by Scuba Steve | Jun 19, 2026 | Sea Turtle Facts
How Many Eggs Do Sea Turtles Lay? Inside A Honu Nest Few moments in the ocean world are as dramatic as a sea turtle laying her eggs. Under the cover of darkness, a female green sea turtle drags herself out of the water and up a sandy beach, a slow and exhausting...
by Scuba Steve | Jun 16, 2026 | Sea Turtle Facts
Do Sea Turtles Bite? What Snorkelers Really Need To Know If you are getting ready to snorkel with sea turtles for the first time, a small voice in the back of your mind might be asking a very fair question. Do sea turtles bite, and is there any chance one could bite...
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,...
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...
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...