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

Caswell Beach
North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Caswell Beach is located on the eastern end of Oak Island, to the west of the Cape Fear river. Volunteers in Caswell Beach have been monitoring and protecting sea turtle nests since 1981. Currently, the Caswell Beach Turtle Watch program patrols about 3 miles of beach on Caswell Beach, about a mile and a half of beach in front of Fort Caswell at the eastern terminal end of the island, and about half of a mile of river front beach in Southport.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

Nests: 102
  In Situ: 44
  Relocated: 58 (56.8%)
  Incubating: 87
  Inventoried: 15 (14.7%)
False Crawls: 114

Estimated Eggs to Date: 7654
  Eggs Lost: 114 (1.4%)
  Hatched Eggs: 1410
  Emerged Hatchlings: 1260
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 56.7 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 116.9 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 77.2%
Mean Emergence Success: 69.3%
Nest Success: 14.7%
Beach Success: 47.2%

Last Updated: 2026-07-30 22:21:55 (11.8 hours ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead102114