Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Adults migrate up to about 3,000 km between nesting beaches and feeding areas (e.g., between Ascension Island and the South American coast). See Balazs (1982) for a map of documented migrations between the major nesting area in Hawaii (French Frigate Shoals) and foraging areas elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands. See Morreale and Standora (no date) for information on movements along the east coast of the United States.

Seminoff et al. (2002) documented migration between nesting area on the coast of Michoacan (Mexico; January 2000) and a feeding ground on the Sonoran coast of the Gulf of California (Mexico; September 2000).

See Mortimer and Porter (1989) for information on internesting movements at Ascension Island.

Neonates migrate far from natal beaches to foraging areas and return to natal beach to breed/nest up to 40+ years later.