Nesting Behavior
Like other turtles, sea turtles lay eggs.
Females come ashore on a sandy beach to nest a few weeks after mating.
Female Kemp's ridley and olive ridley sea turtles form masses called arribadas (Spanish for "arrival"). Arribadas contain thousands of egg-bearing females that come ashore at the same time to lay eggs.
Most females return to the same beach where they hatched to nest each year.