This morning April 22, 2013, we arrived at Salton Sea to fish for talilpia. I had read many reviews on this place and hadn't visited since College when there were homes, docks and boat launches. Now it is a different yet still beautiful place. While everyone else fished, I sat on a bench and watched the beautiful pelicans on the... More

Heard about The Salton Sea - how it is a dying out Salt Water Lake... went expecting to stumble through some muddy stinky shoreline and leave after 15 minutes.... but NO WAY!! this place was Amazing!! We came to the north east shore for a few minutes to take a peek and stayed for 3 hours strolling up the shoreline!!... More

An unexpected find for us! But I would recommend anyone in the area to make a special trip to the north shore of the Salton Sea to visit the International Banana Museum. A small storefront by the roadside, and a stone's throw from the sea, only hints at the marvels inside. The owner has acquired a Guinness record collection of... More

The fabled, infamous Salton Sea, "the miracle in the desert" and the resort that never was. A planned dream resort in southern California, an hour from Palm Springs, that died. The largest lake in California, its surface lies 69 metres below sea level. It was created by a flood in 1905, when water from the Colorado River flowed into the... More

Are you interested in a strange and weird adventure? Abandoned sea shore communities. Roads built for a community of 500 homes with only a hand full of homes completed and still standing. Homes half completed and abandoned. Trailers in deplorable condition spaced sporadically along the shore line. Dead and petrified fish littering the beaches. I kept waiting to see Arnold... More

The surrounding area is great for off roading but the salton sea does not have much to offer than some bird watching and abandoned structures. A few years back they had some boat racing but they put an end to that. The smell from the sea tends to be pretty bad depending on the time of the year plus the... More

We enjoyed looking at the Salton Sea and walking around. We wish we had more time to enjoy it but we had to get back on the road. The visitor center volunteers were very friendly and informative, the video in the visitors center was informative also. The smell is not that bad but expect to see a a lot of... More

What a stunning place...a must see. Incredibly scenic and so peaceful. Could be a beautiful resort if it could secure funds. I'm sure that if this was anywhere else in California it would have been. Great place if you are into ornithology too. The algae does have an odor but not overpowering. All of the staff are so gracious and... More

The Salton Sea was created in the early 1900s by an engineering debacle; the entire volume of the flooding Colorado River burst through canal locks and filled the basin over a year's time. Since then, the water has been evaporating, leaving commercial docks and tourist establishments high and dry. One exception is the marina and beach operated by the California... More