Report a Found Turtle
Found a Hope Turtle or one of its aid bottles washed ashore? Please tell us about it below.
Every report you send is a huge help. Each found turtle teaches us how our vessels ride the ocean currents, where they make landfall, and how we can build them better — so we can keep improving the turtles and manifest our human-to-human humanitarian vision of carrying food, love, and hope across the sea.
We also genuinely appreciate any negative feedback: turtles that landed somewhere they were not meant to, caused any trouble, or were found lost or adrift at sea. Honest reports — good or bad — make the whole project safer and more effective for everyone.
Step 1 — Find the turtle's fin code
Look on the turtle's fin for its ID code: four letters and numbers painted in large red characters. Enter it below so we know exactly which turtle you found.
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Report a found turtle
One last thing: help the turtle call home
Thank you — your report has been received! The turtle can now report its own position and status back to us over Bluetooth. Here's how to wake it up:
- Find the turtle's control bottle — the bottle that holds the turtle's electronics.
- On the top of the control bottle, press the red action button once.
- Keep your phone close to the turtle (within a few metres) with Bluetooth switched on.
- Stay nearby for a minute or two while the turtle connects and calls home.
Please don't open the control bottle or disconnect anything inside it — pressing the red button is all that's needed.
Every turtle that calls home helps us learn the ocean's currents and build better turtles. Thank you for being part of the journey!