Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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Beach Description

Wassaw
Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

The Caretta Research Project is a hands-on research, conservation and education project that has been protecting the sea turtles that nest on Wassaw Island since 1973. The work is completed by 2 staff members, 4 interns and up to 90 volunteers each season. For a full description, please check out our website at www.carettaresearchproject.org.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 318 (85.7%)
Unique Females: 81 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 371
  In Situ: 278
  Relocated: 93 (25%)
  Incubating: 278
  Inventoried: 86 (23.1%)
  Lost: 7 (1.8%)
  Unknown: 6
False Crawls: 365

Estimated Eggs to Date: 18623
  Eggs Lost: 535 (2.8%)
  Hatched Eggs: 7241
  Emerged Hatchlings: 5893
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 57.1 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 110 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 71.5%
Mean Emergence Success: 59.5%
Nest Success: 20.9%
Beach Success: 50.4%

Last Updated: 2026-07-31 03:53:31 (27 minutes ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead371365