• Change the lights facing the beach areas to amber or red colored bulbs; otherwise modify the direction of them to the inside of the property. The lights disorient the turtles.
• Do not leave objects (beach chairs, floats, kayaks, etc) on the beach, as they may obstruct the path of the turtles to climb up to lay their eggs.
• Do not make excessive noise at night from 23:00 to 05:00 hrs, during the nesting season
• (May to October). The noise frightens the turtles.
• When you visit the beaches, please pick up the garbage even if is not yours. Help us to keep clean beaches.

If you see a turtle arriving, making a nest or laying their eggs, please:

• Do not approach her.
• Do not light towards, nor take pictures with flash. The light frightens the turtles.
• Please notice the Centro Ecológico Akumal staff (CEA) of your observations.
• If for some reason you have to walk on the beach at night, use amber or red light on your flashlight, illuminating the path only.

If you see hatchlings on the beach, please:

• Turn off the lights or ask your hotel or condominium to do it. Hatchlings follow the lights.
• If the hatchlings do not go into the ocean, please just help them find their own way into the sea, the contact with sand is their compass, do not release them on the water.
• Do not take pictures with flash.
• Do not keep them, is a FEDERAL OFFENSE.

While snorkeling please:

• Keep a distance of at least 2 meters
• Do not swim over them, they need to come to surface to breathe
• While they feed, do not approach them. Keep distance of them.
• Do not touch, harass or ride them.