Seaside Aquarium
SEASIDE AQUARIUM: It’s officially sea turtle season along the Oregon Coast
Unbeknownst to most, during the winter, cold-stunned sea turtles can become stranded on Oregon and Washington beaches. Reports of stranded turtles can begin as early as mid-October and can continue through January.
Sea turtles forage for food in an offshore warm-water current that originates much farther South. Certain weather patterns like prolonged Southwest winds can drive that warm water farther North and closer to shore than usual. If this happens and then conditions suddenly change, the warm current dissipates, and the turtles find themselves trapped in the colder currents that run naturally along the Oregon and Washington Coasts. Turtles like all reptiles are cold blooded, so this is a highly unfavorable situation for them. Their bodily functions slow and they may become hypothermic. Strong west winds can blow hypothermic sea turtles onto the beach, where they have a better chance of being found and taken to a rehabilitation facility.
Turtles suffering from extreme hypothermia may be unresponsive to touch. Their heartbeat may be so slow and weak that it’s difficult even to detect. There are two licensed rehab facilities on the Northwest Coast: the Oregon Coast Aquarium and the Seattle Aquarium. It can take multiple weeks for a turtle to stabilize from such trauma, if it recovers at all. If it does indeed stabilize, the turtle is transferred to another rehab facility in California where it may continue its recovery. If all goes well, it’s finally released back into the wild!
Here are photos from past years turtle strandings:
The Seaside Aquarium tries to get hypthermic sea turtles off of the beach as soon as possible. Warming the turtles can be difficult, it must be done very slowly. Photo by Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium
Hypothermic sea turtles can appear to be dead. Their heart rate my slow down to one beat per minute. Photo by Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium
So, what do you do if you come across a sea turtle on the beach?
First, in the Tillamook/Clatsop County area, please either call the Seaside Aquarium at 503-738-6211, or call the local police non-emergency number (503-815-1911 in Tillamook County.) Report the location and condition of the turtle and the responder will give you further instructions. The quicker a turtle gets reported, the quicker authorities are then able to get it off the beach, and the better its chances are for survival – so thank you in advance for your help!
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