Sea Turtle Crawl
Caretta caretta and others
Two parallel flipper tracks running up the beach and back — evidence a nesting turtle came ashore.
- Typical size
- 2–4 ft wide
- How often it turns up
- Seasonally common
- Collecting
- Protected, do not collect
- Handling
- Photograph and release
Never disturb a track, nest or marked area. Do not use white lights on the beach at night during nesting season. Report unmarked crawls to your local sea turtle patrol.
How to tell it apart
- Wide tractor-like track from the dune to the water
- Disturbed sand patch at the top
- Often marked with stakes by patrols
Found one?
Photograph it and BeachNut will rank the likely matches, then log it to your collection.
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