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Underwater Museum of Art (UMA)

DivingNo permitNo mooring buoys

Underwater art · Also good for anchoring

Florida's Gulf coast & the Panhandle, USUnderwater Museum of Art (UMA)
Best time
Jun–Sep
Water temp.
21–30 °C
Dive depth
17.5 m
Coordinates30°18′22″ N, 86°09′22″ W

A growing sculpture garden on flat Gulf sand, skulls, a giant pineapple, kinetic pieces, an octopus, with new works added every year. Amberjack, snapper and the odd goliath grouper now hold on it. Deployed 2018 as the first permanent underwater sculpture garden in the United States, a partnership between the South Walton Artificial Reef Association and the Cultural Arts Alliance. An annual open call means the collection keeps growing, one of the few hotspots that changes yearly. Anchorage: Open Gulf site 1nm offshore, no shelter; settled weather only. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally.

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