Where to see
Chelonia mydas
Coiba National Park leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Green Sea Turtle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 11 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 19 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 20 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 21 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 22 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 23 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Coiba National Park
In Coiba National Park, Panama, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Green Sea Turtle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cape Range and more
After Coiba National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Green Sea Turtle are in Cape Range (Australia, about 70%), Komodo National Park (Indonesia, about 70%) and Ningaloo Marine Park (Australia, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best options are Cape Range in Oceania (about 70%), Komodo National Park in Southeast Asia (about 70%) and Galápagos Islands in South America (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August and November in Coiba National Park (about 90%), January, March–April and June–July in Cape Range (about 80%) and June and July in Komodo National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Green Sea Turtle on a given day. Each park's Green Sea Turtle page has the full month-by-month chart.
