Pacifica, the olive ridley turtle tagged in the Pacific, is currently in first place traveling 1,230 mi in only 54 days, and that is after getting a late start in the competition – 21 days after the other competitors!

She was released from Las Bocanitas, El Salvador on August 20th and is currently swimming southeast of Nicaragua. Coming in a close second with 1,217 mi is Luna, the leatherback being from Chiriquí Beach.

While she may have covered a lot of distance at the beginning of the marathon, Luna stopped transmitting in early September and may not be able to hold on to her second place position. In 3rd place, Naya another leatherback competitor from Panama, has swum 1,153 mi total and is just west of New Jersey.

Don’t forget to check out the other Tour de Turtles swimmers and the new slide shows in the Activities page!