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Alabama, United States has 16 public dive sites on PickADive. Use the list below to compare mapped sites by depth, access, difficulty, ratings, and reviews before opening a site page.
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Alabama · Up to 21.6 m
The 105 Tug is a sunken tugboat off the Alabama/Pensacola coast, roughly 14 miles offshore in about 100 feet of water, and is a popular charter wreck dive noted for abundant fish life. It is grouped with the Navy Tug and 151 Tug in dive-magazine coverage of the region's sunken tugs. The compact wreck offers a wheelhouse to explore and surrounding sand where rays and bottom-dwellers are found.
Alabama · Up to 25.6 m
Anderson is one of five World War II Liberty ships sunk off Alabama in 1974, identified by divers as the Noah Webster (hull #776). The 400-plus-foot cargo ship rests in roughly 80-90 feet of water offshore from Perdido Pass and is a long-standing recreational wreck dive. Its large structure aggregates schooling spadefish, amberjack and snapper, with occasional pelagic and turtle sightings.
Alabama · 1.2–42.7 m
A 26-acre flooded limestone quarry in Pelham, Alabama, operated as a full-service dive park and billed as Alabama's premier inland dive site. Depths range from about 4 to 140 ft with an average of 100 ft, three 20-ft training platforms, training pools with 4- and 10-ft platforms, and sunken attractions including fire trucks, cars, boats, and a school bus. Surface temperatures hit 86 F in summer while the bottom stays 52-54 F; visibility runs ~25 ft in summer and 50-100 ft in winter. Full facilities on site: bathrooms, outdoor showers, gear tables, rentals, and air/nitrox fills.
Alabama · Up to 21 m
The CSX Boxcars are railcars deliberately sunk as an artificial reef about 18 miles offshore from Orange Beach, lying in roughly 70 ft of water. The structures attract a variety of reef fish and make an accessible mid-depth dive.
Alabama · 4.6–45.7 m
A spring-fed flooded quarry dive park near Glencoe in northeast Alabama, between Gadsden and Anniston off US-431. Depths run from about 15 to 150 ft with visibility of 20-70 ft, a boulder-strewn bottom, sunken boats, and a semi trailer positioned over the cold spring. The park operates seasonally and caters to open-water training, certified divers, and snorkelers in a quiet picnic-friendly setting.
Alabama · Up to 30.8 m
The Gladys B is a 102-foot 1937 tugboat scuttled in April 2018 about 22 nautical miles south of Fort Morgan in roughly 100 feet of water, with the superstructure rising to about 62 feet below the surface. Donated by Steiner's Shipyard, it was deployed by the Alabama Marine Resources Division specifically to broaden the state's appeal as a diving destination. The intact superstructure offers structure and shelter that quickly attract reef fish in the otherwise flat, sandy Gulf bottom.
Alabama · Up to 30 m
The Allen is a WWII-era Liberty ship deployed as an artificial reef off Baldwin County, one of the better-known wreck dives within roughly 8-11 nautical miles of Perdido Pass, lying in about 90-100 ft of water. It is a long-established reef that draws grouper, snapper and other reef fish.
Alabama · 3–16.8 m
A city-owned flooded limestone quarry in Madison, Alabama, formerly operated as Madison Aquatic Park with a full-service dive shop. It was best known for sunken attractions including a NASA Minuteman missile, an F-4 Phantom jet, a Titan missile nose cone, houseboats, a fire truck, and training platforms, with a max depth of about 55 ft (average ~40 ft) and 20-30 ft visibility. The park closed to recreational use around 2019-2020 when its operator went out of business, and as of 2024 the fenced site sits abandoned while the city weighs proposals to turn it into a nature preserve.
Alabama · Up to 8 m
Alabama Point (the Perdido Pass jetties) is a popular walk-in shore dive on the east/southeast side of Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, with public beach parking, restrooms and showers. The rock-and-concrete jetty drops into roughly 5-21 ft of water and hosts abundant marine life, but the area carries heavy boat traffic and tidal current, so divers should use a dive flag and time the dive for an incoming tide near high water. Visibility can reach about 25 ft on good days.
Alabama · Up to 12 m
Poseidon's Playground is a permitted recreational dive site about 3 miles south of Perdido Pass on the eastern edge of the R.V. Minton Artificial Reef Zone, set in roughly 40 ft of water. It features placed statues (Venus, Apollo and Poseidon) and reef structures, making it a popular shallow, easy site for novice divers and refresher dives. Boats are asked to anchor outside a designated no-anchor zone over the structures.
Alabama · Up to 25 m
The San Pablo, locally called the Russian Freighter, was a banana/fruit transport ship destroyed in 1944 off Pensacola and now lying about 9 miles offshore as a broken rubble field in roughly 80-83 ft of water with up to about 8 ft of relief. Although it lies just over the line in Florida waters off Pensacola, it is a standard regional dive run from Alabama charters. Divers explore scattered boilers, refrigeration coils and twisted hull sections rich with marine life.
Alabama · Up to 29 m
Sparkman is one of five World War II Liberty ships sunk off the Alabama coast in 1974, identified by divers as the Daniel Huger (hull #129). Each of these cargo ships is over 400 feet long and rests in roughly 80-100 feet of water 8-20 nautical miles offshore from Perdido Pass. The massive, decades-old structure draws schooling spadefish, amberjack and snapper and offers atmospheric backdrops for wreck photography.
Alabama · Up to 38 m
The Fairfield New Venture is a 250-foot former oceanographic research vessel (built 1986) intentionally sunk in 2018 roughly 20 miles south of Orange Beach, near the LuLu so both can be dived on one trip. The wheelhouse sits near 60 ft and the sand bottom reaches about 120-125 ft. Large openings cut in the hull give divers pass-throughs and access to most of the structure, making it suitable for open-water through technical divers.
Alabama · Up to 35 m
The LuLu is a 271-foot steel-hulled coastal freighter (ex-MV Yokamu) purpose-sunk on May 26, 2013 as Alabama's first ship deliberately sunk for recreational diving, sitting upright in the Don Kelley North reef zone about 17 nautical miles south of Perdido Pass. The wheelhouse tops out near 60 ft, the main deck around 95 ft, and the sand bottom is roughly 110-115 ft. Large removed hatches and doors allow penetration into the long central cargo hold, though hurricanes have since twisted the hull.
Alabama · Up to 30 m
Wallace Reef is an artificial reef formed from a Liberty ship that was split into two pieces by Hurricane Frederic (1979), lying off Orange Beach in roughly 100 ft of water. It is a recognized offshore wreck dive.
Alabama · Up to 7 m
The Whiskey Wreck is a roughly 200-foot wooden rum-runner lying in about 15-25 ft of water just past the offshore sandbar, around 150 yards due south of Bahama Bob's Beach Side Cafe at 601 West Beach Blvd, Gulf Shores. Little remains beyond a low (2-3 ft) section of hull wall covering about 300 square yards, and it is one of the few true shore/snorkel-accessible wreck dives on the Alabama coast. Visibility is typically 5-15 ft and depends heavily on wave action.
Alabama has 16 public dive sites in the PickADive catalog. Start with the map when coastline, nearby alternatives, and travel distance matter.
Explore sites on the mapCurrent public data shows 8 intermediate and 4 advanced dive sites. Listed depths range from about 1m to 46m where available. Boat is the most common listed access type. Use those signals as a starting point, then confirm the plan against training, equipment, and current local guidance.
PickADive can help with research and comparison, but it does not certify that a dive is safe today. Weather, current, visibility, entry, boat traffic, and local rules can change quickly.
How condition context worksUse the ranked list on this page to compare 16 public dive sites in Alabama. PickADive highlights ratings, reviews, depth, access type, difficulty, and mapped location so you can move from destination research to a specific site page. 5 dive sites are recorded with shore access and 11 with boat access.
PickADive currently marks 1 dive site in Alabama as beginner level. That is 6% of the 16 listed dive sites. 5 dive sites in Alabama are recorded with shore access, and listed depths start from about 1m. Confirm depth, entry, conditions, and supervision before choosing a dive.
Yes. PickADive currently marks 4 dive sites in Alabama as advanced or expert level. Listed depths in the catalog reach about 46m at the deepest sites, and 11 dive sites are recorded as boat access. These dives deserve extra attention to depth, access, current, visibility, and local guidance.
Listed PickADive depth data for Alabama ranges from about 1m to 46m. Both shallow shore entries and deeper boat sites appear in the catalog: 5 dive sites are recorded with shore access and 11 with boat access. Use that as a research starting point, then verify current conditions and site-specific guidance.
Yes. Use the map link on this page to compare Alabama dive sites by location, coastline, nearby alternatives, and individual site details.