During the season (May–October) you can help in the following ways:

• Turn off or shield lights that face the beach. Light can disorient turtles. Please—no fires, no flash photos.
• If you must walk on the beach at night, avoid making noise, avoid smoking and use a flashlight with a red filter on it.
• If you see a turtle on the beach do not approach it. Move slowly and keep quiet; let her finish laying her eggs and return to the sea.
• Keep your pets indoors at night and keep an eye on them during the day. Dogs can scare turtles off the beach, destroy nests, and eat hatchlings.
• Avoid beach parties at night during nesting season.
• Nests will be marked. Please do not disturb!
• Bring your chairs, toys and sports equipment off the beach at night.
• Report your nesting or hatching observations to CEA; note time and place.
• Please remember that handling sea turtles without the proper authorization is a federal offense.
• Do not consume any turtle products.
• Avoid harassing the turtles in the bays or reefs—regardless of the season.