Sea turtle nesting season is underway on Boca Raton’s beaches, while Gumbo Limbo Nature Center says five juvenile green turtles were killed in boat strikes near the Spanish River Bridge in five days.
Delray Beach officials announced the city’s first sea turtle nest of the 2026 season, a leatherback, marking the start of the annual nesting period along South Florida’s Atlantic coastline.
A record-breaking 1,394 sea turtle nests have been recorded on Boca Raton’s beaches this season.
Turtle nesting season has come a little early this year as the first nest of the season was spotted on a Boca Raton beach yesterday morning.