Satellite Telemetry - Tracking NOW

Currently (July 2018) there are 6 sea turtles migrating through Belize waters that you can track daily!  One turtle forages off the coast of Honduras/Nicaragua and three within 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 name of the turtle to  be redirected to the link at seaturtle.org

The turtles below are tagged with satellite transmitters donated by​ HAWKSBILL HOPE/ MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY in collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department and the ​GALES POINT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

2018 - Li'l Wally's Hope for GPWS

Li'l Wally's Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 3, 2018 in collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department and Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary.  This makes the 11th hawksbill sea turtle tagged by Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program.

The migration path of Li'l Wally's is unique for tagged turtles in Belize as she is shown moving towards the southernmost part of Belize near Barranco.  Let's see where her travel take her!

2018 - Maje Hope for GPWS

​MAJE Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 4, 2018 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program.  Maje is the 12th turtle tagged by Marymount University with Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary. She was secured after she finished nesting and fitted with a SPOT 6 tag from Wildlife Computers.

2017 - Milky Way Hope for GPWS

Milky Way Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on June 22, 2017 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program. ​Milky Way was located by Mark Rimkus, Lauren Andryshak, and Philip Bui on a nightly turtle walk. She was nesting, after completion of nesting, she was fitted with a SPOT 6 satellite tag and released.

2017 - Sea Grape Hope for GPWS

​Sea Grape Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 13, 2017 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program.

Sea Grape is the first turtle tagged from Gales Point that briefly foraged around the Colson Point area before migrating to the shallow coastal water off Honduras.