Eleven of the 12 species of sea turtles can be found in the waters just south of Puerto Escondido. Nesting season is between July – September, which means mating season is around that same window of time. We hired a boat to take us dolphin and sea turtle watching, and snorkeling. What we didn’t realize is that we would be intruding on the sea turtles mating. We saw a ton of turtles, and pretty much all of the turtles we saw were in the process of mating. Many were shy, and once they spotted the boat, “disengaged” and swam away. But there was one couple who didn’t seem to mind when we got in the water to swim with them.
Dolphins road along side the boat for a while, and off in the distance we saw a giant sailfish jump out of the water and spread its top fin.