{"id":7067971,"date":"2026-09-27T03:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/in-a-first-sea-turtles-were-spotted-nesting-on-the-u-s-west-coast-scientists-say-the-super-el-nino-could-have-brought-them-there\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T03:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:13:07","slug":"in-a-first-sea-turtles-were-spotted-nesting-on-the-u-s-west-coast-scientists-say-the-super-el-nino-could-have-brought-them-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067971","title":{"rendered":"In a First, Sea Turtles Were Spotted Nesting on the U.S. West Coast. Scientists Say the ‘Super’ El Ni\u00f1o Could Have Brought Them There"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Two olive ridley turtles were found laying eggs on beaches in Southern California in September. In the Pacific Ocean, these reptiles normally nest farther south, often in Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama<\/h2>\n
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Left: An olive ridley turtle nesting near the Huntington Beach Pier. Right: Eggs laid near Seal Beach.\u00a0
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This month, Southern California hosted some very special guests\u2014who left behind historic mementos.<\/p>\n

On September 16, an olive ridley turtle<\/a> dug a nest and laid her eggs near Seal Beach in Orange County. It represents the U.S. West Coast\u2019s first known natural sea turtle nesting, according to a social media post<\/a> by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries West Coast. Then, three days later, a sea turtle of the same species was seen doing the same thing close to the Huntington Beach Pier, just a few miles south of the first observation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened this week\u2014and we\u2019re very excited about\u2014is there\u2019s never been a recorded instance of any sea turtle nesting on a California beach,\u201d Aquarium of the Pacific President and CEO Jeff Flocken<\/a> tells SFGate<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Olivia Harden. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve had two confirmed sightings of an olive ridley hauling up onto the beach and nesting\u2014digging a hole.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTypically, the most north we know of any olive ridley or any sea turtle that nests are in Mexico, so this is quite a bit farther north for them,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n