1) Their eggs are pilfered (stolen) off the beach.

2) Beach furniture are hazardous to nests, such as lounge chairs and rental boats which create obstacles for nesting turtles and hatchlings. The turtles can also get entangled in them.

3) Pollution on the frontal zones like trash and tar is a huge threat to sea turtle nesting. The frontal zones, or the intertidal or littoral zone is where baby sea turtles spend their early years and collect nutrients to grow. Some sea turtles have even swallowed enough tar to glue their mouths shut.   

4) Artificial lighting on newly developed beaches disrupts the hatchlings ability to find the sea from their nest. This effect is called “hatching disorientation,” which leads hatchlings in the wrong direction. Sea turtle hatchlings have an inborn tendency to move in the brightest direction which on a natural beach is the moonlighted ocean.

5) Beach front developments which include seawalls, sandbags and other condominium structures are disrupting nesting.

6) People tourism is also an issue. If a mother is coming up onto the beach to rest and she sees and hears people she will become frightened and return to the water. Her eggs then will be deposited there where they cannot incubate and will become food for other marine life.