Panama city diving?

I have mooched a condo with some freinds over spring break & would like some
input on decent diving in the Panama area. Any where in particular have
decent reefs or sea life? Thanks for the tips!

Rob

"Longshot" <longshot@aol.com> wrote in message news:fofph6$k9t$1@aioe.org...

> I have mooched a condo with some freinds over spring break & would like
some
> input on decent diving in the Panama area. Any where in particular have
> decent reefs or sea life? Thanks for the tips!

> Rob

Long boat rides, old oil towers, some sunk, some still standing, many cut
off to allow maritime traffic without hazard. Lots of artificial reefs, most
wasted by the hurricanes.

The link below will hook you up with some dive ops there, I will put out an
e-mail to a couple people I know, so ping me offline and I'll have more for
you.

http://www.florida-scuba.com/panama.htm

anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?

"Longshot" <longshot@aol.com> wrote in message news:fofvcd$96o$1@aioe.org...

> anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?

Not that I am aware of, but I am still waiting for returns from some who
would know.

However, if you get landlocked there is lots of stuff to see in that area;

http://underwaterflorida.homestead.com/merrit.html

http://www.floridastateparks.org/pon...gs/default.cfm

http://www.supsalv.org/NEDU/nedu.htm

http://www.floridastateparks.org/flo...ns/default.cfm

http://www.eglin.af.mil/

http://www.destin-ation.com/airforcearmamentmuseum/

And if you get the chance, catch the Mutt Brothers in Dothan, Panama City or
wherever they may be.

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:06:04 -0500, Longshot wrote:

> anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?

You're pretty close to many of the springs in Florida... The closest
spring to there is Vortex Springs... Great scenery during the summer when
you get those teenage redneck girls with their Confederate flag bikinis
walking around... Since the water is around 70F, they also tend to be a
bit perky...

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"Longshot" <longshot@aol.com> wrote in message news:fofvcd$96o$1@aioe.org...
> anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?



Uh,

The largest wreck in the world?

It's off Pensacola, relatively near by.

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you dont need a boat to get to it?

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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> "Longshot" <longshot@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:fofvcd$96o$1@aioe.org...
>> anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?
>
>
>
> Uh,
>
> The largest wreck in the world?
>
> It's off Pensacola, relatively near by.
>
> --
> "=

you mean like during spring break... damner...

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote in message
newsan.2008.02.07.23.20.43.516000@grumman581-usenet-2008-spambob-net...
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:06:04 -0500, Longshot wrote:
>
>> anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?
>
> You're pretty close to many of the springs in Florida... The closest
> spring to there is Vortex Springs... Great scenery during the summer when
> you get those teenage redneck girls with their Confederate flag bikinis
> walking around... Since the water is around 70F, they also tend to be a
> bit perky...
>
> --
> See NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email.
>

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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> "Longshot" <longshot@aol.com> wrote in message
news:fofvcd$96o$1@aioe.org...
> > anything right off shore worth the time & trouble?

> Uh,

> The largest wreck in the world?

> It's off Pensacola, relatively near by.

http://www.visitpensacola.com/static...?contentID=125

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:13:24 -0500, "Longshot" <longshot@aol.com> wrote
in rec.scuba:

>you dont need a boat to get to it?
>
No. It's about a half day swim from shore.