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.
Waties Island Nest Count
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var nestdb_beach = 'Waties Island'; // beach name, eg Cape Island
var nestdb_height = 130;
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var nestdb_state = 'South Carolina'; // state name, eg South Carolina
var nestdb_beach = ''; // beach name, eg Waties Island
var nestdb_height = 130;
var nestdb_width = 120;
var nestdb_state = 'South Carolina'; // state name, eg South Carolina
var nestdb_beach = ''; // beach name, eg Cape Island
var nestdb_height = 130;
var nestdb_width = 120;
Friday, August 31, 2012
Amazing Night
Last night 11 sea turtle monitors, CCU students and a few friends took part in a Night Walk with Karen on Waties Island. What an awesome night - we got to see nest 5 emerge and ~80 loggerhead hatchlings make their way to the ocean! Since Nest 5 was relocated, we know that there were 125 eggs - so, maybe more hatchlings emerged after we left or maybe they'll come out tonight? The mosquitoes and no-see-ums were relentless, but it was definitely worth all the bites to see such a sight!
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