. sitting in 105 ft sand, had little time to explore. Upon descending to look at prop and rudder, buddy disappeared. For a short while, I though he was on the other side of the rudder, but that was another buddy pair. came up to the deck of the wreck and did a zig zag pattern back and forth looking for buddy while making my way back to bow where boat was tied off. Hung on the anchor line for a bit to see if he showed up, then surfaced. Asshole was sitting on the boat, had an issue with his inflator and had taken off without letting me know. turns out the issue probably could have been fixed durring the dive. Either way, completely stupid thing to do. Accokeek A 143 foot Navy tug boat located 12 nautical miles from the pass in 110 feet of water. The wheelhouse is at 65 feet. The vessel is fully intact and is sitting on its keel. scuba divers might be greeted by a large resident goliath grouper hanging out around the bow and wheelhouse.
2012-09-21 - Mack's Reef (Navy Dive Platform), Florida, Panama City, United States
29.3m - 34 min
navy salvage training barge in 105 ft water. Panama City Dive Center divers along with divers from (PCMI) Panama City Marine Institute sunk the boat June 29, 2007 in 97ft of water about 10.5 miles offshore. The wreck will be used as an artificial reef named "Mac's Reef" for fishing and diving.
2012-09-21 - Bridge Span 12, Florida, Panama City, United States
20.7m - 44 min - Dived with Panama City Diving
Bridge Spans Panama City Divers will invariably end up on a bridge span at some point in their marine adventures. After all there are 14 of them from the old Hathaway Bridge. Essentially these are the steel super structure of the old bridge. Very much like a rail road trestle. They are all generally 110' long 35' high and 25' wide. Their regular structure makes them very easy to navigate and stay oriented on. The large amount of fish present keep them exciting and the "salvage" opportunities are always fun as fisherman lose many anchors on these sites. Spans are scattered all over offshore Panama City from shallow to offshore and are often referred to by numbers 1-14. Numbers 15 and on are not from the Hathaway Bridge. Spans 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, and 14 are in the "inshore" area.
2012-09-22 - Black Bart, Florida, Panama City, United States
23.7m - 32 min - Dived with Dive Locker Of Panama City Beach
Black Bart The most popular dive site in Panama City, the 185-foot oil field supply ship sits upright and fully intact in about 75 feet of water. Her bow points due south. The bridge can be reached at 45 feet and the main deck is at 70 feet. The cargo holds are open for exploration. The Black Bart is a popular spot for wreck training and for photography.
2012-09-22 - Hovercraft, Florida, Panama City, United States
22.5m - 30 min - Dived with Dive Locker Of Panama City Beach
Hovercraft The Navy decommissioned one of their LCACs and donated it to the local dive community. It sits on the bottom in 72' and is home to many many many many (several) flounder during their fall migration and well into the Spring.
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