Photo Credit: Lindsey Koehler
Please be advised that all Caswell Beach Volunteers carry and wear a NCWRC permit badge. Offical volunteers also have Caswell Beach Parking Permits to display at all times when they park to perform sea turtle duties. Don’t hesitate to ask to see a badge if you are uncertain who you are speaking with!
WHO WE ARE
Caswell Beach Turtle Watch is a private non-profit staffed solely by volunteers from the community. The organization and its volunteers are supervised by authorized program leaders who are designated permittees of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of Caswell Beach Turtle Watch is to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles that lay their eggs on Caswell Beach. Efforts include community education, and monitoring and reporting on sea turtle nesting and hatch activities relying on the public’s help.
NEST ADOPTION
You can “Adopt-a-Nest” to help support the efforts of Caswell Beach Turtle Watch in their nest monitoring activities. When you adopt a nest, you receive a Certificate of Adoption, nest photos, and updates about your nest throughout the season.
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2024 Turtle Data
2024 Nests
2024 False Crawls
2024 Volunteer Hours
2024 Hatched Eggs
Our Latest Updates
- Caswell Beach Has More Sea Turtle Hatchlings!As Caswell Beach Sea Turtle season moves later into the fall, our Turtle Watch teams sit by patiently as we monitor our remaining nests that now take longer to hatch, in accordance with the necessary Read More
- Severe Impact From Hurricane Helene In North CarolinaWhile Caswell Beach had very little damage last weekend, our beautiful state has had unimaginable and catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene. We are hurting for our friends, loved ones and NC neighbors who are suffering! Read More
- “Possible” Tropical Cyclone #8 A Major Challenge For Sea TurtlesThis week, Caswell Beach Turlte Watch had its first sea turtle nest hatch since Cyclone #8 in the wee hours of Monday morning (sometime after 2:00 am). The hatchling tracks on Nest #60 were very Read More
- Emergency Sea Turtle Nest Excavations Due to Tropical Storm and King Tide on Caswell BeachCaswell Beach Turtle Watch executed three excavations/inventories yesterday evening, two of which were early due to the Tropical System and King Tides. All three nests had been overwashed by the previous King Tides in August Read More
- Two Nests in a Double Nest Area Hatch a Day Apart on Caswell BeachBack in July, the mama sea turtle from Nest #50 crawled through the nest stakes of Nest #47 to lay her eggs. Caswell Turtle Watch Team 3 was assigned the two nests just yards apart Read More