Meet Boston Cream Pie, Chocolate Mousse, Daylily, Flax, Kudzu, and Voodo Lily. These are the names for six cold-stunned, stranded sea turtles rescued and rehabilitated from the Cape Lookout National Seashore area this past winter. Caswell Beach Turtle Watch answered the call from the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Monday morning Read More
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Happy Mother’s Day! Sea Turtle “Mama Pebbles” is Back!
Caswell Beach Turtle Watch’s Turtle Season is off to a great start with a Mother’s Day surprise from our Southport Sea Turtle Mama. Since has been the only of our sea turtle mamas who seems to prefer Pebble Beach, we named her “Mama Pebbles”. Our historical DNA has shown this to be the same turtle, Read More
Caswell Beach Turtle Watch Has a New Buggy!
We are overjoyed by the generous response from our community to our urgent need to replace our beach patrol vehicle. Thank you to ALL who donated, and so quickly! Donations raised thus far have helped to provide a solid down payment that allowed us to secure a loan (no interest!) to get the right vehicle for Read More
Returning Sea Turtle “Mama Caswell” Marks 15th-Year-Debut With Double Nest
Exciting Update! See The State Port Pilot’s report on Mama Caswell. It’s official! Our 2025 Sea Turtle DNA Results are in, and we officially have a sea turtle mama who has been EXCLUSIVELY visiting Caswell Beach every three years since 2010! It’s commom for sea turtle nesting cycles to be every 3 years so the Read More
What False Crawls Tell Us About Mama Sea Turtles
If you haven’t heard the term “false crawl” in relation to sea turtle nesting, it is an important sign of the struggles a mama sea turtle encounters when trying to find a nesting site. As a beachgoer, you can help ensure we keep visiting mama sea turtles safe and feeling secure about laying their nest. Read More
Caswell Beach Replenishment Is Underway!
Caswell Beach Turtle Watch is happy to share that the beach replenishment project has begun! If you followed us last seaon, you know that our turtle nests and our beaches overall were significantly impacted by beach erosion. We are elated to have this project underway and grateful for the resources going into this. We are Read More
Caswell Beach Turtle Watch 2025 Season Highlights
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 25ST03). Please consider donating to our efforts as we build up our necessary resources for the season.You can donate at Caswell Beach Turtle Watch Donations.
Remaining Sea Turtle Nests at Caswell Beach Have Hatched!
It’s a wrap for the 2025 Sea Turtle Seaon at Caswell Beach! We are grateful our few remaining nests, many washed over by Hurricane Erin, had some time to incubate, hatch and be inventoried before the threat of more hurricane activity. It’s been a very different season, mixed with challenges, blessings and many lessons learned Read More
Caswell Beach Turtle Watch Featured in Southport OKI Magazine
We are happy to share that we have been featured in Southport OKI magazine, along with our friends at Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection. Thanks to the magazine for spending so much time with us to learn about and share what we do and to Brenda Torrey for the awesome pictures! **This conservation work for Read More
Small Miracles As Sea Turtles Recover From Hurricane Erin
Hurricane Erin devastated many incubating sea turtle nests along the North Carolina coast, with estimated losses nearing 11% of all nests. The extreme high tides overwashed the remaining incubating nests and deposited up to a foot of sand in some cases. See the recent article on Coastal Review for its interview details with Caswell Beach Read More