Scuba Diving in Alabama, United States

16 mapped sites

Best dive sites in Alabama, United States

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The LuLu

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.

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Madison Quarry

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.

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San Pablo (Russian Freighter)

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.

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Dive Land Park

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.

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