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.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Thursday, September 9th No Exciting News

Cool, breezy, cloudy day on Waties this morning. Not much going on at any nest. The Thursday Team did beat the rain. Nest #10 was over-washed for the first time, the tides were high, possibly from the increased wave action caused by Hurricane Larry - which is far, far away. The sailboat is exposed, AGAIN on the short end. There is a NEW big tree that washed up. Hurricane Larry drove the wrack line up further on the beach.

Leslie and Kaela rescued a Horseshoe Crab, after he made swirly tracks on the beach.

Pictures by Bill and Leslie