The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) supports six sea turtle species, including hawksbill (E. imbricata) and Kemp’s ridley (L. kempii), which utilize discrete areas of the GoM as developmental, foraging, migratory, and nesting habitat. Hybridization is commonly observed in sea turtles but has not been previously reported between E. imbricata and L. kempii. On 30 July 2022, a juvenile E. imbricata x L. kempii hybrid stranded near Port Aransas, Texas, USA. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first hybrid between these species to be reported in literature. The southern and western GoM waters serve as important habitat for E. imbricata and L. kempii, and future observations of hybridization between the two is likely.