Migration of the sea turtle

The Loggerhead
Rarely live in same area as nesting sites. Therefore it’s not unusually to see a Loggerhead turtle swim a few thousand kilometers each way between foraging and breeding areas.

The Hawksbill
Hawksbill migration studies have been limited. Evidence suggests that some hawksbill populations show cyclic nesting migrations. Other researchers have documented nonmigratory and short-distance migratory populations.

The Green Sea Turtle
Green sea turtle populations migrate primarily along the coasts from nesting to feeding grounds. However, some populations travel 2,094 km across the Atlantic Ocean; from Ascension Island nesting grounds (in the middle of the South Atlantic) to Brazilian coast feeding grounds.

The Flatback
The travel distance for the Flatback turtle are 215 to 1,300 km. they travel from northern Australia and islands to northeast of Australia to come from feeding grounds to nesting beaches.

The Olive Ridley
Populations of Olive Ridleys have been observed in large flotillas traveling between feeding and nesting grounds in the Eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The Kemp’s Ridley
Kemp’s Ridley turtles follow two major routes in the Gulf of Mexico: one northward to the Mississippi area, and the other southward to the Campeche Bank, near the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Leatherback
Leatherbacks have the longest migration of all sea turtles. They have been found more than 4,831 km from their nesting beaches.