Merikilpikonnasafarilla

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Sea turtle babies crawling out from their nest.

Roughly 55 days ago the green turtle Mama laid its eggs (138, to be precise) on this beach near Ras Kutani. Now, few days after the hatching, the little hatchlings were ready to crawl out.

They're fast - sorry for not having the perfect focus...

Determined to reach the ocean it goes. Pretty fast, I might add.

The beach barrier

When you’re small (ca. 10 cm in length) even the irregularities of the beach make up barriers.

Long way to the sea. Every 1-1000 is likely to return to the beach to nest...

Long way to the sea. Only every 1 out of 1000 is likely to return to the beach to nest…

Waiting for the perfect surf!

Waiting for the perfect surf and off you go! See you in few decades!