Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Eretmochelys
Where to Find
Found in 77 diving areas across 47 countries and 11 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 228 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 35 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 3 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 73 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 9 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 9 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 493 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 148 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 150 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 324 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 151 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 37 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 13 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 34 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 4 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 86 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 16 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 52 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 80 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 79 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 19 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 7 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 13 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 13 records
- Utila, Honduras - 14 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 13 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 15 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 13 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 14 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 2 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 147 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 2 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 286 records
- Hawaii, United States - 1 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 5 records
- Fujairah, United Arab Emirates - 3 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 211 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 120 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 83 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 15 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 6 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 2 records