Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau This summer season has already registered the arrival of at least one Pacific Ridley turtle, which deposited 44 eggs in an area on Playa Bonita. The eggs were then appropriately secured and placed into artificial incubation to help assure the successful hatching of baby turtles. The protected species has […]
The 2022 sea turtle nesting season in Puerto Peñasco is fast approaching. This means local environmental and federal maritime agencies are on permanent alert for reports of sightings and prepared to detect, care for, and (as applicable) conserve turtle eggs to help guarantee hatching prospects. Luis César García González, local director of the Federal Maritime […]
The 2021 baby turtle release season in Puerto Peñasco wrapped up on November 27th, curiously on National Conservation Day, following the natural hatching and journey of 92 baby turtles into the Sea of Cortez. This came after the release of an additional 497 baby turtles, stemming from 614 eggs this year. Biologist Humberto Gonzalez Veliz […]
On October 14th, eighty-two baby Olive Ridley sea turtles were released into the sea from the spot where their nest had been found earlier this year along Sandy Beach near the Home Port. This brings the number of baby sea turtles released this season so far to 155. Biologist Humberto González Veliz, of the Federal […]
Sixty six eggs laid by an olive ridley sea turtle along Sandy Beach in the early dawn of Sunday, August 27th, have been put in incubation to help safeguard them against the high flow of visitors to the area, as well as from the high end of summer temps. As it is more feasible for […]
I was told recently hatched turtles were going to be released, and just like that I got up from the computer and looked over at my daughter, thinking how she would like to witness such an event…. “Let’s go Sofia, put on your shoes and let’s go see the baby turtles, vamos, let’s go!” and […]
Although high summer temperatures in this region do not provide the best hatching conditions for turtle eggs, some successful cases over the years have made the birth of this species an extraordinary event. The beaches of Puerto Peñasco have become a spot some turtles have chosen to lay their eggs, though in only a few […]
The eggs laid by an Olive Ridley turtle in front of Puerta Privada earlier this summer unfortunately did not make it to the hatching stage after succumbing to high temperatures. This was reported after inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency (PROFEPA) recently requested assistance from staff at the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts […]
After laying eggs, turtle covers nest and returns to sea A group of tourists in Puerto Peñasco alerted municipal authorities on Thursday morning, July 3rd, of a sea turtle who had made her way out of the Sea of Cortez and onto the beach to lay eggs, before returning to the sea. The turtle appeared […]