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A man wearing the Dive PCB Floridian Shirt by Okihasi.
A man wearing the Dive PCB Floridian Shirt by Okihasi.
A man wearing the Dive PCB Floridian Shirt by Okihasi.
Okihasi

Dive Panama City Beach - Men's Floridian Shirt

Sale price$79.00
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We wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Okihasi’s “Dive Panama City Beach” men’s coastal shirt is leading people to take up scuba diving. The shirt depicts many of the wrecks that lie on the bottom of the northern Gulf and species of fish that they attract. With its relaxed fit and breathable fabric, this stare-inducing shirt is a perfect fit for times spent on and off the water. See if your buddies can find the spotted eagle ray in its pattern!       

For decades, students nearing the end of open-water certification classes have completed check-out dives at the quarry-rock jetties that stabilize the entrance from the Gulf to St. Andrew Bay and Port Panama City. Following classroom instruction and pool sessions, new divers visiting the jetties gain introduction to life forms they have never seen before including species typically associated with coral reefs. Here to be found are blue tangs, yellow tangs, damselfish, blennies, the homely toadfish and the aptly named lookdown. Schools of mullet pluck billowy tufts of algae clinging to the rocks, and striped sheepshead, looking like so many convicts, pass by. Soon, these divers will be ready to experience the many sunken ships and other artificial reefs located off Panama City Beach’s shores. The Black Bart and the USS Strength are among the most familiar vessels in a collection that is often added to by artificial reef programs and with bed tax dollars. Barnacles and anemones are among the first species to colonize a structure, followed by baitfish and jacks, then bottom huggers such as groupers and sea bass. Finally, humans come along, spewing bubbles. - Steve Bornhoft

Please see below for more about the shirt, care, and sizing

More on the PCB wreck sites and the surrounding marine life. 

PCB is home to numerous wreck sites that act as artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. These wreck sites range from sunken ships to sections of old bridges that have been dismembered and towed miles offshore. Before these objects are sunk in their new permanent locations at the bottom of the sea, they are extensively cleaned and prepared to become a haven for marine life. Some of the popular wrecks here in Panama City Beach are the Black Bart, USS Strength, Red Sea, USS Chippewa, Femi (Twin) Tugs, and the USS Accokeek. Some of the iconic marine life you might find at these wrecks are the goliath grouper, loggerhead sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, and different schools of amberjack, red snapper, and other species of fish.

In addition to the wreck sites, another popular diving site here in PCB is the jetties. The jetties are these walls of large boulders that line the pass, where the boats and ships can enter the bay, and are teaming with different fish and other marine life like the spiney lobster and the blue angelfish.

MATERIAL DETAILS

  1. Light-weight Viscose material made from bamboo - excellent to wear on those hot days.

  2. Machine wash cold on gentle - Mild detergents - Dry Cleaning Recommended

  3. Line dry

  4. Iron on a medium setting - take caution when ironing

Sizing

Do not use generic sizing (S, M, L, etc). Take exact measurements of your body to get the correct size. See the sizing chart below.

Chest Size

Small - 40-43”

Medium - 43-45”

Large - 45-47”

XL - 47-51”

XXL - 52-55”

XXXL - 56-59”

Length

Small - 27.5-28.5”

Medium - 28.5-30.5”

Large - 30.5-31.5”

XL - 31.5-32.5”

XXL - 32.5”

XXXL - 32.5”

Shoulder

Small - 17-18.25”

Medium - 18-19”

Large - 19-19.75”

XL - 20.75”

XXL - 21.75”

XXXL - 22-22.5”
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Dive Panama City Beach - Men's Floridian Shirt Sale price$79.00

Wear Okihasi and DemonstrateYour Love for Florida’s Environment

As a college student, I traveled to a South Africa and worked on a study involving meerkats and Cape ground squirrels. While there, I saw spectacular exotic species — warthogs and snake-eating secretary birds and the exceedingly rare brown hyena.

But it was upon my return to the United States that a small, brown bird enabled me to appreciate the importance of all species to the web of life and taught me that a critically endangered, seemingly inconsequential bug eater can inspire conservation efforts capable of preserving an entire ecosystem.

Birders talk about their “spark bird,” the species that stimulated in them a lifelong fascination with nature. For me, it was that small, brown bird — the Florida grasshopper sparrow, introduced to me by a University of Central Florida professor during a trip to the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve.

I grew up amid prickly pear cacti and gopher tortoises at the tip of the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida. My mother was a middle school science teacher. As a kid, my appreciate for nature and wildlife was limited, but my life changed when I changed my college major from psychology to biology.

Some years after graduating, I was part of a team establishing a STEM school in Ashville, North Carolina, when my parents, returning from a trip to Hawaii, presented me with an authentic aloha shirt that featured a marine scene. I wore only solid-colored shirts at the time, and my first reaction was “I’ll never wear this.” But I did, and I was surprised by all the conversations that shirt started, and I bought more of them.

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, I, like many others, thought about starting a business, and Okihasi was born. It combines my fondness for aloha shirts with my love for Florida’s diverse ecosystems.

My shirts, like that aloha shirt that landed in the mountains of western North Carolina, spark conversations — among ecologists, environmentalists, birders and nature enthusiasts of all stripes.

I find that gratifying and hope Okihasi Floridian men’s shirts help inspire people to preserve natural areas, strike a balance between development and conservation and save creatures great and small, including those little brown birds.

Sincerely,

John Mizell

Florida Family-Owned

Located in Panama City Beach, Okihasi is owned and operated by Florida natives who are inspired and guided by their strong passion for Florida’s natural beauty.

Florida Themed Shirts

Okihasi shirts depict Florida’s diverse ecosystems and the tremendous variety of its flora and fauna in an effort to foster appreciation for irreplaceable lifeforms. Designed by a Floridian Biologist, each shirt tells a story of our natural areas.

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