Sea Turtle Sighting Hotline

for Southern New England Boaters

1-888-SEA-TURT (1-888-732-8878) • Report Online

Color-Coded Map Based on Sea Turtle Status

Because dead sea turtles often float at the surface and sometimes wash up on beaches, they are much easier to spot than live ones, which spend most of their time underwater. Thus some of the dead turtle sightings shown on the map may overlap; if two or more purple icons appear in close proximity, and the sighting dates are similar, there is a high likelihood that the sightings were of the same carcass.