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

Dewees Island has a beach that is approximately 4 km in length. Access to the beach is via 6 community beach accesses and a handful of shared, private beach accesses. Dewees averages less than 20 nests per year. Accessible by ferry only.


Year

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Summary What does this mean Activity

Nests: 16
  In Situ: 8
  Relocated: 8 (50%)
  Incubating: 12
  Inventoried: 2 (12.5%)
  Lost: 2 (12.5%)
False Crawls: 16

Estimated Eggs to Date: 755
  Eggs Lost: 242 (32%)
  Hatched Eggs: 65
  Emerged Hatchlings: 65
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 59.5 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 93.6 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 18%
Mean Emergence Success: 18%
Nest Success: 12.5%
Beach Success: 50%

Last Updated: 2026-07-28 08:33:00 (3.2 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead1616