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

Ocean Isle Beach
North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization has been actively monitoring and protect sea turtle nests OIB since 1984. Located in the southern reach of the North Carolina coast, Ocean Isle beach receives an average of 25 sea turtle nests each summer.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

Nests: 34
  In Situ: 19
  Relocated: 15 (44.1%)
  Incubating: 8
  Inventoried: 26 (76.4%)
False Crawls: 33

Estimated Eggs to Date: 3374
  Eggs Lost: 38 (1.1%)
  Hatched Eggs: 2773
  Emerged Hatchlings: 2555
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 54.1 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 111.6 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 89.1%
Mean Emergence Success: 82.3%
Nest Success: 76.4%
Beach Success: 50.7%

Last Updated: 2026-08-27 07:46:26 (10.4 hours ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead3432
Unknown1