Distribution: Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Much less seen in snorkeling than the green sea turtle and the hawksbill sea turtle, but frequent in Belize and Greece.
If you dream about swimming with sea turtles, check out our top10 snorkeling spots to encounter sea turtles.
at Lady Elliot Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef) © skinsmom
at Cameo Island (Greece) © thecoralnerd
at Îlot Redika (New Caledonia) © fongi
at Cameo Island (Greece) © aurelie
at Hol Chan Cut (Belize) © pcamus
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