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.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Turtle Sighting!!!

A turtle sighting this morning ---

on our way back from the beach. A diamondback terrapin was crossing the causeway, so we stopped to check it out. It's right front leg seemed to be deformed which may be why it was a little slow, but other than that, it seemed fine. Beautiful pattern on the carapace.