Sea Turtle Tracking: Active Sea Turtles
Active Turtles
BetsyBetsy is an adult green turtle released with a satellite transmitter from Guanahacabibes Natural Park, Cuba on July 4, 2018. She measured 102.0 cm in curved carapace (shell) length, 91.0 cm in curved carapace width, and deposited 112 eggs into her nest. Betsy is taking part in the 2018 Tour de Turtles and is sponsored by Shark Reef Aquarium.
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 227 km / 141 miles
BetsyUpdated 9 hours ago.
BortieBortie is an adult female loggerhead sea turtles released on June 19, 2018 with a satellite transmitter after nesting on Coquina Beach. She measured 87.1 cm in curved carapace (shell) length. Bortie is taking part in the 2018 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsors, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch & Bortell's Lounge.
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 515 km / 320 miles
CarolineAn adult female loggerhead sea turtle to be released with a satellite transmitter on July 30, 2017 from the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. She measured 89.0 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 84.2 cm curved carapace width. Caroline is taking part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsor, Carolina Skiff.
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 1,821 km / 1,131 miles
CertinaCertina is an adult female leatherback sea turtle released with a satellite
transmitter from Soropta Beach, Panama on May 28, 2018. She measured 156.7 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 106.2 cm in curved
carapace width. She was named by her sponsor, Certina, and is taking part in the 2018 Tour
de Turtles.
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Last location update: 8 hours
Cumulative distance: 1,997 km / 1,241 miles
CocoA 215 pound adult male loggerhead sea turtle was rescued 9 miles offshore of Marathon in the Florida Bay and taken to the Turtle Hospital on February 27th, 2018. Coco was very thin and covered in barnacles and algae. X-rays revealed a severe intestinal impaction and pneumonia. Treatment included IV nutrition, broad spectrum antibiotics, lactulose, fluids and eventually, when he began eating, a healthy diet of fish and squid. It is a rare opportunity to track an adult male sea turtle. Coco is healthy and ready to go back to sea! We are very interested to see where this big boy goes!
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Last location update: 7 hours
Cumulative distance: 51 km / 32 miles
CocoUpdated 7 hours ago.
ColadaColada is an adult hawksbill sea turtle released on July 15, 2018 with a satellite transmitter. She was encountered nesting on July 14 on Cades Bay Beach, Nevis. She measured 82.7 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 77.9 cm curved carapace width. Colada is taking part in the 2018 Tour de Turtles. View migration map.
Last location update: 7 hours
Cumulative distance: 12 km / 7 miles
DuneDune is an adult female loggerhead sea turtle released on May 22, 2018 from Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility. Dune was found floating in the intracoastal unable to dive by boaters and reported to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on February 24, 2018. Gumbo Limbo Rehabilitation Facility treated Dune for a lung infection, related buoyancy issues, and severe emaciation. After over four months of rehabilitation, Dune has completely recovered and deemed ready for release by the sea turtle veterinarian. Dune measured 84.6 cm straight carapace length and gained over 40 lbs during her rehabilitation, weighing 176 lbs upon release!
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 1,322 km / 821 miles
DuneUpdated 9 hours ago.
Eliza AnnEliza Ann is an adult female loggerhead sea turtles released on June 20, 2017 with a satellite transmitter after nesting on Coquina Beach. She measured 109.5 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 110.7 cm in curved carapace width. Eliza Ann is taking part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsors, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch & Waterline Marina and Resort.
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Last location update: 33 hours
Cumulative distance: 4,577 km / 2,844 miles
KaliKali is an adult hawksbill sea turtle released on July 16, 2018 with a satellite transmitter. Kali is short for “Kalinago” which was an indigenous group of people in the Lesser Antilles. She was encountered nesting on July 15 on Lover's Beach, Nevis. She measured 85.0 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 79.0 vc curved carapace width. Kali is taking part in the 2018 Tour de Turtles. View migration map.
Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 21 km / 13 miles
KaliUpdated 9 hours ago.
KrakenKraken, the adult female loggerhead sea turtle, arrived to Gumbo Limbo's
Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility on June 11, 2017. She was found
floating in the Indian River Lagoon suffering from a severe boat
propeller strike injury. Her face was lacerated and she was admitted to
emergency surgery immediately upon arrival. After several months of
rehabilitation, surgeries, and even Hurricane Irma, she is healed,
measures 87.0 cm straight carapace length, & weighs a healthy 181
lbs! Despite missing her missing eye, she has recovered fully and been
deemed ready for release by the sea turtle veterinarian.
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Last location update: 33 hours
Cumulative distance: 657 km / 408 miles
LeonoraAn adult female loggerhead sea turtle to be released with a satellite transmitter on July 31, 2016 from the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. She measured 101.0 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 92.2 cm curved carapace width. Leonora is taking part in the 2016 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsor, Ripley's Aquariums.
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Last location update: 320 hours
Cumulative distance: 7,976 km / 4,956 miles
LibertyLiberty is an adult loggerhead sea turtle released with a satellite transmitter from Guanahacabibes Natural Park, Cuba on July 4, 2018. She measured 100.0 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 92.0 cm in curved carapace width. While Guanahacabibes is predominately a green turtle nesting beach, loggerheads and hawksbills do occasionally nest as well. Liberty is the first adult loggerhead satellite tracked from Cuba. She is taking part in the 2018 Tour de Turtles and is sponsored by The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida Keys.
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Last location update: 7 hours
Cumulative distance: 697 km / 433 miles
Little MoneyA 365 pound adult female green sea turtle was found by a boater beached on Money Key on June 20th. She was recused by the Turtle Hospital and FWC and was treated at the Turtle Hospital for gastrointestinal issues. Little Money received broad spectrum antibiotics, vitamins, fluids and a healthy diet. She is swimming strong, healthy and ready to return to her ocean home! Little Money is a mature female...there is a chance she may come back to shore to nest this season!
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 39 km / 24 miles
LucayaLucaya is an adult female leatherback sea turtle encountered nesting on
May 27, 2018, on Soropta Beach, Panama. She measured 151.5 cm in curved
carapace (shell) length and 108.4 cm curved carapace width. Lucaya was
named by her sponsor, Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas, and is
taking part in the 2018 Tour de Turtles.
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Last location update: 8 hours
Cumulative distance: 2,432 km / 1,511 miles
Mandalay IIMandalay II (locally known as Berigo, the name of an important Nobe village), is an adult female hawksbill sea turtle that was encountered nesting on May 30, 2017, on Chiriquí Beach. She measured 86.6 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 77.1 cm curved carapace width. She flipper tagged with tags #CH7627 and #CH7628 by STC researchers. A satellite tag was applied after she finished nesting. Mandalay II was named by her sponsor, Shark Reef Aquarium, and is taking part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles.
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Last location update: 23 hours
Cumulative distance: 2,542 km / 1,580 miles
MojitoMojito (aka Moji) is an adult hawksbill sea turtle released on July 16, 2017 with a satellite transmitter. She was encountered at 11:45 pm on July 16 on Lovers Beach, Nevis. She measured 75.8 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 72.3 cm curved carapace width. Mojito took part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles.
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Last location update: 33 hours
Cumulative distance: 1,587 km / 986 miles
MyrtleMyrtle is an adult female loggerhead sea turtle released with a
satellite transmitter on August 2, 2015 from the Archie Carr National
Wildlife Refuge, Florida. She measured 101.9 cm in curved carapace
(shell) length. She is taking part
in the 2015 Tour de Turtles, and was named by her sponsor, Ripley's
Aquariums.
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 7,008 km / 4,354 miles
OdysseyAn adult female loggerhead sea turtle to be released with a satellite transmitter on July 30, 2017 from the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. She measured 90.6 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 84.0 cm curved carapace width.
Odyssey is taking part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsor, Ripley's Aquariums.
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Last location update: 9 hours
Cumulative distance: 2,773 km / 1,723 miles
PinneyPinney is an adult hawksbill sea turtle released on July 22, 2012 with a satellite transmitter after nesting on Cades Bay, Nevis. She measured 76.0 cm in curved carapace (shell) length. She took part in the 2012 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsor, Four Seasons Resort Nevis.
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Last location update: 504 hours
Cumulative distance: 2,326 km / 1,446 miles
SallySally is an adult female loggerhead sea turtle released with a satellite transmitter on July 29, 2017 from south of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. She measured 86.9 cm curved carapace (shell) length and 82.7 cm curved carapace width. Sally is taking part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsors, Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment, and Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.
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Last location update: 8 hours
Cumulative distance: 1,995 km / 1,239 miles
SallyUpdated 8 hours ago.
Sheldon "Sheldon" is a 59.0 cm green turtle that was captured in a net at Somerset Long Bay, Bermuda, on 18 August 2017. This was the first time that this turtle had been captured. It weighed 25.4 kilograms. The turtle was captured as part of the Bermuda Turtle Project which focuses on the study of immature green turtles in developmental habitat.
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Last location update: 296 hours
Cumulative distance: 727 km / 452 miles
SocaSoca is an adult female leatherback sea turtle released with a satellite
transmitter from Soropta Beach, Panama on May 27, 2017. She measured
142.4 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 107.5 cm in curved
carapace width. She had a small indent in the end of her carapace and
was previously flipper tagged in May, 2015. Soca was named by her
sponsor, Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, and took part in the 2017 Tour
de Turtles.
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Last location update: 2 hours
Cumulative distance: 20,237 km / 12,575 miles
SocaUpdated 2 hours ago.
SundropSundrop is an adult hawksbill sea turtle released on July 18, 2016 with a satellite transmitter after nesting on the beach at Lovers Beach, Nevis. She measured 77.3 cm curved carapace (shell) length. Sundrop is taking part in the 2016 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsor, Four Seasons Resort Nevis.
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Last location update: 8 hours
Cumulative distance: 2,269 km / 1,410 miles
SylviaSylvia is an adult hawksbill sea turtle released on July 18, 2016 with a satellite transmitter after nesting on the beach at Lovers Beach, Nevis. She measured 86.8 cm curved carapace (shell) length. Sylvia is taking part in the 2016 Tour de Turtles and was named by her sponsor, Four Seasons Resort Nevis.
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Last location update: 1 hours
Cumulative distance: 3,685 km / 2,290 miles
Tortuga Turista IITortuga Turista II is an adult female leatherback sea turtle released
with a satellite transmitter from Chiriqui Beach, Panama on May 31,
2017. She measured 141.2 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 104.8
cm in curved carapace width. She was previously flipper tagged while
nesting on a different beach, but has been seen nesting on Chiriqui
Beach in 2007 and 2010. Tortuga Turista II was named by her sponsor, USF
Patel College of Global Sustainability and Blue Community Consortium,
and took part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles.
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Last location update: 6 hours
Cumulative distance: 13,752 km / 8,545 miles
WalterWalter is an adult, male loggerhead that stranded on June 4, 2018. He is 101.0 cm CCL (curved carapace length) long and 90.0 cm wide. He was rescued and taken to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) in
Sanibel, FL where he was treated for exposure to Red Tide. He is being satellite tagged as part of a study on the movement of adult male loggerheads conducted in cooperation with Mote Marine Laboratory. He was named in honor of CROW’s 50
th Anniversary and their Founder, Shirley J. Walter.
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Last location update: 8 hours
Cumulative distance: 227 km / 141 miles
Recent Turtles That Are No Longer Transmitting
DopplerDoppler is a juvenile green sea turtle caught in
Long Bay, Bermuda. He measured 57.1 cm straight carapace (shell) length and was released with a satellite transmitter on August 18, 2016.
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Last location update: 2,096 hours
Cumulative distance: 1,017 km / 632 miles
LincolnLincoln is an adult female leatherback sea turtle released with a satellite transmitter from Chiriqui Beach, Panama on May 31, 2017. She measured 151.3 cm in curved carapace (shell) length and 111.0 cm in curved carapace width. She was previously flipper tagged while nesting on a different beach, but has been seen nesting on Chiriqui Beach in 2006, 2009 and 2011. Lincoln was named by her sponsor, The Explorer's Club, and is taking part in the 2017 Tour de Turtles.
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Last location update: 1,634 hours
Cumulative distance: 14,334 km / 8,907 miles
RebeccaRebecca is a juvenile green sea turtle that has been treated three times since 2016 in Gumbo Limbo’s Rehabilitation Facility for interactions with hooks and fishing line. On her most recent stranding, Rebecca’s front left flipper and neck were entangled severely in monofilament and hooks. The wound was treated with medicinal leeches and cold laser therapy to try to prevent the flipper from being amputated. Rebecca has made a full recovery after 3 months of rehabilitation and will be released in sea grass habitat in Biscayne National Park. View migration map.
Last location update: 825 hours
Cumulative distance: 16 km / 10 miles
If you don’t see your turtle listed above, please check the full list of sea turtles tracked through the STC website.
Note About Location Points: STC does not receive location points every day. Some location points are provide by researchers and are posted on the maps as soon as we receive them. There may be times when there are no new points for several weeks. This is most likely the result of the sea turtle not staying at the surface long enough for the transmitter to be picked up by enough satellites. It takes several satellites to pick up the location of a transmitter and the transmitter antenna needs to be out of the water long enough for the satellites to pick up the signal. STC will continue to post new positions as soon as we receive them.
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