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Marine life profile
Turtles
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Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. It alternates between relaxed cruising, feeding and resting, surfacing periodically to breathe.
Countries2
Animal groupTurtles
Safety profileGenerally Harmless
Meet the species
What to look for
How to Recognize It
Look for a streamlined shell, paddle-shaped front flippers and a beaked face built for its preferred food.
How It Behaves
It alternates between relaxed cruising, feeding and resting, surfacing periodically to breathe.
Special Ability
Powerful navigation instincts guide long journeys between feeding grounds and nesting beaches.
Dive responsibly
Share the water well
How to Approach
Stay beside or slightly behind it, never above it when it needs to surface. Let the turtle set the pace.
Safety
Do not touch, feed, ride or block a turtle. Maintain distance at cleaning stations and around resting animals.
Worth knowing
The detail you remember
Interesting Facts
The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, and olive ridley.
Where to Find
Look around seagrass meadows, coral reefs, rocky feeding grounds and protected bays with access to the surface.
Known countries
PhilippinesIndia
Sightings map
Turtles locations
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Dive sites with reported encounters
Mines of Moai
Philippines
After a vertiginous descent on the beautiful vertical wall you will find the top of the cave, follow it and on a sandy bottom you will find the guardian of the mine, watching to protect his treasure. Be sure to respect him. Accessible for experienced Freedivers (minimum level 3) and Advanced scubadivers
Johnny's Gorge
India
Johnny's Gorge is a bed of low-lying rocky outcrops emerging from the bottom at 26metres / 85 feet. Surrounded by sand in every direction, these rocks have become an oasis of security and food for everything from small angelfish and anemonefish to spectacular schools of mackerels, barracudas, trevallies, bumphead parrotfish, surgeonfish, and snappers. And if this isn't enough, this world-class dive site is also home to reef sharks, giant groupers, large stingrays, and visiting manta and eagle rays. There is very rarely a quiet moment at Johnny's Gorge.