Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

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Beach Description

Lea-Hutaff Island
North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Lea Hutaff Island is a ~4 mile island in between Topsail and Figure Eight Islands. The nesting beach of Lea-Hutaff island is monitored regularly by staff of NC Audubon. All sea turtle nests observed are marked and followed during the nesting season.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

Nests: 29
  In Situ: 29
  Incubating: 5
  Inventoried: 24 (82.7%)
False Crawls: 15

Estimated Eggs to Date: 2602
  Eggs Lost: 31 (1.1%)
  Hatched Eggs: 2239
  Emerged Hatchlings: 2128
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 55.3 days

Mean Hatch Success: 85.5%
Mean Emergence Success: 81.7%
Nest Success: 75.8%
Beach Success: 65.9%

Last Updated: 2026-09-25 09:02:13 (42 hours ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead2915