#maui turtle

Honu (Hawaiian green) and honuʻea (Hawaiian hawksbill) turtles nest on Hawaiʻi beaches from mid-April through September; however, nesting can extend into December.

Six, three-month-old Hawaiian green sea turtle hatchlings have arrived from Sea Life Park Hawaiʻi and are now ready for public viewing at Maui Ocean Center.

Six Hawaiian green sea turtles (honu) were released off the coast of Maui during a private ceremony on Thursday, ending their stay at the Maui Ocean Center…

The nest of 241 critically endangered Hawksbill turtle eggs was within inches of collapsing into the surf when the team performed the emergency nest relocation.

“Dawn Patrol” volunteers walk key beaches every morning from June 1 to September 30 to search for tracks that nesting turtles leave in the sand.

Maui Ocean Center, The Aquarium of Hawaiʻi is asking for the public’s help in naming the newest members of its Hawaiian green sea turtle ʻohana.

Primary ‘ea nesting beaches occur along the south Ka‘ū coast of Hawai‘i island, south Maui, and eastern Moloka‘i. Both species are federally protected.

Maui keiki are invited to come dressed as a turtle for “Talk Turtles” at Barnes & Noble’s story time on Saturday, March 6, at 11 a.m. in Lahaina.

The Maui Ocean Center welcomed six new green sea turtle hatchlings to the facility’s Turtle Lagoon this month. The Aquarium will host a turtle-naming contest in the near future to give the honu hatchlings their Hawaiian names.

Through Sea Life Park Hawaiʻi’s Hawaiian green sea turtle Educational Loan Program, Maui Ocean Center has released a total of 54 green sea turtles over the past 17 years to the open ocean. The Maui Ocean Center plans to release six juvenile green sea turtles into the open sea to continue their life in the wild.