Fuwairat Beach is a quiet turtle landing beach in Qatar. Lovely video of recent hatchlings and their mad dash for survival…

The Awkward Turtle by Simon Kearns

It is turtle hatching season on our kite beach!

After work we took a 45 minute drive north to go see the brand new turtles hatching and making a break for the ocean…

After a three-month nesting period that commences in April, turtle-hatching occurs at Fuwairat Beach (north of Al Khor) every summer, with the help of some of Qatar’s marine biologists. 

Qatar Visitor explains:

As each turtle nests at Fuwairat the site is marked by the rangers with a small flag. In July, the first of the hatchlings will emerge from the hot sand and scurry down to the water. Once there they swim for a couple of days in a ‘swimming frenzy’ to get well offshore. Then they will spend several years drifting in the oceanic currents, gradually migrating towards their feeding areas. And hopefully, thanks to the efforts of Qatar’s dedicated conservation teams, one day they’ll be back.