loggerhead turtle
Caretta caretta
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Caretta
Where to Find
Found in 107 diving areas across 52 countries and 11 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 18 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 22 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 72 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 5 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 9 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 33 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 130 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 6 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 12 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 4 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 5 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 48 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 12 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 151 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 42 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 3 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 8 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 60 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 7 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 28 records
- Ulleungdo, South Korea - 13 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 11 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 14 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 5 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 34 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 90 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 96 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 979 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 41 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 157 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 30 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 6 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 128 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 51 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 4 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 18 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 49 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 8 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 116 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 23 records
- Alonissos Marine Park, Greece - 371 records
- Crete, Greece - 452 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 110 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 39 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 37 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 23 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 3 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 26 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 193 records
- Ustica, Italy - 190 records
- Comino, Malta - 591 records
- Gozo, Malta - 507 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 241 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 10 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1078 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 22 records
- Azores, Portugal - 2811 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 2764 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 1065 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 33 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 11 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 183 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 1450 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 194 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 28 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 9 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 6 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 5 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 218 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 8 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 311 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 116 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 36 records
- Hawaii, United States - 2 records
- North Carolina, United States - 1 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 2 records
- Fujairah, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 6 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 206 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 6 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 3 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 6 records