Meet the main Turtle Watchers of this area:
Doreen Hofmann is a passionate diving instructor with several years of experience in the Red Sea. Her love for the ocean and its magnificent creatures — especially sea turtles — fuels her strong commitment to marine conservation. She is deeply invested in understanding the ecological changes occurring in the Red Sea and actively monitors and documents these changes during her dives.
She has been regularly submitting sea turtle sightings for several years. In January 2025, Doreen officially joined Turtle Watch 2.0 as a dedicated volunteer.
Turtles registered: 27
Sightings: more than 82
She can be contacted via email at 24doreen.hofmann@gmail.com or found at Coraya Divers diving center.
Meet the turtles of this bay
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 04/04/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Abdallah Taher
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 17/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Sub adult
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 17/12/2023
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hofmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Valeria Roma during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 02/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 15/05/2022
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Justin Ormand
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/04/2018
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult female
PHOTOGRAPHER: Camille Gros
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 02/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 04/12/2024
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Nina Eschner
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/06/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Sub Adult
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 18/09/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult female
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 08/01/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hafmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/09/2024
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Natalie Thomas
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 18/09/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Juvenile
PHOTOGRAPHER: Valeria Roma during a Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/05/2023
SPECIES: Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
AGE: Juvenile
PHOTOGRAPHER: Charlotte Thomas
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 08/01/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hofmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 09/06/2022
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Lyonya Eydis
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 24/11/2024
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hofmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/06/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult Male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 12/11/2023
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult female
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/06/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Sub adult
PHOTOGRAPHER: Valeria Roma during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 17/12/2023
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hofmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 24/09/2023
SPECIES: Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Silvia Bodei
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 02/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 02/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 12/12/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hofmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Juvenile
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/06/2025
SPECIES: Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Alessandra Sicilia during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 29/05/2024
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Nina Eschner
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 22/06/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult female
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 17/03/2021
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 17/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult female
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during a Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 02/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 09/08/2022
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Fabrizio Bravetti
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 12/12/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doreen Hofmann
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Juvenile
PHOTOGRAPHER: Valeria Roma during the Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 03/08/2022
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Nina Eschner
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 04/04/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult female
PHOTOGRAPHER: Abdallah Taher
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 25/10/2025
SPECIES: Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna during Turtle Day with DiveVerse
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 17/07/2018
SPECIES: Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Emperor Divers DC
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 05/02/2024
SPECIES: Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Guido Kuiper
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 11/10/2018
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Unknown
PHOTOGRAPHER: Mariska Van Der Paauw
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 23/05/2025
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Micol Montagna
DATE OF THE LAST SIGHTING: 11/01/2019
SPECIES: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
AGE: Adult male
PHOTOGRAPHER: Abdallah Taher