High tides threatening sea turtle nests

Sea turtle nests remain in danger being exposed or washed away during high tide.

WEANOTHER EXTREME HIGH TIDE -EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT.

ANDSEA TURTLE NESTS- REMAIN ATDANGER OF BEING EXPOSED ORWASHED AWAY.

MEGHAN MCROBERTSSPOKE WITH AN EXPERT ABOUTWHAT THEY EXPECT THE IMPACT TOSEA TURTLES TO BE.

SHEMARTIN COUNTY TONIGHT.<< NAT LARGE CRASHING WAVES&AND WHIPPING WINDSPLAYGROUND FOR SURFERS-SWIMMERS- AND OTHER WINDSPORTS& NATS BUT THECONDITIONS ARE ALSO CAUSINGCONCERN ALONG THE COASTLINE&“THERETHERE” AS SEA TURTLE EGGS AREBEING WASHED FROM THEIR NESTS&“THEY STILL HAVE STUFF INSIDE,LIKE THIS ONE OVER HERE INOTICED&.AND ONCE EXPOSED&ITNATURES WAY” MARK PERRY ISTHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITHFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC..

HESAYS TIDES LIKE THESE AREUNUSUAL FOR THIS PHASE OFNESTING SEASON.“THEY USUALLYPEAK OUT IN NESTING IN JUNEAND JULY, THEN 60 DAYS LATER,THE 110 EGGS PER NEST HATCHOUT AND USUALLY THERE A 70 OR80 PERCENT SUCCESS” BUT THATSUCCESS RATE- BEING SLASHEDFOR SOME NESTSEXPOSED ALONG THE TREASURECOAST- JUPITER- AND SINGERISLANDHATCHLINGS HERE IS CRITICAL.“HUTCHINSON ISLAND HERE, SOUTHHUTCHINSON ISLAND, WE RECEIVEMORE THAN SEVEN OR EIGHTTHOUSAND SEA TURTLE NESTS IN AYEAR.

OF COURSE JUPITERISLAND, PALM BEACH, EVERYWHERE UP AND DOWN THE COAST.BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHESTNESTING BEACHES FOR LOGGERHEADTURTLES SO WEPLACE FOR NESTING”FORTUNATELY- HE SAYS IT HASBEEN A GOOD NESTING SEASON SOFAR THIS YEAR& HOPEFULLYCOUNTERING THESE LOSSES.

"BUTEVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT, SOTHIS YEAR COULD HAVE A PROBLEMIF WE GET SO MUCH OF THEEROSION DURING THE LATER PARTOF THIS NESTING SEASON” TAG:PERRY STRESSES BEACHGOERS MUSTLEAVE EGGS AND HATCHLINGSALONE- BUT IF YOU FIND AHATCHLING CLEARLY DISTRESSEDOR DISORIENTED, FLORIDAOCEANOGRAPIC AND LOGGERHEADMARINE LIFE CENTER IN JUNOBEACH DO HAVE HATCHLING DROFF CENTERS MM NC 5