Located on Mobile Bay, the city is less than an hours drive from the sugary white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. The semi-tropical climate and warm water temperature are ideal for water sports of all kinds. Fishing enthusiasts have a choice of deep sea fishing in the Gulf, trying numerous rivers, or fishing in the Bay. If you don't want to catch your own, commercial fishermen and shrimpers are more than happy to provide you with a bounty of fresh seafood. Fresh oysters, shrimp, crawfish, and innumerable fish are abundantly available and popular on most restaurant menus.
Scuba diving is a favorite sport here since the area abounds with sealife and historical shipwrecks.
The Bay is also one of the nation's largest watershed, with a multitude of marshes, bays, streams, and rivers, all waiting to be explored by canoe, sailboat, or foot. .