Waties Island Sea Turtles

Waties Island, the northernmost barrier island in South Carolina is roughly 4.0 km in length. It is a private undeveloped barrier island at the border of North/South Carolina. All sea turtle monitoring by this group is authorized by the SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program under Permit MTP500. We strive to help protect the sea turtle, and we are at it again this season! The site will be updated often during the nesting season - May 1st through October.

Saturday, June 17, 2017

NEST #7 AND THIS TIME WE BEAT THE GHOST CRABS!

Saturday seems to be the day for nests. Looks like this mamma turtle tried two times to nest before finally depositing her eggs. At the second site, we saw three Ghost Crab holes but they did not find the eggs this time!

The eggs were found by Pat and Jackie almost 2 ft. down. Hopefully their deep enough to prevent the crabs from getting them. Again, this nest was laid between the high tide line and the dune.

Those pesky Ghost Crabs did get back into nest #6 again. They managed to get one more egg for a total of 5 eggs lost so far. They must be extra hungry this year!