Island Insights | Life on Kiawah Island

June 22nd, 2009

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Nature | Wildlife



Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Each year in early May, adult loggerhead sea turtles begin to show up just off the Kiawah Island beach. Female turtles wait until dark to crawl up the sandy beach, select a spot above the high tide mark, excavate their nest, and deposit approximately 120 eggs. Over the next several months, as many as 200 nests will be laid along Kiawah’s beach. As summer draws to an end, swarms of baby turtles will head to the ocean under the cover of darkness where they will battle the odds to reach adulthood.

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