Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

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Nests
1-5
6-10
11-20
21-40
40+

Beach Description

Masonboro Island
North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Masonboro Island is an North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve located south of Wrightsville Beach. In collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, nest monitoring and protection has occurred on Masonboro Island since 1983. No regular monitoring was undertaken between 2003-2005.


Year

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Summary What does this mean Activity

Nests: 49
  In Situ: 47
  Relocated: 2 (4%)
  Incubating: 3
  Inventoried: 44 (89.7%)
  Lost: 2 (4%)
False Crawls: 25

Estimated Eggs to Date: 4272
  Eggs Lost: 124 (2.9%)
  Hatched Eggs: 3683
  Emerged Hatchlings: 2988
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 59.4 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 94 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 80.5%
Mean Emergence Success: 66.9%
Nest Success: 73.4%
Beach Success: 66.2%

Last Updated: 2026-09-24 14:06:38 (2.5 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead4925