Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

South Carolina DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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

Beach Description

South Carolina DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

North Myrtle Beach consists of high rise condominiums on or just behind the dune field. The North Myrtle Beach Sea Turtle Patrol, working under S.C.U.T.E. started actively patrolling this beach in 2010.

Adopt-a-Nest from North Myrtle Beach

Gary Misczak

Year

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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 19 (90.5%)
Unique Females: 12 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 21
  In Situ: 2
  Relocated: 19 (90.4%)
  Inventoried: 21 (100%)
False Crawls: 11

Estimated Eggs to Date: 2322
  Eggs Lost: 22 (0.9%)
  Hatched Eggs: 1947
  Emerged Hatchlings: 1913
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 55.8 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 108.9 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 81.1%
Mean Emergence Success: 79.8%
Nest Success: 90.4%
Beach Success: 65.6%

Last Updated: 2024-11-04 14:29:40 (651.9 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead1911
Leatherback2