Satellite Telemetry - Tracking NOW

Currently there are five sea turtles migrating through Belize waters that you can track daily!  Three of the turtles carry tags for Hawksbill Hope and two, tags for Wildlife Conservation Society.  Three of the five have crossed into neighboring countries and two permanently forage outside of Belize.  Tracking sea turtles would make a great school project, and seaturtle.org has a webpage specifically for teachers so they can introduce sea turtle migration into the classroom. 

Special thanks to SEATURTLE.ORG for making it possible to easily track sea turtles!
Click on the map to be redirected to the link at seaturtle.org

Gales Point
​Wildlife Sanctuary

The sandy shores along the mainland at Gales Point has been identified as Belize's most important hawksbill nesting beach.  In one year there are more than 100 nests.  Most of the turtles that have been tagged here remain within Belize waters, like Meeko, who migrated down to South Water Caye Marine Reserve.

Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary
Hawkeye Hope Meeko

Ecomar - Hope 4 Freya

Hope 4  Freya is the first loggerhead sea turtle tagged in Belize.  She is also a turtle that survived a shark attack, lost her left front flipper and went on to migrate to Mexico!  Freya is the longest transmitting turtle of those sponsored by Dr Todd Rimkus from Marymount University and Hawksbill Hope.  As of Jun 1, 2017 she has transmitted more than 650 days!  Please visit the Hope 4 Freya web page for more details.

Ecomar
​Rhody Hope de Majil

Our first loggerhead tagged in 2017 for a new study of foraging loggerheads features Rhody Hope de Majil. She is showing signs of strong site fidelity, but each day will give us more valuable information on the size of her foraging area.  For more details visit the Rhody Hope de Majil webpage!

​WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Glover's Atoll

The Wildlife Conservation Society is currently tracking two juvenile hawksbill sea turtles captured and released at Glover's Reef.  The tags have lasted an exceptionally long time - more than 960 days!  

​Turtlemon foraged primarily inside the atoll on the southern patch reefs and migrated to an area west of Utla, Honduras.   Turtlebert foraged just outside the drop off on the northwestern side of Glover's Atoll and migrated to the area near the Laughingbird Caye Natural Monument in Belize.  

Turtlebert EI

Turtlemon EI