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Sea Turtle vs Tortoise: What Is The Real Difference?

by Scuba Steve | Jun 14, 2026 | Sea Turtle Facts

Sea Turtle vs Tortoise: What Is The Real Difference? Walk along a Hawaiian beach and someone is bound to point at a honu resting in the sand and call it a tortoise. It happens all the time, and it is an honest mistake. Turtles and tortoises look alike at a glance,...

Do Sea Turtles Get Cold? How Hawaiian Honu Stay Warm

by Scuba Steve | Jun 12, 2026 | Sea Turtle Facts

Do Sea Turtles Get Cold? How Hawaiian Honu Stay Warm Sea turtles spend their whole lives in the water, and water has a way of pulling heat right out of a body. That raises a question a lot of curious snorkelers ask once they start thinking about it. Do sea turtles...

Can Sea Turtles Hear? Inside the Hidden Ears of a Hawaiian Honu

by Scuba Steve | Jun 10, 2026 | Coral Reef, Sea Turtle Facts

Can Sea Turtles Hear? Inside the Hidden Ears of a Hawaiian Honu The Ears You Cannot See The first surprise about sea turtle hearing is that there is nothing to see. Unlike a dog or a person, a honu has no external ears, no flaps, and no visible openings. That leads a...

Waikiki Turtles And Snorkeling: Your Complete 2026 Guide

by Scuba Steve | Jun 7, 2026 | Home Page, Turtle Talk

Waikiki Turtles And Snorkeling: Your Complete 2026 Guide Waikiki is the kind of place most people picture when they imagine Hawaii. There is the long curve of soft sand, the gentle waves rolling in, and the green hump of Diamond Head standing guard at the far end of...

The Hidden Sense: How Hawaiian Sea Turtles Smell Their Way Through The Ocean

by Scuba Steve | Jun 5, 2026 | Turtle Talk

The Hidden Sense: How Hawaiian Sea Turtles Smell Their Way Through The Ocean When most people picture a sea turtle gliding over a Hawaiian reef, they think about its big dark eyes and that calm, knowing stare. What they almost never think about is its nose. Yet behind...