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.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Nest # 5 and another false crawl

What a beautiful morning for the Monday walkers!!! Cooler, gorgeous sunrise and calm ocean. Sandy, Bob and Arlene headed south to check out the short end and Maddy, Kim and Paulette headed north (or east actually). We found a crawl just above marker 6 near our first nest laid fifteen days ago!!. This turtle crawled halfway up a steep dune and made a place for herself to lay eggs. They will be high and dry and the hatchlings will be going downhill heading for the surf.
Unfortunately, Maddy also found another crawl by our special turtle up near the jetty. She was on the beach for a while moving around.
Pictures by Paulette and Maddy
Post by Paulette

This is the false crawl at the jetty.