Casa Oceano - beach vacation rental, Costa Rica

Turtle Nesting in Front of Casa Oceano, Tango Mar Beach, Costa Rica

Turtle coming out of the Pacific Ocean to lay her eggs in front of Casa Oceano vacation rental home in Costa Rica

Guests at Casa Oceano watch in amazement at the very rare occurance of a turtle coming up on the beach during the day to lay her eggs!

Tango Mar Beach is home to two different species of turtles that come ashore during the nesting season - primarily the months of September, October and November. Nesting happens at night, and our Casa Oceano staff can take you on a tour down the beach with red flashlights, so that the turtles are not disturbed. Turtles don't see red light, and so that way you can quietly watch them digging a hole in the sand at a high point of the beach, laying their eggs, covering the eggs and tamping the sand down, and then returning to the sea.

Turtles will lay between 60 and 100 eggs at a time and then the baby turtles will hatch in about 45 days and scramble for the ocean, hopefully under the cover of darkness and safe from most preditors. Years later, when mature, they will make their way back to the same spot on the same beach to once again begin the cycle of life.


Turtle looking for a safe place to lay her eggs on the beach at Tango Mar Resort
Turtle in front of Casa Oceano looking for a beach high point to lay her eggs. 		Turtle laying eggs on the beach in front of Casa Oceano beach rental in Tango Mar
Turtle laying her eggs in a hole in the sand that she dug.

Turtle returning to the ocean after laying her eggs at Tango Mar Beach, Costa Rica
Turtle returning to the ocean after laying her eggs.
(Above photos courtesy of guests.)




6 Weeks Later...

Turtle hatching and breaking to the surface of the sandy beach at Tango Mar Resort
Turtle struggling to get to the surface to make a run for the ocean 		Turtle hatching from eggs after 6 weeks in their protective sand nest
55 hatchlings made it to the surface and ran for their lives to the water...
Watching turtles hatch at Casa Oceano and taking pictures
...while guests and staff stood by for protection and took pictures 		Turtles running for their lives to the Pacific Ocean to start the next life cycle
Turtles running across the sand to the ocean





Finding Turtle Tracks on The Beach at Sunrise

Walking down the beach at sunrise during the turtle nesting season, you will often see turtle tracks in the sand going up from the water to the highest point on the sand, where they have laid their eggs.
Sunrise on the beach at Tango Mar Resort & Casa Oceano rental house in Costa Rica
Sunrise from the patio of Casa Oceano

Turtle tracks on the beach at the east end of the Tango Mar Beach, Costa Rica
Turtle tracks up and back to the ocean at the east end of the beach.

Turtle nest at the high part of the Tango Mar Beach, Costa Rica
Then, the turtle laid her eggs at the base of the cliffs in the sand.

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