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Two pendulum-type inclinometers, providing accurate direct measurements of seafloor gradient from a submersible, were developed and field tested. A manipulator-held inclinometer was used in Great Abaco Canyon to measure the angle of repose of taluslike carbonate deposits on the canyon wall. A submersiblemounted inclinometer continuously measured, and a camera recorded, variations in seafloor gradient on the lower continental slope off Cape Hatteras. This area has been previously identified seismically as containing rotational slump blocks. Slump deposits were found to have slopes of up to 10 ~ while their associated slump scarps had gradients between 30 and 50 ~ .