From mid-June through August, you can attend a public release of Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings at Malaquite Beach, in front of the Visitor Center. These public releases are held at 6:45 a.m. and the National Park Service website for Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, has a page dedicated to information about sea turtles and hatchling releases https://www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature/hatchlingreleases.htm
Heading out to the Gulf of Mexico at Padre Island National Seashore
Rebecca Latson
Monday, June 10, 2019
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