Diving season has opened in Lake Van

With the increase in water temperature in Lake Van, the largest soda lake in the world with a history of 800 thousand years, the diving season has opened. The vast waters of Lake Van, which spreads like a sea over an area of 3,713 square kilometers as a result of the eruption of the volcanic Mount Nemrut, make it suitable for diving tourism. Lake Van harbors pearl mullets and later discovered microbialites and the Van Lake Small Coral Fish in its depths. Furthermore, in subsequent dives, the mysterious depths of Lake Van, where Russian wrecks and castle remains are encountered, await the visit of amateur and professional divers with the warming weather this year. This year, members of the Underwater Search and Rescue Training Association (AKEM) successfully completed the first dive of the season as the waters warmed up.
“It can become an attractive diving center” Speaking to the IHA correspondent, AKEM President Halil İbrahim Atacan stated that they opened the season very late due to the delay in the warm weather. Atacan expressed that they conducted their first dives after the water warmed up, saying, “We wish to spend the season with beautiful and successful dives. We know that Lake Van is located at a high altitude, and for this reason, it can become an attractive diving center. Because we also know that every diver wants to dive at high altitudes. Our underwater visibility ranges from 5 to 7 meters. Our underwater riches include microbialites, Vangölü Small Coral Fish, and our Van fish. In this way, we can meet at 3 special points.” Atacan invited diving enthusiasts to diving schools, stating that they would thus step into the magical world of Lake Van.