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If you prefer to stay dry, you can explore the island's pristine beaches and lush interior on foot.

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Hike along scenic trails, search for shells along the shoreline, or simply relax and soak up the sun on the soft white sands.

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Whatever you choose to do, you're sure to be amazed by the natural beauty of Shell Island.

In addition to our standard tours, we also offer private charters for those looking for a more personalized experience. Whether you're celebrating a special occasion or just want to explore the island with your own group, a private charter is the perfect option. You'll have the boat all to yourself, along with the undivided attention of our expert guides.

Experience the ultimate adventure with Shell Island Beach Tours Explore the pristine shores of Shell Island with our expert guides and discover the beauty of this secluded paradise. Our booking process is simple and hassle-free, allowing you to secure your spot for an unforgettable beach tour. Join us for an immersive experience in nature, where you can collect seashells, spot dolphins, and soak up the sun on our stunning beaches. Book your Shell Island Beach Tour today and embark on a journey you'll never forget!.

Whether you choose to visit Shell Island in person or virtually, we're committed to providing an inclusive experience for all of our guests. Join us on a journey to discover the beauty of this tropical paradise and create memories that will last a lifetime. Start your Shell Island Beach Tour today and let the adventure begin!

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Panama City Beach is a resort town in Bay County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico coast. It had a population of 18,094 at the 2020 census, up from 12,018 in 2010.[4] It is a principal city in the Panama City—Panama City Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is often referred to under the umbrella term of "Panama City". Panama City Beach's slogan is "The World's Most Beautiful Beaches" due to the unique,[5] sugar-white sandy beaches of northwest Florida.

Panama City Beach is a popular vacation destination, especially among people in the Southern United States. The town is also a popular spring break destination, due to its beach and proximity to most of the Southern United States. The first two seasons of MTV's Floribama Shore were filmed in the town.

Panama City Beach has dangerous rip currents.[6] Multiple people have drowned at Panama City Beach while struggling against rip currents.[6] Sea conditions are particularly dangerous during periods when lifeguards have put up double red flags, indicating active rip currents.[6] Drowning often occurs when people attempt to swim directly against a rip current.[7] By attempting to directly return to the beach, against the rip current, swimmers get tired-out in the process and drown.[7] Instead, swimmers caught in a rip current should relax, and swim parallel to the beach, until they are naturally carried out of the rip current.[7]

History[edit]

Real estate boom[edit]

A construction boom in the early to mid-2000s changed the image of the area due to the older homes and motels being replaced with high-rise condominiums and more expansive homes. However, this is turning unobstructed, low-rise beach views and affordable waterfront property into rarities. At the peak of the real estate boom, many beachfront properties had quadrupled or more in value since 2000. In November 2006 CNN/Money named Panama City Beach the No. 1 real estate market in America for the next five years in.[8]

Beachfront property has sold for upwards of $60,000 per "front foot" (linear foot) at the top of the market. The downturn in the U.S. real estate market in 2007, combined with a surge of new condo construction, brought spiraling prices somewhat under control. With the real estate boom, Panama City Beach became a well known destination for spring break.[9]

Category 5 Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach in Bay County on October 10, 2018, becoming one of the strongest and most-destructive hurricanes in American history as it destroyed a large part of the county, including many structures in Mexico Beach and Panama City.[10][11] An EF-0 tornado did minor damage to the northwest part of Panama City Beach, Florida on February 15.

Geography[edit]

Panama City Beach is located at 30°12′27″N 85°51′5″W (30.207362, −85.851485).[12]

The city is located in the panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico. The main roads through the city are U.S. Route 98 and Florida State Road 30. US 98 runs from northwest to southeast just inland from the coast, leading east 10 mi (16 km) to Panama City and northwest 47 mi (76 km) to Destin. FL-30 runs along the coast from northwest to southeast as Front Beach Rd, leading east to Panama City and northwest 15 mi (24 km) to Rosemary Beach. There are approximately 9 miles (14 km) of shoreline in Panama City Beach fronting the Gulf of Mexico.

The city has a total area of 18.6 square miles (48.2 km2)— 18.4 square miles (47.6 km2) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km2) (1.17%) is water.[13]

Demographics[edit]

Census

Pop.

Note

1960

36

1970

67

86.1%

1980

2,148

3,106.0%

1990

4,051

88.6%

2000

7,671

89.4%

2010

12,018

56.7%

2020

18,094

50.6%

U.S. Decennial Census[14]

Race

Pop 2010[15]

Pop 2020[16]

% 2010

% 2020

White (NH)

10,334

14,181

85.99%

78.37%

Black or African American (NH)

268

947

2.23%

5.23%

Native American or Alaska Native (NH)

64

74

0.53%

0.41%

Asian (NH)

326

556



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2.71%

3.07%

Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)

6

15

0.05%

0.08%

Some other race (NH)

22

73

0.18%

0.40%

Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)

301

885

2.50%

4.89%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

697

1,363

5.80%

7.53%

Total

12,018

18,094

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,094 people, 5,538 households, and 3,440 families residing in the city.[17]

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 12,018 people, 5,149 households, and 3,166 families residing in the city.[18]

In 2010,[2] the population density was 653.2 persons per square mile (252.2 persons/km2). There were 17,141 housing units at an average density of 931.6 houses per square mile (359.7 houses/km2).[4]

In 2010, there were 5,149 households, out of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were headed by married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.4% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals. 9.5% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22. The average family size was 2.76.[4]

In 2010, 18.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.[4]

In the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the city was $41,198, and the median income for a family was $49,127. Males had a median income of $32,459 versus $22,358 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,734. About 2.2% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

Government[edit]

The City of Panama City Beach has a council–manager government. The Mayor sits as a Council member-at-large and presides over City Council meetings. If the Mayor cannot preside over a City Council meeting, then the Vice Mayor is the presiding officer of the meeting until the Mayor returns to his seat.

The City Manager is responsible for the administration and the day-to-day operation of all of the municipal services and city departments. The City Manager also maintains intergovernmental relationships with federal, state, county and other local governments.

The primary law enforcement agency in the city is the Panama City Beach Police Department. Part of the city is in unincorporated Bay County and is under the jurisdiction of the Bay County Sheriff's Office.

City council[edit]

  • Stuart Tettemer (Democrat) – Mayor Term: 2024-2028
  • Paul Casto (Unknown) - Ward 1 Councilman Term: 2022-2026
  • Ethan Register (Unknown) - Ward 2 Councilman Term: 2024-2028
  • Mary Coburn (Unknown) - Ward 3 Council Member Term: 2022-2026
  • Michael Jarman (Republican) - Vice Mayor Ward 4 Councilman Term: 2024-2028
  • Eusebio Talamantez Jr. - Chief of Police

Former Mayors[edit]

  • Dan Russell (Unknown) 1970-1980
  • Aaron Bessant (Unknown) 1980-1982
  • Philip Griffitts Sr. (Republican) 1982-2000
  • Lee Sullivan (Republican) 2000-2006
  • Gayle Oberst (Nonpartisan)2006-2016
  • Mike Thomas (Republican) 2016-2020
  • Mark Sheldon (Republican) 2020-2024

Services[edit]

  • Panama City Beach Police Department
  • Panama City Beach Fire Rescue

Education[edit]

Primary and secondary public education is provided by the Bay District Schools (BDS).

The Gulf Coast State College is located in Panama City, just across the Hathaway Bridge from Panama City Beach.

The Florida State University Panama City branch campus is also located in Panama City, just across the Hathaway Bridge from Panama City Beach.

Transportation[edit]

The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) provides commercial flights into the area. The airport serves private aircraft, domestic passenger flights, and freight/cargo flights. It is the first international airport to be constructed after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Other modes of transportation include scooters, which can be rented by the day, as well as taxi and shuttle companies, which are permitted by the local police.

Panama City Beach also has public bus transportation known as Bayway available hourly Monday through Saturday. The Bayway runs throughout the county giving its tourists and locals the resource they need to get around Bay County.

Major highways[edit]

  • US 98 is an east–west highway running along the Gulf Coast. It is the main route to Destin and to Panama City proper.
  • State Road 79 is a north–south highway that starts in Panama City Beach and heads north to Interstate 10 and on to the Alabama state line.
  • State Road 30, formerly US 98 Alt, also named Front Beach Road, is an east–west highway that runs mostly along the beach front, beginning and ending at US 98.
  • State Road 392A, also named Hutichison Boulevard (formerly known as Middle Beach Road), is an east–west highway that runs slightly inland, generally parallel, and beginning and ending at State Road 30/Front Beach Road.

Sports[edit]

The city was home to the Panama City Beach Pirates, a fourth-division soccer team from 2007 to 2015.

It is also notable that World Championship Wrestling held their last WCW Nitro event in Panama City Beach.[19] [20] WCW was bought out by their rival competition WWF (now WWE).

Recreation[edit]

  • Frank Brown Park - 100-acre complex with baseball, softball, soccer and t-ball fields, basketball and tennis courts, several playgrounds, shuffleboard courts, a youth fishing pond, three dog park enclosures, and a 20-acre festival site.[21]
  • Panama City Acquatics Center - located at Frank Brown Park, the center includes an outdoor Olympic-size pool and kids splash pool.[21]
  • Publix Sports Park - 160-acre sports complex with 13 fields for soccer, lacross, baseball, and more. Nine are synthetic turf fields.[22]
  • St. Andrews State Park - offers a variety of experiences included swimming, boating, camping, snorkeling, bicycling, and more.[23]

Gallery[edit]

Panama City Beach Panorama

  • The city lies on Florida's
    The city lies on Florida's "Emerald Coast" of the Gulf of Mexico

  • Clear waters as seen from Pier Park's pier
    Clear waters as seen from Pier Park's pier


  • "Ripley's Believe it or Not!" museum, a tourist attraction

  • Looking down on Front Beach Road
    Looking down on Front Beach Road

In popular culture[edit]

  • Panama City Beach is the setting for the 2015 film Dancin': It's On!
  • Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally
  • Gulf Coast Jam - this 3-day outdoor concert event is held annually in May/June and showcases country music performers. The event in 2024 is sold out.[24]

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That's why we offer flexible cancellation policies on all of our tours. If your plans change for any reason, simply let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate you.

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A boat tour is a short trip in a relatively small boat taken for touristic reasons, typically starting and ending in the same place, and normally of a duration less than a day. This contrasts with river cruising, yacht cruising, and ocean cruising, in larger boats or cruise ships, for any number of days, with accommodation in cabins.

i miss him amphibious buses. Boat tours are often on rivers and lakes, but can be on canals as well.[1][2] Sustainability is an increasing issue,[3] since there can be an impact on the environment.[4]

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, equipment such as snorkels, masks, fins, and life jackets can usually be rented through the tour provider.

You can book a tour to Shell Island through the Shell Island Beach Tours website, by phone, or at select local tour offices in Panama City Beach.

Tour durations vary, typically ranging from 2 to 4 hours depending on the type of tour chosen.

Recommended items to bring include sunscreen, a hat, sunglasses, water, snacks, a swimsuit, a towel, and a camera.