Akumal's Sea Turtles

About Sea Turtles

• Sea turtles are egg-laying reptiles that breathe air.

• Turtles first evolved over 245 million years ago.

• They live in tropical and temperate oceans.

• Of the 8 existing species of sea turtle, 4 nest in Quintana Roo.

• Their primary predators are birds, crabs, racoons and humans.

• All sea turlte species are protected by law because they are threatened by extinction.

Akumal's Sea Turtles

Akumal means "Place of the Turtles" in Maya. Year-round you can find them feeding in our bays, and during nesting season they lay their nests on Akumal Bay, Half Moon Bay, Jade or Turtle Beach and South Akumal.

Akumal's Turtles are the Green Turtle and the Loggerhead Turtle. You can see the Hawksbill Turtle swiming in the bay but it will never come up to nest here.