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by **Raymanoff** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:53 pm

yesterday I've encountered the biggest turtle I've seen in my life (way over 1m) 500meters offshore of Ladiesmile beach (On windsurfing). As i was approaching at about 20knots I've noticed as it seemed a plastic bag submerged on surface then as i got closer i saw somehow a silhouette of a decomposed drowned human... (funny the way brain works sometimes) and then last second i realized that it was a huge sea turtle which resurfaced to get some air. I tried to maneuver away from it at the last second but touched her with a side of my board (luckily not with my 50cm deep razor sharp fin). I was going pretty fast for her to react soon enough and submerge...

Anyway, as I've made some research over the internet they lay eggs even in June... ladies mile is a perfect spot for them to do so but its overcrowded. Some will still come back at night and lay eggs, such places must be protected and informed to SBA Environmental control body immediately. These are endangered species. Does anyone have their phone number, i am a very frequent LM visitor, i might aswell help spot their nests...

by **DANGAMAN** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:01 pm

Raymanoff wrote:yesterday I've encountered the biggest turtle I've seen in my life (way over 1m) 500meters offshore of Ladiesmile beach (On windsurfing). As i was approaching at about 20knots I've noticed as it seemed a plastic bag submerged on surface then as i got closer i saw somehow a silhouette of a decomposed drowned human... (funny the way brain works sometimes) and then last second i realized that it was a huge sea turtle which resurfaced to get some air. I tried to maneuver away from it at the last second but touched her with a side of my board (luckily not with my 50cm deep razor sharp fin). I was going pretty fast for her to react soon enough and submerge...

Anyway, as I've made some research over the internet they lay eggs even in June... ladies mile is a perfect spot for them to do so but its overcrowded. Some will still come back at night and lay eggs, such places must be protected and informed to SBA Environmental control body immediately. These are endangered species. Does anyone have their phone number, i am a very frequent LM visitor, i might aswell help spot their nests...

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by **Get Real!** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:44 pm

Raymanoff wrote:yesterday I've encountered the biggest turtle I've seen in my life (way over 1m)...

You haven’t seen my mother-in-law in her bathers… she makes a Leatherback look like a hand-held pigmy turtle.

by **Raymanoff** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:46 pm

is she an endangered specie? Where does she lay her eggs?

by **Get Real!** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:52 pm

Raymanoff wrote:is she an endangered specie? Where does she lay her eggs?

Oh yeah, she’s one of a kind… I married one of the two eggs she ever laid so when the wife wakes up tomorrow I’ll ask which beach she was found on…

by **Oracle** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:54 pm

Get Real! wrote:
Raymanoff wrote:is she an endangered specie? Where does she lay her eggs?

Oh yeah, she’s one of a kind… I married one of the two eggs she ever laid so when the wife wakes up tomorrow I’ll ask which beach she was found on…

Were you beach-combing?

... for hatchlings!

by **Jerry** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:16 pm

Largest ever leatherback was found in Wales, 2.75 metres.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3588974.stm

by **Get Real!** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:39 pm

Oracle wrote:
Get Real! wrote:
Raymanoff wrote:is she an endangered specie? Where does she lay her eggs?

Oh yeah, she’s one of a kind… I married one of the two eggs she ever laid so when the wife wakes up tomorrow I’ll ask which beach she was found on…

Were you beach-combing? ... for hatchlings!