Connect with a Sea Turtle at Coastal Connections!

Connect with a Sea Turtle!

Coastal Connections provides different ways for you to connect with sea turtles. 

During the day, they offer educational sessions called "Daytime Turtle Digs" where you get to observe turtle nests in the wild. Learn about what you can do to help protect the sea turtles while enjoying a walk on the beach to find their nests. The Turtle Digs program offers you a chance to learn about how and why scientists study sea turtles, how their nests are monitored, and how the success rate of each nest is determined. If you're lucky, you'll find some hatchlings that haven't made it out to sea yet, and you can observe their journey home!

These Turtle Digs are available for free to the public in July and August, as the turtle nests hatch. Click here for more information on these events and how to register for this program.

At night, they offer Nighttime Turtle Walks, which is also an educational program. It is designed to help teach people about sea turtle conservation while providing an opportunity to view the nesting process of these animals. This program teaches people about the importance of these marine environments having healthy vegetation for the sea turtles as well as other species. This program also comes with an opportunity to see the world through a turtle's eyes. You can go home with a picture of yourself with a Loggerhead turtle too!

These Nighttime Turtle Walks are free and offered Friday nights in June and July. Click here for more information on these events and how to register for this program.

Both of these programs are free of cost to the public and provide a chance to see sea turtles in their natural habitats as well as learn more about them and how you can help these amazing sea creatures.

Click here to learn about what else you can do to help protect these sea turtles. Some things included on this list are by making sure your lights are not too bright (if you live on the beach) and reporting any injured or dead turtles found. You can report these turtles to Coastal Connections or to The Turtle Hospital.

Article by: Rachel Barth