Leatherback Sea Turtle

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
2	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
3	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
4	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
5	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
6	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
7	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
8	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
9	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
10	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
11	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
12	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
13	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
14	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
15	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
16	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Leatherback Sea Turtle in Tortuguero National Park?

About 18% of visitor-days record a Leatherback Sea Turtle sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Leatherback Sea Turtle in Tortuguero National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Leatherback Sea Turtle in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.