Family

Leatherback Sea Turtles

Dermochelyidae

1 species in our catalog · found in 18 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassTestudines
FamilyDermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtles)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Dermochelys coriacea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Leatherback Sea Turtles

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	~20%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			~20%
2	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
3	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
4	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
5	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
6	Cape Range	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
7	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
8	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
9	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
10	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
11	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
12	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			~10%
13	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1	~10%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
14	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
15	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
16	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
17	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data
18	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Leatherback Sea Turtle			Insufficient data