It's a Wrap for the Holden Beach Turtle Patrol's 37th Season, Closed 9/27/2025
posted: October 7, 2025, 12:50 PM
The first nest was laid on May 22 and the last nest was laid on July 26. Last year the dates were May 18 and July 26, respectively
The official statistics for 2025: 35 nests, 2389 hatchlings, and 4012 known eggs
Down from 2024 which was: 67 nests, 5385 hatchlings, and 7278 known eggs
Historical yearly avg. 1990-2024: 46 nest, 89 hatchlings/nest, and 5103 known eggs
A link to all our historical statistics can be found under Historical Data from the menu on our website, above
It should be noted that Hurricane Erin didn’t make landfall in Brunswick County North Carolina but did bring large waves and high tides onto our beaches resulting in significant over wash and water inundation and 6-12” of sand on top of our remaining nests after the tides receded, many times. This affected all our nests that hadn’t closed yet; about half of our total nests. Many of these nests contained large numbers of unhatched eggs.
The last 3 nests that were inventoried and closed were nests 31, 32, and 34. Pat and Alice were on hand as AC’s helping with the inventorying of some of these nests. Busy to the bitter end; we will miss them. Nests 31 and 32 contained only unhatched eggs. On a happy note, when Nest 34 was inventoried, there were many unhatched eggs but there was ONE live baby turtle that was anxious to make it’s his way to the ocean. A beautiful ending to a challenging turtle season.
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