Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

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

Beach Description

Fort Macon SP
North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Fort Macon State Park is located at the eastern end of Bogue Banks, in Carteret County, NC. Rangers and staff at this park have been monitoring and protecting sea turtle nests since 1982. Note: there were no sea turtle nesting activities recorded in 2002 and 2004


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Summary What does this mean Activity

Nests: 13
  In Situ: 12
  Relocated: 1 (7.6%)
  Incubating: 10
  Inventoried: 3 (23%)
False Crawls: 10

Estimated Eggs to Date: 443
  Eggs Lost: 10 (2.2%)
  Hatched Eggs: 262
  Emerged Hatchlings: 260
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 54.3 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 123 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 82.3%
Mean Emergence Success: 81.5%
Nest Success: 23%
Beach Success: 56.5%

Last Updated: 2026-08-11 07:30:31 (25.7 hours ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead1310