Do You Want To Visit Salton Sea Beach? | Salton Sea Today

California is known as the land of milk and honey, but it has has a place that’s not so sweet. From a distance, the Salton Sea looks like any beautiful body of water with amazing white beaches. However, once you come close, the Salton Sea beach tells a different story of a miserable and depressing area.
Salton Sea Beach is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California. It is located 2.5 miles southeast of Desert Shores. The population was 518 in 2023, up from 422 a few years ago. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area.
The Salton Sea has an extremely high salt content and is surrounded by salt flats which can easily be broken with hand. During the 1950s, Salton Sea Beach was a popular beach-going destination. It was well known as “California’s French Riviera”. The Salton Sea was the ultimate vacation destination for the rich and famous. Beachgoers flocked to the sunny inland shores for rest, relaxation and recreation.
The area attracted half a million tourists annually, rivaling Yosemite National Park. Wealthy developers purchased every inch of the properties surrounding this miracle in the desert to build homes, hotels and businesses to create a vacationland. In short time small towns were erected surrounding the area with schools, public services and lots of entrepreneurial businesses.
The saying, “all good things must come to an end” is the story of the Salton Sea.
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[@cesarbarrientos8089]

I've lived here for a long time. Too long some might say. No one has cancer here cause of the air. If you're not from here, it's probably as bad as it looks. It's not so bad. It's home

[@4KTravelChannel]

Lucky you! 👍

[@ericdean4397]

I have been learning about how the Salton Sea was created and how it has become how it is now. The solution is simple, costly but simple. Water aqueducts from the sea of Cortez to refill the Salton. I would like to come see this place someday.

[@Postmortementrails]

I love the Salton Sea. It’s one of my favorite places I’ve ever visited. I would love to own a little piece of beach front property there one day 😊😂

[@johnzoidberg8510]

It looks cool to me.

[@TomG-f4r]

It's special , it's desert , it's a salty mess , the slabs are ...utopia on a budget , that's just too tight , mans impact has been ....unsightly stinky ,dusty , decadent and enduring.

[@PearsonLeanne]

Back in the 1960's my grandparents traveled around in their RV. If they came across a town they liked they would buy a postage stamp piece of ground. As time went on, they passed away. Ultimately I inherited a 1/4 acre parcel in Salton City. I have kept up with the taxes for over 30 years in hopes that someday the sea would be restored making the place a tourist destination once again.

[@4KTravelChannel]

Hopefully they restore it one day.

[@ELORIGINALDELASIERRA]

To fix the situation ocean water or canal should be built to allow water to flow in and out

[@4KTravelChannel]

Good idea!

[@Zomby_Woof]

@@4KTravelChannel No, it isn't. The Salton Sea is an aberration that never should have existed, and would not have except for failure of a flood control system. It's just a big puddle with nothing to sustain it, and it will eventually just dry up. The only argument that one might make for diverting precious water from the colorado river would be to keep more of the toxic lake bottom from being exposed and unleashing dust clouds laced with heavy metals and toxins from decades of concentrated irrigation runoff. Probably would make more sense to give the mining rights away to any company willing to haul off the toxic overburden as it dries up, before it can all blow into the air. Beneath the Salton Sea is a rich deposit of lithium.

[@melissahamilton1044]

The Salton Sea is 218 feet below sea level. Something to consider.

[@ELORIGINALDELASIERRA]

@@melissahamilton1044 i own a salt water fish to understand the problem you must understand filtration and ph balance salinity levels and so on so forth it can be done the chinese would love this oppurtunity belive that

[@briana.1878]

I go out there fairly regularly. I've always liked the desert. I usually hit the communities around the lake. I always check out Slab City, always interesting. Usually camp somewhere in the area overnight. The Ski Inn in Bombay Beach is kind of a cool diner/bar, their burgers are good. Interesting folks living in that area.

[@4KTravelChannel]

That’s awesome. Did you check out Bombay Beach?

[@diewilde13]

It's still a very beautiful place. I have just been there during an awesome roadtrip.

[@MartyInLa]

Been to the Ski Inn a couple of times, liked it. Fun to chat with the locals.

[@tomgatch2]

One of the things that you did not mention is that the Salton Sea was once the best inland fishery in the state, producing orange mouth corvina up to 30 pounds or more. The most realistic and viable way to save this priceless resource and have a chance of renewing it to its former glory would be to create a canal from the northern Sea of Cortez. The cost of this type of project would likely be offset by the resurrection of the communities and real estate values that would revitalize the region.

[@4KTravelChannel]

That's a great idea 👍

[@eleven8948]

Thats a good idea. Also, I would say to add up to 3 water treatment plants around the lake. Each plant will extract water from the lake, clean it, filter it and send it back into the lake. Withing a few years the salinity and chemicals will be drastically reduced and the wildlife will begin to flourish again. Couple that with your idea and the lake will continue to grow and bring back all that tourism and business. I saw this 1st hand in Chicago. They added water treatment plants to the water that would drain into the lake. The lake around Chicago was very polluted and withing a few years they had Salmon fish jumping into the areas of the water lines that would drain into the lake.

[@MrCountrycuz]

All I see is you driving down an eroded paved road. the dead fish gave the birds botulism. In 2003 they cut down most of the water from the Colorado river to go to San Diego. This body of water will need an inflow of water and an outflow to bring down the salinity of the sea and make it viable again. I have been studying this place since I first discovered it back in 2006 when I drove past it going up 86 in an 18 wheeler to go around LA.

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@DogDudeDrone]

Just realizing this was an area in gta 😂

[@elchoya8432]

anyone ever notice that big UFO in the top left hand corner following him sometimes during most of the drive

[@4KTravelChannel]

👍

[@kenz5469]

Mirror reflection off the windshield

[@vuho7832]

Yes, it is hell on Earth. No argument there. I'm also hearing there's a lot of potential in this area for extracting lithium for the electric car battery. Place has the potential (allegedly) to be very valuable down the road.

[@4KTravelChannel]

They will dig out another mine and little will be done for the environment

[@Austin-jd4mc]

@@4KTravelChannel Anyone working that mine will die from the toxic dust pretty much.

[@calvinking8586]

It’s still a cool place to go and hang out. I was just there and I didn’t find any of these criticisms. Better go there and draw your own conclusion.

[@4KTravelChannel]

There are 1000 better places to hang out I think...

[@calvinking8586]

@@4KTravelChannel maybe for you, but not me, I was born in Imperial Valley in Calexico ca. So yeah, I have a deep connection to Imperial County.

[@lisaalisa27]

I was just there today. Many questions? Looks as a pretty healthy lake. Beautiful scenery. The smell is not bad, and smells like the mud baths and hot springs that people pay for at the resorts. Also, the elites started pharma and changing everything against the good of the people in the 70s. Perfect timing to “kill” the sea. And of course there are lithium deposits. Smells very fishy to me 😏

[@jasmineduran6731]

I saw it when I had to take my semi down CA-86 to get around the I-10 because one of the bridges washed out and I didn’t want to deal with any traffic. It was mesmerizing! I told my husband (boyfriend at the time) about it and how we should go there on vacation one day but I guess you can't swim in the sea. ☹️ I hope it can flourish again and be safe to swim in, but Idk if it'll ever happen.

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@DrBuzz0]

In so far as what is a solution? There is a way of solving the problem and restoring the salton sea. It needs a good solid feed of fresh water to dilute the salinity down. This will only work for a period of time before the salinity increases, but it will be slow possibly hundreds of years. The solution is a canal to divert more water to the salton sea. The problem is you're talking billions of dollars right there.

[@4KTravelChannel]

That’s a good solution I think 👍

[@joelouie5649]

Let's do it for free

[@ddbrink663]

the whole thing was created by accident when they were building an irrigation canal. the colorado river breached the canal and created the salton sea

[@fieldfairy9845]

You need fresh inflow AND outflow to reduce the salinity. Salty lakes are primarily due to no outflow which causes an increase in salinity

[@4KTravelChannel]

@@fieldfairy9845 great comment 👍I 100% agree.

[@bmredd]

Build a canal from the sea of Cortez. Buy out all properties and relocate the owners to a new coast line. The new coast line will be much farther away as the sea will need to be much larger to make the water less salty and dilute it so life can thrive. Construction of large desalination plants will harness salt for industrial needs. The desalinized and treated water will then be used as drinking water and sold to different surrounding counties. Any excess water can be channeled to an aqueduct that empties back out to sea off the ca coast. A constant inflow and outflow will keep the salt levels at an acceptable level. Large developments along the new coast can be sold for large amounts of profit due to the property revaluation once the sea is restored. New cities Lithium mining and industries will supply the funding needed over time and recover the cost. Profits will also be made with salt harnessing and water production. The sea should be filled to twice its former capacity. A place of beauty and glory will become an economic power house and create new costal cities with massive potential. A large fishing community will also become once again better than ever before. A new permanently sustainable paradise with massive benefits and ecological benefits will then be a reality. Even a small amount of sea level rise can be corrected because of the massive amounts of water that will be needed from the sea of Cortes to make this a reality. This project through its benefits could even pay for itself and generate massive wealth for the developers.

[@4KTravelChannel]

That’s an awesome idea! Let’s hope that CA governor starts working on it! 👍

[@robertlowe3780]

build that canal!

[@4KTravelChannel]

Great idea!

[@stettan1754]

Here’s a fixer idea…just like all dehydrated food, just find a way and add water!

[@4KTravelChannel]

Colorado river can definitely help with that idea, just find a way to divert water

[@stettan1754]

@@4KTravelChannel That’s where the water came from in the first place.

[@JR12991]

This was so sad to hear and see. What a difference,time has made to this place!🙏🏽

[@4KTravelChannel]

Yes, it’s very sad what has happened to that amazing area

[@DjMeow]

Not time. People

[@lyndapierson6338]

@@DjMeow ironically people may bring it back to life

[@badexter1]

This is ashame. This was just a beautiful part of Southern California and there is beauty that you can still see. We really cannot revitalize the area? I don't believe that. Expensive yes but it seems that we can engineer getting fresh water back into the sea and runoff somehow fed into the Pacific so it is not so landlocked. Once this happens the rest of the infrastructure can gradually be brought back to life. It is too of a waste of a great thing to just let it deteriorate.

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@BellezaNatural2024]

This is where Trevor lives

[@4KTravelChannel]

Lucky him

[@chrisbourne3543]

Toxic houses waste recycling planned may be able to help and they know they have a deadline but we have to provide the labor and the land. Do you have the facility constructed fast

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@66Madia]

Why does nobody question the fruit and vegetable production in that area? It is possible with much less or without all that chemicals. Yes, of course with less profit, Why isn't there enough water to restore (which only makes sense with less chemicals)? Is it all needed for Palm Springs? What about this idea to bring water from the sea in? Maybe politicians don't care enough about that region?

[@4KTravelChannel]

That’s a series of very good questions you have raised. Hopefully we’ll have some answers in the near future.

[@Rocketman0407]

They will need to make canal from Mexico to the Salton. Mexico will most likely not permit it

[@williamandlyn]

The area is dead ask the water district they own the land now

[@Ebbrush3]

lets see what hurricane hilary does to the water level

[@4KTravelChannel]

I think nothing at all.

[@richardbarry04553]

I was there a few weeks ago and the water level was way down

[@elchoya8432]

looks so peaceful,but also looks sooooooo lonely.

[@4KTravelChannel]

👍

[@Joe-ng5ez]

is salton sea safe to stay if i got a motel room thank you

[@4KTravelChannel]

Yes it's relatively safe, few people live there.

[@Joe-ng5ez]

@@4KTravelChannel Thank You

[@chrisbourne3543]

This is a perfect site to build a massive toxic hazardous placed recycling plant leaves 23 mi.²

[@bobsmith9938]

This area is already getting more interest due to its lithium resources. The world is heading towards EV and lithium batteries. There’s enough lithium resources there to provide the entire US + export. Geothermal energy is prevalent here as well. It’s enough to provide plenty of power to grow the population to 10x. we will see a lot of positive growth in the next five years here. There’s already solar and wind farms in this area.

[@4KTravelChannel]

That's awesome news 👍

[@ronalddaub9740]

GTA v Sandy shores, got the Salton out to many people through a video game.

[@ELORIGINALDELASIERRA]

😂😂😂

[@bobsmith9938]

@@ELORIGINALDELASIERRA disagree? Your Thoughts?

[@ELORIGINALDELASIERRA]

@bobsmith9938 I've seen your multiple post on different platforms you most likely live there unbelievable how you don't smell those rotten eggs 😑 and talkin about batteries omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣were definitely going solar but not in egg land

[@JC-ou9zt]

Lots are cheap out there. 10k with utilies in street. Is it worth it even as a gamble. I think it could be.

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@queenaranel6060]

This is so sad. When I was a kid my family would come here to go camping, swimming, boating, water skiing. It was a fun place to for family and friends to have fun.. But all things must come to an end... So sad..🥲

[@4KTravelChannel]

Good memories

[@williamschoemann4209]

Rent and property purchase prices must be low. Are there a grocery store and a gas station?

[@4KTravelChannel]

Not that I know of

[@PearsonLeanne]

I know there is a gas station. It is owned by a native tribe. There is a small casino attached to it.

[@4KTravelChannel]

@@PearsonLeanne That's good 👍

[@Redbaron_sites]

No mone for This area, but Billions for dictators and we simply must go to Mars,and the Moon. Go figure. This was a wonderful presentation,the footage you shot shows s resilient beauty thank you so much ❤.

[@chrisbourne3543]

It recycles and destroys toxic hazardous waste and generates electricity. How large of one do you need for the salt and sea we need the land and provide labor

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@salvadorgarcia4327]

I remember when my parents on our 1962 AMC Rambler Station Wagon from Blythe, CA. took us to the 'miracle in the desert' North Shore back in the mid 1960s but we were not let in because some of the Palm Springs elites were having a celebrity function that Sunday afternoon and now it's a laugher as I watched this video

[@4KTravelChannel]

So sad they didn't let you in, now they party elsewhere.

[@ligerangry6857]

Yes they are all pedos... Philps😡🤬

[@billwendell6886]

A I bot using Google Maps car video??? Failed to mention the place was an environmental manmade disaster that worked out pretty well for several decades.

[@sharoonakhan8823]

Add tonns of sugar to balance the eco system

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@benmaplesden9672]

I know exactly what will reply and clear up the problem Tazewell I'll be down there in a couple of months or so I'll come down and see what's going on maybe we can resurrect once a good thing maybe we can resurrect what was once upon a time a good thing

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@fastheartmartvideos]

Thanks for this video. I don't care for AI narration, but it's a nice drive around Salton City.

[@ProctorsGamble]

This was one of the most interesting places I’ve ever visited along with Borrego Springs, Salvation Mountain and the thermal power plants. Wish it could be restored to some of its glory.

[@4KTravelChannel]

Wish that too 👍

[@78Yamaha750]

I go there for a few days every winter to visit friends from the east who own places and winter there. Beautiful weather and minimal fish smell as they are all dead. Solutions? The Colorado River has no water to spare. Dig a cnal from the Sea of Cortez.

[@4KTravelChannel]

Good idea 👍

[@davidrte.664]

It’s a pretty good Synopsis of what happened to the sea. My wife and I lived in Salton Sea beach in early 1971. There were many that would come every weekend from LA to fish. Mostly retired lived there then. The reason it has deteriorated to this point there was no money to be made in fixing the problems so the state didn’t do anything to fix it. Now that lithium batteries are a big thing and there is money to be made there is interested. No one cared about the children in the Imperial county that suffered with breathing problems.

[@Moistandmeaty-t4l]

If you hate showers..this is the place to be..pure heaven

[@4KTravelChannel]

That's right 👍

[@orso9039]

Looking like Hemet

[@4KTravelChannel]

It’s not far from Hemet

[@leroyessel2010]

We see the Eirex Technology in Canada is 5 year old company ideal for Salton Sea. The outdated electrolysis of water can't compete with cavitation of any type of water to produce lowest cost electricity in comparison to hydro electric or geothermal energy. Producing hydrogen equivalent to 25 cents per gasoline gallon equivalent would encourage Calfornia and Mexico to import gravity fed ocean water into Laguna Salada, Salton Sea and Death Valley all below sealevel. To prevent salt water intrusion the best types of pipes can be made from baslalt volcanic rock fibers that don't decay exposed to salt water. Even basalt rebar is far superior to metal rebal that doesn't rust and is very light weight. Ocean or polluted pond water will compete with fossil fuels and contaminated waste plastic for synthetic fuels will provide endless job opportunities for Salton Sea community. The recent breakthrough for salt batteries is highy competitive to lithium ion batteries and California has huge upside being astride the Pacific Ocean.

[@juanperes-jy1di]

im from México, and i have been thinking the same idea. But after some time, it will be a disastrous idea for the people at the end of the water line.

[@Cavefire76]

Sandy shores

[@4KTravelChannel]

Yes

[@Y2KMosh]

Wait, is this just Sandy Shores!? 😂😂😂

[@haone1987]

Sandy shores ❤ GTA V

[@benmears4202]

One Fix.... Boot NEWSOME OUT OF CALIFORNIA.........

[@phillipschlegel6663]

Great video thank you❤

[@4KTravelChannel]

Thanks

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@VAHZGEN]

Were you at any point wearing respirator mask or was that even necessary?

[@4KTravelChannel]

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[@VAHZGEN]

@@4KTravelChannel not sure what that means dude lol

[@MartyInLa]

Wasn't Israel the Land of Milk and Honey?

[@4KTravelChannel]

Don't know what you are trying to say

[@MartyInLa]

@@4KTravelChannel “A good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey”; So reads the Bible in the Book of Exodus, in reference to the area roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel.

[@cindyburnham388]

Men ruin everything

[@4KTravelChannel]

That's right

[@robertdavis5714]

History fan, so had to visit it. Do not stay too long, toxic air that has proven Cancer for humans, especially because of wind direction.

[@4KTravelChannel]

Wind was devastating there, blowing trash around, like 15-20mph

[@ligerangry6857]

​@@4KTravelChannelthe imperial valley is too 🥵 Hot ..... different to San Diego breeze is nice and cool on summer time here

[@deannamagana1425]

Still way better than santa Paula ca

[@4KTravelChannel]

That's possible