Protecting sea turtles is an important activity for many of the people in Los Cabos. One such group working with an assigned marine biologist is Cabo Outfitters and its owner, Casey Catlin. While my daughter was visiting, she heard of a turtle release and she and Beth went.

Casey explained that with the assistance of the marine biologist, they collect eggs from the San Jose area and bring them back to a nursery on the edge of the Estuary in San Jose del Cabo. As part of the turtle release, the different species of sea turtles are described as well as the survival rates in the wild versus with a controlled release. Baby sea turtles face not only the challenge of getting to the water from as much as 100 feet away in their nest but being turned over by the waves or taken by predators, like Sea Gulls.

The release is usually done right at the facility at the Estuary (near the old Holiday Inn at the end of Paseo de Malecon in the hotel zone) but this time as one attendee would have difficulty getting to the area, the release was done on the beach between Las Mananitas and the Club Campestre Beach Club. The species that had just hatched and was released was the Golfina. There were hundreds of sea turtles that were hatched that day to be taken in large buckets to the beach for release.

With rubber gloves on, the attendees participating in helping the baby turtles get safely to the water. Thank you, Chava, for providing the photos.