Scuba Diving In The Desert
Published by misha in Adventure, North America, Photos, Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Swimming, Travel gear, United States of America
About 10 miles south of the Great Salt Lake in the desert outside Grantsville, Utah, thousand of fish live in the murky saltwater at Bonneville Seabase, which is an independent experiment in marine biology. Seabase has an end-of-the-earth feeling, with no noise and little life and it’s open to snorkelers and scuba diver.
The entrance of Bonneville Seabase.
Seabase consists of three pools open for diving that receive water naturally from the ancient salt beds of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which once covered the region.
A school of minnows feed on the banks of one of the saltwater bays.
Divers participate in an apple-bobbing contest. Local residents make up most of Seabase’s 1,500 to 2,000 annual visitors, including regulars from area dive clubs and people seeking scuba certification before trips to Cozumel or the Caribbean.
Tags: desert • scuba_diving • Snorkeling • United_States • watersports
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