La Escobilla beach in Oaxaca received thousands of olive ridley turtles that came ashore to lay eggs over a 48-hour period, sanctuary officials said, marking the sixth wave of nesting since the season began in March. The concentrated arrival reinforces that the regional nesting season remains active.
The mass movement is part of a natural phenomenon known locally as la arribada, or the arrival, in which hundreds of thousands of the reptiles can swim ashore across southern Mexico to nest. Sanctuary staff recorded the recent influx and reported the timing and scale of the event.
Olive ridley turtles arrived in large numbers over the two-day span, according to the sanctuary. That pattern of concentrated nesting, repeated across multiple waves this season, is characteristic of arribada events where many individuals converge on the same beach in a short window to lay eggs.
This was the sixth such wave for the current nesting season, which conservation authorities say began in March. Sanctuary officials provided the count and timing, underlining La Escobilla’s continued role in the seasonal nesting cycle for olive ridleys.
The arrival adds to the season’s documented nesting activity along Mexico’s Pacific coast, where arribadas have long been recorded. Sanctuary staff will remain the primary source of official updates on further waves and the ongoing progression of the season.
